“I’ve never really been there for the past twenty years, Richard and yet I always am.” The words were spoken softly and there was no change in the ghost’s expression even if there was the mocking laugh from Warren behind them, much closer than Alex would like.

Keeping his hand wrapped in her own and matching Strand’s painful grip with equal pressure, Alex just moved quickly glad that her and Lizzie had reached the point in her training where her reflexes were quicker. Quicker and more accurate and she reached out and punched Howard as hard as she could with her other hand.

“Go away.” The words were a hiss. “Just stay the hell away from him. You’ve done enough.” There were certain things that Alex would fight a demon for if she had too and Richard not dealing with this monster was one of them.