“How many times did you lift a bottle instead of helping your brothers?” Charon taunted.
Fallon launched himself at Charon, but suddenly Banan and Hal were between them. Charon wanted to shove Hal away from him. Instead, he took a step back.
“Our chance is now, Fallon. Make a decision,” Charon stated.
Constantine released an exaggerated breath. “He’s right, Fallon, and you know it. There’s nothing you can do about the outbreak. You can save your nephew and an innocent woman who just might be the answer to the Warriors’ problem with drough blood.”
Fallon instantly tamped down his god and ran a hand through his hair. When he looked at Charon, there was remorse in his green eyes. “I never liked having to choose who lived and who died. Let’s get to the details of your plan before Wallace, the bastard, reaches Aiden.”
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Aisley sat in the front seat of the Jaguar as Dale drove. She was careful to keep her face passive since Jason and Mindy were in the backseat.
Even now, Aisley could feel Jason’s eyes on her. The five raised gnashes along his left cheek emphasized his eyes even more, making him look more sinister—if that was possible. He was always watching her, as if he knew the dark, desperate thoughts she had in the early hours before dawn.
He should know that they were just thoughts. She would never—could never—leave him. He had ensured that.
“Why do they continue to run?” Mindy asked in her whiny voice that grated on Aisley’s nerves.
Jason chuckled. “Ah, but you would run, too, love. It’s human nature.”
“They’re Warriors.”
Aisley rolled her eyes and gripped the door to keep from telling Mindy just what a stupid ninny she was.
“They may have a god inside them, but they’re human,” Jason replied in a voice used for very small children or the mentally impaired.
It made Aisley grin. When Dale glanced at her while battling his own smile, she couldn’t stop the laugh that bubbled up. Aisley quickly covered it with a cough.
They had been driving for a few hours, and she was ready to get out of the car. Being in such a confined space with Mindy was giving her hives. Several times, they had pulled over so Jason could go off by himself and do some spell.
The fact that he didn’t want anyone to see him caused suspicion to well up within Aisley. Not that it did her any good. She may hate Jason with a passion, but it did nothing to ease her position.
She was well and truly fucked.
“We’re close,” Jason said, triumph clear in his voice. “Verra close.”
Aisley rested her hands palm down on her legs. How many more times would she go into battle with Jason and live? She had been wounded already, and if it hadn’t been for Dale, she was sure she’d be dead.
In some ways, she welcomed death. It would get her away from Jason. Yet, her soul was promised to Satan. As awful as her life was on earth, she was sure it wouldn’t get any better once she was in Hell. Or would it?
It made her wonder if that was why Deirdre prolonged her life by killing other Druids. The power Aisley had wanted and needed when Jason found her had been too alluring to turn away.
At the time, she hadn’t thought her life could get any worse. Living on the streets, starving, with the thought of selling her body just to have food ever-present in her mind.
Then Jason found her. He’d given her food and shelter. He had somehow known of the meager magic she possessed and promised her the world.
Fool that she was, she believed him. Hook, line, and sinker.
There was no doubt she deserved what was coming to her. She could have turned away during the ceremony and refused to become drough. Jason would have killed her on the spot, but that would have been preferable to what she was now.
“Stop,” Jason told Dale.
Aisley withdrew from her musings when Dale pulled the car off the road next to a large farm. She looked at Dale, only to see him shrug.
Jason slapped the back of Aisley’s seat. “They’re here. Somewhere on this land, Aiden and Britt are here. They’ve no’ moved in some time.”
“They think they’re safe,” Dale said as he peered out the window. “Shall I have a look around?”
“No’ yet. We’ll wait on the others to catch up to us.”
Aisley saw the lights in the distance. “Surely Aiden wouldn’t have gone to the house.”
“Oh, no,” Jason said as he opened the car door and stepped out. “They’re attempting to hide.”
Mindy scooted along the seat and got out beside Jason. “Don’t forget they have two Warriors with them.”
“Who doona stand a chance against me,” Jason said, and put an arm around her. “You should know that.”