Page 111 of Ringmaster

I roar again. “Answer me, Michael, or I will have no choice but to release my army and declare war on the Divine.”

Still nothing. I turn to the assembled warriors. Their faces are grave. Next, I look to Zora, who gives a small nod of approval.

Raising my hands in the air, summoning all my shadows to me—but the ones with Selestina I command—“Ready the army, and open every portal into the mortal realm. Until my mate is returned to me, the gates of Hell will remain open.”

I walk outside and look to the skies above. “I will hunt you down and kill you, Michael.”

I shift as demons burst from the Underworld, and alongside them I pillage the mortal realm, bloodthirsty and filled with wrath.

The Divine will fall.

The End.