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Lyon aze with eyes rife orry "I hope to hell you’re right"

As Lyon continued through the dining roo what appeared to be a sandwich A small one Since when did the wolf shifter bother with bread?

At the lift of Kougar’s brow, Wulfe shrugged "The huar stilled "Humans?"

Wulfe bristled, a snarl in his throat "Three of the humans attacked by the Daemons in Harpers Ferry survived, but we haven’t been able to wipe theiras the huar didn’tto hirabbed a plate and was piling it high with ha down the er than he’d felt since the bond was reattached A blend of anger And fear

He dropped his plate with a clatter, closing his eyes as he tried to sense her in the Crystal Realm, but the door was closed to him She wasn’t there She must have already headed to that damned temple And he had no way to reach her No way to communicate with any of theh thebond, and hope someone other than Ariana felt them and responded

His h the back door, he caught a whiff of pine, felt a tingle of Ilina energy and began to breathe again

Brielle shi hi

"What happened?" he demanded

"They’re in trouble Ariana and Melisande went together to the Teht in a trap Mel thinks it was set by the Mage She can’t be certain, but she thinks there are Mage in the temple"

Hell "Take me to them"

"So that we can be captured, too?"

The need to reach Ariana was a live wire streaking through his blood, but he forced himself to think

"They went directly into the temple?"

"To the Cha to deliver h away that no one will knoe’re there and that you won’t be caught by the ht"

"Can you transport two of us?"

"Not two Ferals"

"Then get help" Kougar ran for the back door of Feral House "Roar! Jag!" He was yelling even before he stepped into the dining room

Lyon met him in the hallway "What’s up?"

"Ariana and Melisande ran into trouble in the tee would be able to capture an Ilina"

Lyon growled "Where is this place?"

"The Hi"

"The Ilinas can get us there I’ as backup"

Lyon lifted a brow "Not Wulfe?" Hawke and Wulfe had been Kougar’s partners of choice for years, now

"We’ll have to slip into the te can downsize" And Wulfe couldn’t When he was shifted, he had only one forar and a number of the others, had perfected the ability to take on s could pass for house cats, or close enough

Jag joined them in the hallway, and Lyon filled hi deuar shifter made a sound of excited disbelief "No shit Hey, Chief, tell Olivia where I’ve gone, will you? She’s with Kara"

"I’ll tell her I don’t have to tell you two to be careful"

Kougar turned back toward the dining roo asked, catching up with hi Then you’ll puke your guts out"

"Reality check, Kougar-man Don’t apply for a job as an ad ar, his link to Ariana had long ago tamped down the worst of the effects for him But he remembered all too well his one trip to the Crystal Realm before they were ain Jag wasn’t going to enjoy himself, but there was little help for it Ariana needed hiar didn’t knoaiting for them when they reached the patio

The mist warriors flew at the co low

As long as they didn’t fight the Ilinas, the energy didn’t hurt unless the Ilinas wanted it to But Kougar had never been particularly fond of the scratchy feel It always reainst the blinding light, concentrating on the

Moments later, he came back to himself in a bitterly cold wind that whipped at his face On the hard, rocky ledge beside hian to retch Ahead rose a steep, rocky path Behind theed snowcapped peaks as far as the eye could see

"I feel ar didn’t know

Brielle clasped her hands agitatedly before her "Mage ic Ariana and Melisande would have transported into the thick of it"

The need to reach Ariana pulsed in his head like the pounding of dru crystal doht above hihtness

The ie--perhaps the size of a three-story office building--and square, with a pair of thick pillars fra the entry It sat atop a wide plateau, an iridescent ivorylike beauty capped by a crystal dome The teold leaf, inlaid with sparkling ge what appeared to be intricate scrollwork

His warrior’s eye took in the two sentries posted before the entrance, two e sentinels