Page 92 of Demon Unleashed

“You’ve gotta get rid of your clothes,” Zoltan said, but Enya was already ridding herself of her shirt and pants and tossing them on the heap of dead bodies. Within seconds, she stood in front of him only wearing panties and a camisole, the source dagger strapped to her torso by a holster.

“Can you see any green blood on me now?” she asked, and made a full turn.

“No. And on me?” He also made a turn.

“No.”

“Good.” He unbuttoned his shirt. “You’re taking my shirt.”

She didn’t protest and put on his shirt, which reached almost to mid-thigh. “Ready.”

Invisibly, Zoltan took her hand and led her in the direction they’d chosen for the new portal. “We won’t have much time. Once somebody notices that the vortex circle isn’t guarded, they’ll get suspicious and raise an alarm.”

“How far from here?” Enya asked.

“Just a few minutes.”

They ran the entire way, encountering nobody, until they reached a small, unused cave the size of a gas station bathroom.

“This is it,” Zoltan said.

Enya didn’t waste time. She pulled the source dagger from the holster beneath the shirt and set the blade against the rock wall. Zoltan watched in fascination how the dagger, seemingly under its own steam, etched the symbol of a dagger into the rock.

“It’s like magic,” he said.

She smiled. “Yes, ancient magic.”

Moments later, the symbol was complete. Enya took a step back and looked at it.

“That’s it?” he asked.

She shook her head, and before he knew what she was about to do, she sliced her palm with the source dagger, then pressed her bleeding hand over the symbol in the wall. Instantly, the spot beneath her palm began to glow, and a few seconds later, a portion of the rock wall was gone. Behind it was a dark cave smaller than the elevator in Zoltan’s condo building.

He gasped in awe.

Enya turned to him. “I’ll bring the others back. Most likely in two trips. There isn’t enough space for all of them and the equipment.”

He nodded. “I’ll stay here to make sure nobody ambushes you when you and the others come back. But hurry. We don’t have much time.”

Zoltan pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Then she turned around and stepped into the portal. The opening closed a moment later, and she was gone.