monster thing to kick my ass. I wouldnt even know how. "
"You must have his mark on your body. Near your heart," said the woman. She ran both sides of her sword across the demons body, cleaning the blood from the blade. Planting the tip of the sword on the ground, she gave it hard shake. The sword blurred and when she stopped shaking, it had transformed into the white cane shed had earlier.
"Damn. " Spyder opened his shirt and looked at his chest. "I have a lot of ink on me. Geometrics. Tribal work. Religious geegaws. "
"Any runes or symbols?"
"A shitload. "
"And do you know the meanings of all those runes?"
"Course. Some. In a Trivial Pursuit kind of way. Theyre just designs. "
"So says the man covered in demon blood. " The woman moved closer to Spyder. "Did it ever occur to you that those symbols have meaning and power?"
"Where? How? Ive done a thousand tattoos like that on people. "
"Some of them are probably going to have a dream date like the one you just had. " She laid her hand over his heart. "You dont believe in demons, but you believe in magnetism, right? These symbols you put on your body, like the Bitrus sigil, these are a kind of magnetism. You dont have to understand how they work. The demons do. "
"What can I do?"
"Take it off. Change it. All the signs and symbols that you dont know. "
"Whats your name?" asked Spyder.
The woman took her hand from his chest. "Most people just call me Shrike. "
"Thank you, Shrike. "
She ran a hand lightly over Spyders cheeks and jaw. "Good thing youre pretty. Youre not th
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