“Neither did I, so I got curious.” Gideon glanced up at Zayne. “I checked out the camera feeds from the Eastern Market, which face the platform where Greene was found. Two cameras had the platform in view, and the same thing. Intense light that blinked out the whole screen for about fifteen seconds.”

“Is it possible someone did this to the feed?” Zayne asked. “Sabotaged it?”

“Possible on the feed from Eastern Market, but these feeds from the church aren’t monitored, and you know that since this was a Warden, police wouldn’t have pulled the feed.”

Zayne nodded. “Police wouldn’t get involved unless we went to them.”

“Exactly,” he replied. “And I checked for video manipulation or cutting of the film. I see no evidence of that. The interference came from outside the feed.”

“What could do that?” I asked.

“An alien?” Danika offered.

A slow grin pulled at my lips as I looked up at her. “I like the way you think.”

Zayne’s tone was bland when he said, “Let’s not start the alien conversation again. Please.”

Danika’s eyes narrowed.

“Look, I’m a believer. Not for one second do I think God created Earth and mankind and called it a day,” Gideon said. “So, I’m not saying it’s impossible, but I scoured all the demonology books, including the Lesser Key, and I haven’t found a single demon that can do that to film without destroying it.”

Like Roth had done. He hadn’t caused a disruption at the hotel. He’d outright destroyed the camera. This was different.

Then I realized what he’d said. “The Lesser Key? Like the Lesser Key? The real one?”

Gideon eyed me with open interest. “If you’re thinking about the Lesser Key of Solomon, then yes.”

“Holy moly,” I murmured. The Lesser Key was a demonic bible of sorts, containing a whole lot of incantations that could summon just about any demon out there. Thank God it was in the Wardens’ hands.

“Whatever this thing is, it has weapons we’ve never seen before and abilities that we can’t even comprehend.” Gideon closed the laptop. “And that’s not much help, but all of us are on high alert. Even more so now.”

The conversation moved on to other Warden business, and then they prepared to leave, heading to some store to buy a new TV for Jasmine. Something about one of the twins having knocked hers over. I was still surprised that Danika was out like she was. It was dangerous for her, and I admired the Hell out of her for not staying in her gilded cage.

Gideon motioned Zayne to the side, and they stepped away. I watched them, wondering what he was saying to Zayne.