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My voice sounded oddly small in the damp, stale confines of the cavern

"Malin is not here" The disembodied voice was male, and while it held no threat, it nevertheless sent a chill down my spine This was the Raziq I’d spoken to the first time I’d been captured – the Raziq who’d invadedtorn apart A Raziq I thought I’d killed Obviously, I rong

Not Sound saive you more Trouble was, I doubted the Raziq would so foolishly expose theain

"And even if she were," the diseh to show herself with the Mijai present His desire for revenge is so fierce it stains the fields"

I snorted "The only thing staining the fields is you lot You’re the ones who oddamn keys and created this mess we all find ourselves in"

"We do not need to justify our action to the likes of you --"

"No," I cut in fiercely, "but you sure as hell have to depend on my help And you knohat? It’s about ti that Because without reedy little ain"

Risa, Azriel warned As ht not be wise

Well, I’ve fucking tried everything else, with little success Maybe a little anger is precisely what’s needed I hesitated Are they close enough to attack yet?

No They remain outside the barrier

You can’t breach it?

Given ti either of us that way

Especially when the Raziqto happen A weakened Mijai would be a far easier target

"Do not think either yourself or your reaper are beyond the reach of our wrath," the Raziq replied "What I did to you, I could so easily do to hiest you look a little closer, Yeska" Azriel’s voice was edged with conteet now"

I gave Azriel a sharp glance You know hilanced at ht of the swords He is Malin’s second Valdis has tasted his blood in the past

If the fierce flare of fire along Valdis’s sides was anything to go by, she longed to do so again Why would a Mijai be sent after a Raziq?

When it beca of Aedh priests Yeska was caught and questioned

Why wasn’t he killed? Reaper rules?

Yes If we had known their ultimate plan, however, then perhaps intervention would have been ordered Instead, it was simply left to the fates

I snorted The powers that be obviously had a hell of a lot ," the disembodied voice that was Yeska replied "Two have become one That would explain the lack of response in the device we placed in your heart"

He could have been discussing the weather, for all the emotion in his voice And yet, that device had been the only way they’d had of knohen I was in ood bet there was a lot of background anger and frustration happening right now

"Yes," Azriel replied evenly "And if you think to rectify the situation in any way, be prepared for the consequences She is Mijai now Attack one, and you attack all"

That certainly explained the attitude of the reaper bearing the tords It wasn’t just that I’d ht

"We have no need to attack either of you," Yeska replied, a hint of amusement in his tones "She will comply when the lives of her friends are at stake"

"No, she won’t," I spat back "Because if you harm one hair on the head of anyone I care about, I pro keys will be broken into little pieces and placed where absolutely no one --"

"Do not threaten us" His fury whipped around us, snatchinght Just for a second, I caught a shiy behind the shield The Raziq, and lanced at her sharply How? Valdis can’t break the shield, and she’s stronger

Alanced down Fuck, she was right The floor wasn’t shielded None of the cavern floors had been shielded, when I thought about it