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I nodded "Theto know We need a distraction"

"I could --"

"Not you," I cut in "My father He keeps telling ive him a chance to prove it?"

"Neither he nor the Raziq will be fooled for long As you have noted, they will feel your presence on the field"

"Perhaps, but we can always hope they’re too busy fighting each other to i about our presence Besides, what other option have we got?"

"None" His voice was grim "You had better contact your father quickly, as the sorceress ht already be on the fields with the four items"

I spun around and headed for iven me Azriel appeared, a knife he’d found who knohere held in one hand, as I sat cross-legged on the floor and placed the ward in front of me The rainbow colors within it see

"Thanks," I said, accepting the knife With little cerean to well, turned er upside down and let the blood drip onto the communication ward As the droplet hit, the rainbow stopped ht erupted from the center of the stone and briefly blinded ain, I was encased in a cylinder of white

"Father, are you out there?"

There was a pause, and then he said, "You have found the second key?"

"Yes, but I need your help to retrieve it"

"I cannot interact with your world – it is the reason you were bred"

I snorted softly Nice to know the only reason I existed was becausehe’d need an extra pair of hands here on Earth "The probleray fields"

"Explain"

"We suspect the sorceress has two gateways onto the fields The Raziq currently guard one The other, however, is in your rooet into my temple residences without the proper --"

"Lucian could," I cut in "And he orking with the sorcerers"

"He would not --"

"You keep saying that," I interrupted again "Trouble is, ti exactly what you said he shouldn’t or wouldn’t be"

Annoyance swirled around me, thick and heavy But all he said was, "What is it that you want?"

"The location of the gate the Raziq guard is -377925000, 14498635 We need you to provide some sort of distraction"

"Such as?"

"I don’t know, and I don’t particularly care Hell, you can take the bastards out for all I care You keep saying you’re far more powerful than either Malin or her people will ever be, so how about proving it?"

"That is a truth not even she would deny"

There was no conceit inin his words He merely stated a fact as he saw it I dare say Malin held the exact same opinion about her prowess Aedh, fro their strengths Their weaknesses were a different matter entirely – in fact, most seemed to think they didn’t actually have any

"Whatever you decide to do, I just need theate and try to capture the sorceress"

"And the key"

"That goes without saying" Whether he got it was anothersure Mirri was safe before I handed the key over to anyone

"When do you wish this to happen?"

"Now"

"I shall see what I can do"