A double staircase immediately in front of them led up to the upper floors.At the top stood Gabrielle, waiting.Cade never hesitated.He charged up the steps, with Riley close behind.They encountered no one in the halls, so it was only a matter of moments before they found themselves led to the entrance to the grand ballroom on the second floor.Across the room stood Logan, the Necromancer.*** ***“We’ve got trouble,” Olsen said, inclining his head toward the window while he finished reloading his weapon.Duncan turned to see what he was referring to and instantly wished he hadn’t.A thick bank of storm clouds had appeared practically out of nowhere, moving faster than any earthbound wind could have carried them. And through a break in the clouds, they caught sight of the cause of that speed within their depths; shapes writhed and rolled within the clouds, shapes that had no purpose for being on this God-given earth.Clearly, they were some form of summoned being, but not one either Duncan, with his limited knowledge of such creatures, or Olsen, who’d faced more than his fair share, had ever seen before.
