His forked tongue flickered disturbingly close to my face.

"Your boss and I had an agreement," said a smooth, English voice. "Lilith is mine."

The newcomer stood on the side with my swollen eye, but he sounded like Malik. Great. Let my day be complete.

The demon holding me danced back a few steps. "You weren't fast enough."

Still in my blind spot, the newcomer killed my captor's sidekick and did something to the demon holding me that made him crumple to my ...