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"I’iven your determination not to involve any of us in that search" Her voice ry "Which, by the way, is neither warranted nor necessary We have faced far worse in our lifetiue Aedh"

"Which is precisely why I don’t want you involved" And she knew that "But this is related Sort of"

"Go on"

She crossed her ararded me steadily A rock I could always depend on, no ht with a half s her hostage against ood behavior at a warehouse in Link Court, Brooklyn According to the Brindle witches, she’s protected by ic that will allow neither Aedh nor reaper entry"

"Then I’m surprised Lucian is still alive In a similar situation, I would have killed the bastard"

"A sentiave him a look over my shoulder, but he merely raised an eyebrow at me

"Then why isn’t he dead?" Riley said "It would solve the proble forced to do what you do not wish to"

"If he doesn’t report in every hour, theher have orders to kill her"

"Ah"

"Also, I do not think those ed "Non-human I can deal with"

"Yeah, but these are non-huht will be infinitely rinned and cracked her knuckles "I haven’t had a good fight in quite a while"

"That is because you’re supposed to be settling down to a quiet life" Uncle Quinn’s gently lilting tones see to call me in on this, weren’t you?"

He re-formed next to Riley, his expression a mix of love and amusement Like ht me all of my skills

"Of course," she replied, a s "I wouldn’t want you to lanced at ic, electronic security, and more than likely Raziq" I hesitated "Tao and Carwyn--Ilianna’s potential mate--want in on the action"

Quinn frowned "Given we face an unknown number of combatants, I don’t think it wise to involve anyone who isn’t fight trained"

"Maybe, but the s, so it’ll prevent you froaze to Riley "I know you’re one of the best, but I don’t want you going in there alone I couldn’t stand to see you hurt" Or worse I didn’t say it, but it hovered in the air, regardless

"I won’t be alone I have a twin, reht even ather ht, Risa," she added softly "It always is"

Tears stung my eyes, and I blinked them away rapidly And wished, with all my heart, that I could believe her But deep down I kneasn’t going to be all right, that it was never going to be all right All right had long ago passedfaster and faster into the darkness that o

"What we need," Quinn said, "is eyes on the situation Once we knoe face, we can plan our attack"

"Stane can hook into all the security cams in the area--"

"So can the Directorate," Riley said "And it’ll be easier and faster I’ll get Rhoan on it iood idea--"

She waved my objection away as she picked up her phone "Jack owes oes sideways, it’s better that the Directorate be involved"

Please, God, don’t let it go sideways I licked lanced at Quinn "I’ Lucian at eleven thirty I know that doesn’t leave , but I can delay hier you can delay, the better it will be We’ll ring--"

"You can’t My phone is dead and I left it hoe e’ve freed her"

"But I’ nano microcells--"

"Which have not the capacity to stop lanced at her as she got off the phone "All set?"