When Demons WalkFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series and the Alpha and Omega novels comes the fourth novel set in the world of Sianim... Sham had spent most of her young life as a sorceress and thief, stealing from Southwood’s nobility to survive. Now Sham must face the greatest test of her skills. A killer has struck Southwood, claiming the lives of nobles. Lord Kerim, Reeve of Southwood, turns to Sham for help. Posing as his mistress, she delves behind castle walls to find the killer. But this murderer is no mortal—and Sham must use all of her magical wisdom to send the demon away. Because the city of Southwood has nowhere to hide—and no time to run... |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 22 |
Section 3 | 39 |
Section 4 | 59 |
Section 5 | 74 |
Section 6 | 93 |
Section 7 | 107 |
Section 8 | 126 |
Section 9 | 147 |
Section 10 | 167 |
Section 11 | 184 |
Section 12 | 202 |
Section 13 | 217 |
Section 14 | 231 |
Section 15 | 247 |
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Altis asked Kerim began binding rune blood body Brath breath Castle caught chair Chen Laut cliffs clothes court Cybel Cybellian dark death demon Dickon door dress Easterners Elsic eyes face Fahill feet floor flute frowned Fykall glanced golem grinned guards hair hall hand heard High Priest Hirkin horse Jenli Kerim nodded killed knew knife Lady Shamera Lady Sky Lady Tirra Landsend laughed lips Lord Halvok Lord Kerim Lord Ven mage magelight magic Maur never night nobles opened Patricia Briggs pulled Purgatory Reeve Reeve's mistress replied rune selkie servant Sham looked Sham nodded Sham shook Sham's Shark shook his head shoulder shrugged Sky's smiled softly someone sound Southwood Southwoodsman spell Spirit Tide spoke Stablemaster staring stood sword Talbot tell thief thing thought tone took touch turned Ven's voice waited walked wall watched Whisper wizard