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against her invisible binds. “Please. Let me go to her.”
    “Not yet. There’s something demonic here. I can smell it. Smoke and ash.”
    “Relinquere Azzaziel. Ego damnare te ad Infernum. I condemn you to the Abyss, Azzaziel.”
    The ancient prayers fall from Nesy’s lips as she continues to fight, her eyes focused only on the would-be attackers. She slices the tallest man, leaving a bloody scar on his face as he screams.
    “What? You don’t like that,” she says, jabbing the air between them. “You should’ve thought of that before you attacked me.”
    Over and over she slashes the space. I try to move, pushing against the invisible barrier Cass has erected.  
    “Let me go, Cass. That’s an order.” 
    “No.” Cass stands, her body completely still. “Wait.” She closes her eyes and I can feel her heart reaching around us, through us. “Something’s wrong.” She searches for the unseen source of the attack.
    “Cass?”
    She holds up a hand.
    A moment passes.
    And another.
    Nesy continues to slash the space, her attacker unable to escape. There’s no more time. She will kill him if I don’t stop it.
    “Cass?” I squirm and push, unable to free myself from the indigo prison.
    Time clicks by in silence.
    One, two…
    Two men run off.
    Three, four…
    Aydan moans softly as he begins to stir.
    Five, six…
    Nesy lunges at her assailant, throwing him to the ground. She pins him with the heel of her shoe, her eyes ablaze.
    And the knife posed at his neck.
    “Go,” Cass finally says.
    Emerald light pours from my hands, forging an invisible barrier between Nesy and her nemesis. Her face ignites in fury and she turns to me.
    “ Adepto de daemonium .  Get out devil. Get out of my head.”
    Her words startle me, almost as much as the fact that she can see me.
    She raises the knife, half crazed. I push into her thoughts, shocked by the chaos. There is no trace of the warrior I once knew. Nothing but random thoughts.
    Fear.
    Rage. Burning rage.
    “I’m not going to hurt you,” I say. “I’m trying to help.”
    “Get out!”
    Cass floods Nesy’s heart as I continue to calm her mind. She is so lost, so confused. And nothing like what I am expecting.
    Where are you Nesy?
    Nesy fights against us, yelling words that make no sense. “Get out devil…you’ve cursed me…why did you send them…No…”
    The words continue in a non-stop stream. Her mind breaks open, along with her heart. So much pain, so much suffering. I can’t bear to see it, her, like this.
    My focus stumbles and Nesy raises her knife to my neck.
    “You didn’t cause this Zane,” Cass says. “Focus. We have to get her to calm down before she’s lost completely.”
    But I did cause this. All of it.
    I push again into her thoughts, going deeper.
    And deeper.
    The pain claws through me as more words slip from her mouth.
    “Aydan…payment…the Beast…forever.”
    Nesy takes a step back and the knife slips from her hand. Her eyes widen. The color drains from her face.
    Cass squeezes her eyes shut. “Keep trying,” she says.
    I focus and try again. But nothing works.
    Nesy falls to the ground and starts to convulse.
    “No! Nesy!” I yell. “Cass?”
    Cass pulls Nesy to her and cradles her body as we continue our efforts.
    Nesy resists us both, falling into an abyss of her own making.
    “Stay focused Zane. Try to reach her,” Cass whispers. She strokes Nesy’s hair whispering in her ear. “Let go of your fear. You’re safe here.”
    “ Pax vobiscum . Be at peace.” I push the prayer through her mind, whispering my own prayer to the Council.
    Mea culpa.
    This is all my fault.
    Mea culpa.
    Forgive me, Nesy.
    Succurre.
    Please, Mikayel. Help me.
    Finally, Nesy begins to settle, her eyes no longer crazed, her body no longer shaking.
    And her mind…
    Quiet.
    She draws a calming breath before slipping into a light sleep. Cass sets her body down and pulls me away.
    “This wasn’t your fault.”
    I can’t accept her words,