Jiro POV

The smell of corruption from Absalom Sinsworth and Zillah Scarlatti made him want to gag. He tuned out the shouts of clashing shifters outside. He’d had the villagers either evacuate down the mountain or shut themselves up in their homes, knowing the fight was going to get ugly quickly. 

His eyes followed Cyran and Absalom in their dance of destruction. 

To his practiced and keen eye, Cyran was holding back. Why? Was it Hades taking on the appearance and the ...