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"Surely, your worshipfulness knows lesworth said from one of the rooms ahead "Your people took all the records Where did they put theht bastard," a hoarse, but defiant voice replied "The records are gone--destroyed"

"Another bloody lie, eh?" Bigglesworth chuckled "How does this suit your fancy?"

I stopped outside the door as the other lance, I peeked around the doorfraainst straps binding hied, and his skin glowed beet red Bigglesworth stood over the otherhis captive’s forehead

Attacking the shape changer head-on see and fast, but this guy wasn’t exactly solid If he could inflict pain through touch, he could probably incapacitate me Bella had told ht She’d never found outhis weaknesses would have been dandy right about now As usual, I had no choice but to ilesworth’s mouth stretched inhuo on hs racking his body

As Bigglesworth chided and threatened the et rid of the shape shifter once and for all The only destructive spell I kneasn’t really supposed to be destructive--it was supposed to light a candle Instead, I usually ended up launching fireballs I had to pretend Bigglesworth was a candle and see what happened It sounded sih in hboy’s attention solely on his captive, I switched to incubus sight and drew in ainst lared at Bigglesworth, and iest, nastiest candle I’d ever seen I pulled out the practice staff Shelton had given me, clasped it in both hands, and with a concentrated effort of will, flicked the knobby end toward et and shouted, "Hadouken!"

A ball of blue flame the size of lesworth looked up in surprise at ulfed hi a fist

The flaainst the wall behind him Cherry-red lava dribbled down the wall, puddled at the bottolesworth didn’t have a mark on him

"If it ain’t me old buddy, Justin," he said in his Cockney accent He solerotesquely wide "I’ you to little bits meself"

Chapter 15

I stared in stunned silence at the undauvnah" The shape shifter didn’t walk so much as he flowed across the space between us in an instant, his feet slithering along the floor like snakes His ar toward ainst the wall opposite the door His fist nicked ehalided into the hallway

I tried to bind his I’d used to savelesworth, wrapping around his forical bonds lesworth gavehorrifically wide and displaying ayou, mate I’ll bet you’re just chock full of vitahboy" I shot back "I’hy ass" I su another fireball at him

The shifter didn’t even flinch as it washed over hiuvnah" He stalked towardwide to block the hallway "Or ic don’t affect me"