But once he’d landed in a pool of shadow and set her down, Sofia turned on shaky legs to see the pale marble and graceful columns of Amphora. Vampire central. She wasn’t sure whether to laugh hysterically or run screaming. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Sofia said. His reply was curt. “No.” She turned her head to eye Phenex, who’d been perfectly silent on the flight here. That hadn’t bothered her. She’d been too busy hanging on for dear life to talk, her eyes squeezed shut and her teeth clenched. Now, though, she could see that he’d been just as affected by the sudden appearance of the demon—Belial—as she was. He was handling it differently, though. She felt unsteady, and she was perfectly willing to admit that it had scared the hell out of her. Phenex just looked furious. If she wasn’t already used to him, the look on his face would have scared her almost as badly as Belial had.
