Ari filled me in about Kane being pulled off active duty for a while because of dangerously high salt levels in his blood after too many kills in too short a period of time. The cost of his particular magic, just like mine was risk of heart attack. Much as I wished otherwise, there'd be no point berating Kane.

"What kind of demon was that?" I asked, with a glance back.

"A fix. They feed off addiction." Ari shook his head, staring musingly at the bar's back door that Kane ...