"You know," she replied. "Same old, same old. I hunt demon, I kill demon, I go home to wash off the demon goo." "Sounds like fun." I unlocked my car and climbed into the passenger seat. Bastet was in the window staring down at me. I stuck my tongue out at her. I could have sworn she sneered back. "Hey, what do you know about portals?""Excuse me?""You know, portals. Little wormholes or whatever to and from the Otherworld.""Why do you need to know about portals?""Um, your dad might've escaped the Otherworld through one." "Shit."I always knew things were bad when Kabita started swearing. She wasn't wrong. Things were definitely bad."Here's what we know. He definitely escaped Area 51 through a portal to the Otherworld. We also know he's in cahoots with the queen, though we don't know why. We also know he got into Darroch's cell using a portal from the Otherworld which the queen probably opened, and all that's left of Darroch is a big blood puddle on the floor. Scrying for Alister's location didn't work, and I'm pretty sure he didn't stay in the Otherworld for long.""Why do you think that?""Because he's got shit to do.
