Nora's POV
"Pestilence?" Antonia's voice wavers with confusion. "What do you mean?"
"Like one of the Four Horsemen?" Lena's question comes out strangled with fear.
"Exactly."
"Hold on." Lena's terror is barely contained beneath her professional exterior. "You're telling me that one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse poisoned my sister?"
"Not directly. A demon with ties to them wants to release the Horsemen from Hell." James fixes his attention on me. "That creature said something about your strength, didn't it?"
"It kept saying it had been searching for someone worthy. Then it wouldn't stop asking what I was." I wince as I struggle to sit upright. "But demons always talk like that. They make you feel chosen so you'll lower your guard." My eyes drift closed as I recall the encounter. "It mentioned not wanting to drag me to Hell as its bride, but to do the reverse instead."
"It wants to shatter the seals."
