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"Extreers like a hepcat

Meera&039;s on her mobile for most of the trip to the airport, deep in conversation with some of her fellow Disciples Her face is creased orry when she cuts the connection

"Bad news?" I ask

"There are reports of three potential crossings," she says "All in major cities The s are due to open within the next forty-eight hours unless we can find the es responsible and stop them"

"Three at the same time," I mutter "Hardly coincidence"

"No," Meera snorts "One&039;s in the city where Dervish and Bec are"

"So Juni must already know that Antoine&039;s troops failed"

"I hoped we&039;d have e to have them moved as soon as possible"

"No" My face is stone "Let the deood opportunity to test my pack"

"Are you sure?" Meera frowns "Juni and her masters want the pieces of the Kah-Gash If you and Bec are in the same spot, they&039;ll have a double shot at it Maybe you should stay away fro They want a fight? I&039;ll give theet in a hurry"

"Juni beat you once," Meera reain," I whisper Not because I believe I can turn the tables on her, but because she doesn&039;t want to She needs me to destroy the universe

"Grubbs?" Meera says softly "Why didn&039;t Juni finish you off?"

I don&039;t answer Thinking about what the ht be true, but rather hoill happen and when

"Grubbs?" Meera says again

I shake hs "No I want to, but I&039;m needed elsewhere I can be of es and kill them, or try to drive back the de to have to work very hard over the next few days to prevent a massacre that makes the losses on Wolf Island look like a drop in the ocean"

"I&039;ll come when I can," I promise "Tell the other Disciples that if they fail-if deh-I&039;llto attack Dervish and Bec, I&039;ll go wherever I&039;ht them now We don&039;t need to be afraid"

"You idiot," Meera chuckles "Of course we do" She hugs ht, then stands on her toes, haulsthe bits of hus and the stench of blood on ht Part of me wants to plead with her to come with me We can pick up Dervish and Bec, then fly to a deserted island like the one we just left An apocalypse is co It would be easier to sit it out, enjoy what tih

But I&039;ician Werewolf Kah-Gash I don&039;t do retreat

"Give my love to Dervish," Meera sniffs, then leaves me to make my oay to the plane The last I see of her, she&039;s cli on her o to war

With a self-ht be listening "If reincarnation is real, and I die soon, let me come back as Timas Brauss&039;s lips!"

Then I head off in search ofhe doesn&039;t croak before I have a chance to bid hioodbye