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Fitting

Endelle had a scorpion’s temperament

"I did a quick profile of her powers She may have all of Second’s abilities"

"Goddammit," Endelle muttered She plucked one of her feathers and ran it between her fingers He winced It hurt like hell to have a feather plucked but he supposed she’d been doing it so long the experience was sioing to want her and in a few hours this is going to turn into a fucking shitfest Okay, so where exactly is she in her call to ascension?"

"I couldn’t get into her head"

"What?" She actually shifted her legs off her desk and leaned forward to stare at hiet into her head?"

"I could communicate telepathically, but she has shields like you wouldn’t believe"

"Wow" She nodded several times "So, did you ask about her dreams?"

"I’ is considered a violation She had no apparent prior knowledge of anything she saw, either the death vamp or me Our world, therefore, hasn’t commanded her dreams, otherwise she should have known more than she did"

"But her powers…?"

"Off the chart Only your ascension caht Well, she has to be in the h we have a ress I think it’s just a matter of time before she makes her way to one of the Borderlands" She rubbed her forehead He wondered if she ever slept But then, none of theether

Sleep What would that be like?

The feather she had plucked changed colors, fro along with the flicks of her thuhts

His gaze shifted to the view froht had fallen, and Caainst a black sky lit with stars The same location on Mortal Earth would have put her office somewhere near Sky Harbor Airport

Madaant glass high-rises, each building wide at the base, like a pyra broad patio gardens to round rivers, the Valley of the Sun on Second Earth, in populated areas, took on a tropical feel Broadleaf trees and citrus groves kept the tehout the city were the norm

She looked back at hiht"

He nodded "The mortal female is a therapist by profession She served as his counselor, such as it was, for the space of a year"

"No shit," Endelle murmured "So he’s known about her all this tiot to have better inforroup of Seers I’ve ever had" Sheof obscenities then drew in a deep breath

She nodded slowly, her gaze slicing back to hi ascendiate, didn’t you? She pretty?"

Beautiful Gorgeous Tall, so she’d fit s at her neck, and a helluva lot more "Very pretty," he said in as flat a voice as he could e

"Cut the crap, Kerrick Do you think I can’t read yourfor her"

What was the use pretending? There was a good chance Endelle knew his thoughts even before he had them "More than I should Unreasonably"

"Huh" She narrowed her eyes "You srant on her?"

Lavender, he sent Fields of it He just couldn’t say it out loud

"Well, this has to be shit for you because it sounds like the breh-hedden"

He stared at her, held her gaze "I didn’t think it existed We all thought it was aexists I’ve seen it in action a few times over the course of ood luck with that" She laughed

He didn’t see anything funny in the potent exchange he’d had with Alison A thought occurred to hi to happen when you sent me over there?"

"I had a hunch"

"Fuck"

"You know if this is the breh-hedden, you’re not going to have much control over it"

He didn’t want to think about it He didn’t want to even acknowledge the possibility that so his heels

He shook his head "Won’t matter if this is the breh-hedden or not"