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"You okay?" he asked

"Yes" You’re a warrior Act like one She tugged from his hold, and the only reason she succeeded was because he let her; she knew it "I’ve seen you before"

Strider was dating, or whatever, Kaia the Wing Shredder, and Strider had beheaded Lazarus to protect her He was the consort of another Harpy, one even e his death

"How are you alive?" she demanded

"My body was destroyed, but not my spirit It was trapped inside the Rod all this tiotten out? "If your body was destroyed, why are you solid to me?"

"Your body was destroyed as well, the moment you entered the Rod"

"No"

"Don’t worry I can et home"

She wouldn’t panic She would believe him She didn’t like the alternative

"You have a weapon?" he asked

Did she? She patted herself down and ca to adht ? Before you answer that, you should probably know I lack any sort of softer es to you that you wouldn’t wish on your worst eneht, but you’re not the opponent I’s you say you can do I want to fight him" Lazarus nodded to a place behind her "We’ll need to work together to defeat hiest warrior you’ll never have the pleasure to meet, but we just happen to be in the same room as the only male ever to beat me"

Him, he’d said The skinny red-eyedthe Cloak over her head and peering at the painting? And the guy had once beaten Lazarus? Hehadn’t revealed Dread washed through her as she turned, butshe couldn’t see him

"He’s here?" she demanded "Who is he?"

"You can’t see hi to admit to a lack

"He has the ability to reveal hi with" He sighed angrily "I guess it’s up to me to save the day, then"

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

DISASTER LAUGHED WITH diabolical glee Laughed harder than he’d laughed when Kane had been tied down, raped, beaten and humiliated All because Tink had collapsed to the floor, her body contorting into the ht Moan after moan escaped her The kind he’d only ever heard in battle, after the last sword had been swung, the only ene finally defeated

Red wheeled away fro "What’s happened to me? I’m so weak, and yetyet"

Black dropped to his knees, his wings snapping into his back and vanishing

"Weak yetat peace"

Green stood frozen, his eyes ith shock, the scales falling fro them split at the sides, like a veil torn asunder Suddenly Kane could see William, Synda and White, and when the three spotted the remnants of the battle scene, they stood in unison, chairs skidding backward

"I told her not to do it," Willia up in a display of innocence

"Are you ready to leave now?" Synda asked, studying her nails "I’ve been waiting forever"

White nodded with satisfaction--until she saw the state of her brothers Angry eyes locked on Tink’s writhing body "What did she do?"

Ignoring everyone, Kane rushed over to Tink and scooped her up in his arht, but her scent was there, sweet and strong, wonderfully familiar, and he found comfort in it He had her close She would be okay He would make sure she was okay

"She draws other people’s abilities inside herself" The secret was out now He needed answers "What’d she get from your boys?" he demanded of William "They’re not de "No, they’re not, but as you know, they carry the essence of war, fa with all three"

His heart slaainst his ribs "Get the princess to the palace" He didn’t wait for a reply, but raced fro an eerie sort of darkness over the land How long had he been fighting? The princess’s carriage was gone, probably driving around the area to keep people fro exactly where the princess was and what she was doing Taking the time to look for it wasn’t an option

People now littered the sidewalks Men in suits Women in fancy dresses Every eye found hiainst hi

"Come home with me," a woman said

"I want to have your baby," another intoned "Please, Lord Kane!"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>