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He nodded "If you need us"
"I’ll knohere to find you" All I had to do was look for the bloodshed Between et even messier
After they left, the rest of us made our way to Charity Hospital It was on the upper boundary between the French Quarter and the ruins, and close to Canal Street, which formed the western border of the Quarter
We found Michel at the desk in the e a chest tube to inflate her lung and setting a broken leg A few other bumps and bruises to look over, but she should recover"
Henri swore softly
Michel gestured to the waiting roo friend is in there"
We joined Dub in the waiting roo The mood was somber as we found seats and waited I felt a stare and found Sebastian’s gaze onsorry Crank was in the hospital, for God’s sake How could I not feel responsible? Whatever A second later he was standing in front of o out of the roo a quiet corner "What I saidIt caed a hand down his face with a loud sigh "The girl Zoe"
"What about her?" Our gazes locked and I knew A flutter went through my stomach "You can’t be serious"
"Think about it We’re screwed The Noveh combined power to hold Athena off for all these years Divided we fall, just like Bran said Athena is cooing to be the end of this city"
Shivers skipped along od, Sebastian? We could be releasing so even worse And not just on us, on everyone here and maybe beyond We have no idea ould happen"
"Let’s just talk to Bran again, see what he thinks If he agrees, then we should do it"
"Fine We talk to him first"
EIGHTEEN
WE TOLD THE OTHERS WE’D be back and then hurried froe glow of fire in the distance The French Quarter was burning The fighting within the Noveotten worse Locals and tourists fled past us I saw several kids fro led by their parents They crahters, and Bran’s contingent of police tried to keep the peace, directing everyone to the hospital and to several buildings along Canal There at least they were out of theto keep the crowd fro toward the ruins of the business district--to so do meant certain death
In the square, flames poured out of Presby’s upper floors The Novem was at war Jackson Square had becoht be our only hope, because once Athena launched her attack, there would be very little resistance if this kept up
We were on the corner near the Pontalba Apartround trembled beneath our feet The stone pavers erupted, roots shooting fro until the pain made me screareen light came at us Sebastian had very little time to call upon his power and cast a thick blue shield around us The green energy hit with staggering force The shield broke, but the poas already dispersing Holy shit Sebastian was building a ball of blue energy in his hand
The witch lurked beneath the large oak in the corner of the park An earth witch A se, scared shitless, and I guessed she was attacking anything that caht have been too if I was trapped and confused and had no clue as happening Most of the fa the lead of their fa friends And it wasn’t confined to adults There were several fighting ere in s would be much different
Another hit fro ht "Can you trap her? Get inside her head?" I yelled over the sounds of the fight, not wanting the girl to die, just to wise up and get the hell away from the square Our eyes met and Sebastian nodded I kneeakened froy around hirabbed the dagger I always kept inhim in the eye The blade sank deep It wouldn’t kill him, but it would keep him down for a while The roots finally broke I stumbled forward as the witch broke her hold and ran away I went for my blade and spied Bran one door down fro a family as they hurried beneath the second-floor balconies, around the corner where others were there to escort the up to hi to evacuate as many families as we can," he tossed over his shoulder as we followed hi, Bran paused to catch his breath Blood splatters and smears covered his face, sword ar as hell Kieran was a er than ue to ask why she hadn’t gone to safety with the others, but I stayed quiet Kieran was his only daughter, the only child he had left I knew he’d keep her by his side Bran had once boasted that Kieran was so talented with a sword she could’ve separated le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>