A sense of love, peace and understanding took over me as I relinquished all control to the child. It swarmed into my being like an octopus squirming into the mouth of a glass jar. It might have been inelegant, but you had to admire the liquid way it moved. I shuddered once as something inside my chest squeezed tight and then relaxed, like a second heart I never knew I had. And then I was moving. Without thought, I threw myself at the fighting Demons. They were so very fast, I didn’t think I’d find an opening, but Amy saw me approaching and his eyes grew wide with that mixture of fear and surprise again. He held out a hand as if to warn me off, which made Stolas spin around to see what Amy was reacting to. It gave me the opportunity I needed to shove myself between them with my arms
