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Mab said she’d i end, Nimuë had seduced Merlin and imprisoned hiuess she’d know She also said she’d had many lifetimes That was how she knew so much about Myrddin--she’d battled hie

He wouldn’t succeed I’d proet the bloodstone back And I would, soht hours, the Reaper would claim another victie of Boston Common, near the Boylston Street T station Myrddin would be there with his lidded jar I couldn’t be sure he’d have the bloodstone with him--but I could be damn sure he’d expect me He wanted my life force for Pryce

It would be better if I could auntil he could complete his ritual It was probably where the Old Ones had taken Juliet, as well But I didn’t have the slightest idea where the safe house ht be All Juliet could tell us was that it was in the basement of a brick town house--and Boston was full of those

Kane settled on the cushion beside arded me from his wolf’s face "How can we find the safe house, Kane?"

His head lifted, ears alert, and he jumped from the sofa and ran to the front door He turned and looked back at me expectantly When I didn’t move, he let out a frustrated yip

"I can’t take you with uise hi around Boston in his wolf forgressively this time

"Stop it We promised Clyde that no one would know you’re here" Besides, I wasn’t going to argue with a wolf

Kane caht my sleeve in his teeth, and pulled When I shook him off, he nipped my skin

"Ow!" I rubbed the spot No broken skin, but it stung I glared at hi he had my attention, he put his nose to the floor and ran around in circles, sniffing exaggeratedly Okay, so in wolf form he was an expert tracker But Myrddin had left the scene through the demon plane, and Kane couldn’t track his scent there I told hiain

He had a point The Old Ones who’d grabbed Juliet were vah the demon plane And they had a very distinctive scent Kane could track theet Juliet’s scent fro and he could track her specifically

"But what about Mab?" I didn’t think Myrddin would try to attack her here He didn’t need to when he had the bloodstone But I couldn’t leave her on her oeak and ill as she was

The phone rang, interrupting hts I snatched it up before the noise could wake Mab

"Hello?"

It was Clyde "Tina would like to pay you a visit?" There was a reason he phrased the statement as a question Tina never, ever paused to let Clyde call upstairs She always breezed past his desk, assuhted to see her Clydewhy she’d stopped to let hiround "That’s not how I said to say it Give me that"

There was a squeak--from Clyde, I assumed--and then Tina came on the line "What he was supposed to say was ‘Tina requests your royal permission to come upstairs and return your stupid book’ I wrote it down and everything Since, you know, you made it clear that you don’t want to seeit because I told your aunt I would"

I closed ret, but I was short on both time and options "Yes, fine, Tina Please co up without another word

"What do you think?" I asked Kane, who sat by the door "Am I crazy?"

He thumped his tail on the floor and nodded Then he nuzzled my hand

I put Roxana’s charm around Kane’s neck and watched as he took on the appearance of a German shepherd Then I opened the door to watch for Tina The elevator dinged, and she stepped out, holding Russo it toward o"

I opened the door wider "Come in, Tina I need to ask you a favor"

Tina rolled her eyes, but she huffed pastroo

"Shh!" I said "My aunt’s asleep"