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"Weaknesses?" Finn asked

"One," Selena answered "The E," I said

Finn frowned "If he’s a swords all Paul Bunyan on your ass?"

Had Jackson eased closer to us? To me?

Selena said, "It h to hi stabbed et past his arure that out if ant to live"

After a moment, I looked away "To think I used to feel sorry for him"

--I do not want your syer have it!

--I’veyou--

Because he killed with his touch

You’re sick!

"Evie?" Finn snapped his fingers in front of me

"What? What’d you say?"

"Your card" He held it up

The Empress sat upon a throne with her arreen and red, from crops--and blood A waterfall cascaded in the distance

"You look scary And sexy"

I was about to say, Not me But it had been me, in a previous life

Finn showed the card to Jackson, whose gray gaze flicked froot poison in your claws," Finn said, "and a lotus thingy that pops up from your palm to choke and paralyze people, and a tornado of thorns, and your blood revives dead plants Oh, and wound regeneration Did I ?"

Toxic spores from my hair I could lay waste to an entire city with thes, I felt evenhe could understand that no one wanted to be a monster, to be feared Hell, even a fiend like Death calledfull-on E with that white-hot battle fury, there was no room for doubt

Now, as Jackson tilted his head at me, I ash in it

Selena happily added, "She can also uys" Revealed, no doubt, for Jackson’s benefit

He narrowed his eyes, his expression saying, Son of a bitch! That explains a lot

Finn looked excited "Mes his voice breathy, Finn said, " ‘Coave a bitter laugh

Though the Eaze was ht at that moment But then, that was her-- is not so I do every day," I hastily explained "Just when I’m in full E anyway I went all-out against the Alcheue out and pickle it in a jar!"

Selena nodded "Uh-huh, whatever you say, Evie"

I turned on her "And what about you, La Luna? You have the power to seed doubt and to lure people to you with ht!" Beware the lures "You set a trap for ia, but Jack ithYou know, I’d bet that wasn’t even your place--I never saw a single photo of you on the walls"

As she’d told me once before, she said, "Prove it"

Everyone fell silent

"What are your weaknesses?" Finn finally asked ain Selena was happy to answer: "When there are no plants around to feed her energy, she taps out quickly, even more so if she has to use her blood to revive or create plants She needs the sun Her power is collaborative--some cards are et the attention off of me, I said, "And what are your weaknesses?"

"Isn’t it obvious?" Selena pointed to her thigh quiver, which held one real arrow and twoto replenish her supply, but, as she’d explained, there wasn’t any green wood to carve new ones from

I supposed I could help her with that--open a vein, coax a sapling to life--but I didn’t yet trust her enough to weaken er And it wasn’t like I had a lot of juice on tap

Just as Matthew had warned, my powers continued to deteriorate in this rain

"Eventually, I will always run out of arrows Then I have to depend onen, aka, El Diablo He allies with Death He’s got horns and hooves like a goat th His call? I’ll re?" Finn raised his brows "Really?"

I shrugged "I don’t uys have met Gabriel as well He can strike like a ot anierous that he’s hooked up with Joules Gabriel can scent us even through Finn’s illusions, then Joules could just wait up on soths and weaknesses I needed to ask Matthehat could take me out, besides the Touch of Death

Finn sniffed to Selena, "Hide you with hter than mine

He asked me, "What happens if one of us bites it due to natural causes?"

I didn’t remember the answer, so I waved to Selena

"The Arcana closest to you gets your icon"

"What happens to the losers?"

Selena answered him, "They’re reborn, with no memory of their past lives Well, except for hi That’s whata scowl her way, I shuffled through some more cards, but Finn stayed uy" His face paled