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"I do not have enough ic left to create Razan," he said "So if they coot enoughsilance, his expression unreadable "What uess You’re the one who said you don’t do anything without reason Perhaps your apparent lack of , not hu out with a very powerful sorceress I bet she could create all ic with a little help from you"

"Perhaps," he said "But those Razan are not here under my orders"

"Yeah, but maybe they’re here under hers"

He didn’t answer that particular accusation,I’d hit the nail on the head And if she was behind the creation of the twisted Razan who’d run interference when the first key was stolen--and ere here now--then ht After all, there had been male clothes in her Gold Coast apart played just as rowled

"It may not even be here," I re close"

"Or you’ll do what?" he et who holds all the cards here"

"Not all the cards," I retorted "You still needtension all overwith that"

He stepped back, but only a pace or two Still, it gave h to draw Amaya if I needed to

Fro I knew Azriel was involved, but I resisted the urge to reach out to hi he needed

I walked on, scanning the displayed weapons, finding nothing, sensing nothing Then, as I reached the end of the aisle, energy slithered across ht, it barely brushed the hairs on aze swept the re aisle It was in one of the?" Lucian said, excitement in his voice

"Not exactly" I hesitated as another wash of energy ran over er and darker "There’s so"

"Aside fro downstairs, you aze swept the room There were still a dozen men up here, and none of the on downstairs In fact, they appeared to be deliberately ignoring it Even the guards Unease stirred "It just doesn’t feel right"

"The wards your father so kindly created have stopped the Raziq Your reaper is taking care of the Razan There is nothing and no one else here to worry about, Risa"

He rong Totally wrong But I guessed he knew that Guessed whatever or whoever I was sensing were either his people or histo his dark sorceress

I forcedand tried to catch the elusive sensation that would lead rew until it was a pulse beating in tune with an to trickle down my spine, and all I could smell was fear It was thick and rich and it was allpull of power The Dušan’sfro that the last ti at the key’s location, I walked to the end of this aisle and into the next one

And stopped abruptly The key was here

But every sense I had screa to do right now

"You’ve found it" It was a stateested that Lucian had not been altogether truthful when he’d said he couldn’t read hts Like that was a surprise