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"She&039;s not co her in the bottoo, ione to Hekate, sweetheart"

"Can we bring her back?"

"No You know that&039;s forbidden" At ti little forirl had exceeded even Mariketa&039;s abilities until Mari had recently come into her powers

Apparently, the last time Ruby had cast a spell, she&039;d tortured and killed twenty o tomorrow, Crow"

Carrow had explained that she was setting out to hunt a dee, these mortals would free Carrow and Ruby "I don&039;t want to leave, but I don&039;t really have a choice Hey, in a way, this is just a et soeht at an early age to sell their ood care of you"

Froned pissy exhalation

Earlier, with a clipped "Oh, very well," she&039;d agreed to look out for Ruby Carrow suspected Lantheher street cred as a wicked sorceress

After all, she was the notorious "ueen of Persuasion, a sorceress who could compel others to do whatever she bade them To be deemed a ""ueen" meant that she was the best at her talent in all the Lore

Though Sorceri and witches shared a coed to the Pravus, an alliance of evil factions that warred with the Vertas, the relatively good alliance that Carrow affiliated with

Before allying, loosely, with the Vertas, Lanthe and her sister had fought on the Pravus front line

Still, Carrow felt a level of trust toward Lanthe She usually had a good sense about people, and the week she and Lanthe had spent confined together in this cell felt like a lifetime

They&039;d played tic-tac-toe in the condensation on the steel walls, gabbed about the hotness known as King Rydstrom, Lanthe&039;s new deht they were both presently gasping through

Carrow had had lovers - ht on Bourbon Street could score her another one But she had her reasons for her current coitus hiatus

"What will happen when you get us free?" Ruby asked

Howto take care of you hty: find us soet to live at Andoain Carrow had felt a pang at the thought of giving up her sorority-style life there - and her coveted suite with a private bath - but when she&039;d looked at Ruby&039;s tearstained little face, she&039;d easily decided that it didn&039;t et a pad near Andoain so you can still go to spell school there I&039;ll pack lunch" - bag leftover pizza - "for you every "

Lanthe made a sound of disbelief froh, I&039; to teach you all about the Street that is Bourbon"

Ruby yawned, her puffy lids drooping "I heard soo They said you were rutterless"

Now a chuckle from the top bunk

"Rudderless?" So true "Maybe so But I&039; to be anymore" How&039;s it feel to be a rudder, kiddo?

"Will you hold my hand until I fall asleep? And stay here till I wake up?"

"You got it" Maybe the reason she&039;d never done ith responsibilities in her personal life was that she&039;d never had any practice? Carrow had led armies - but she&039;d never had another depend solely on her

In , her brow s Carroaited a little while, then eased fro the dossier

When Lanthe slunk down froain that the sorceress looked flawless, displaying no signs of a week&039;s worth of stress, discomposure, or even wrinkles But then Lanthe wore typical Sorceri garb: a ether with bits of leather

Her dark hair was a s loves - with built-in claws - and the half mask that would nor that the mortals left their prisoners in their own street wear for the most part She herself still wore her jewelry and club duds

"They&039;re going to double-cross you," Lanthe said

Did Carrow suspect Chase would go back on his word? Of course But she also knew she had to operate under the assumption that he would release her and Ruby What were titches to them? And more importantly, what other choice did Carrow have? "I don&039;t know that for certain," she said as she began rooting through the pack Dixon had offered her earlier

At once, Carrow had deo to the facility&039;s PX store for her own supplies While the Order ht have a dandy assault pack for soldiers to make an incursion, they didn&039;t have an all-purpose Carrow pack for witches bent on seduction

So after a few hygienic tweaks to her gear - and her first shower in a hile her clothes were dry-cleaned - she was ready

"In any event, witch, I think you waste your tiht not trust that they&039;ll keep their word about releasing us," Carrow said "But I trust one hundred percent that they&039;ll keep it about killing her"

Lanthe sighed, gazing over at Ruby "Well, then, let&039;s see this dossier"

They sat on the floor with their backs against the wall Fitting Carrow opened the folder to the first page, a summary of her destination and its peoples

"I still can&039;t believe they&039;re sending you to Oblivion" Lanthe shivered

"Coet fresh vemons this time of year"

Oblivion was one of the hell planes, a place of such limited resources that only the harshest demons could survive In this case, water was scarce No rain fell, and the few collections of water were underground

According to the dossier, the Trothan culture was a chaotic mix of slavery, violence, and cruelty - its members brutal Yet they had a deeply entrenched class system in their society

Carrow&039;s lips thinned She wasn&039;t a big fan of classes in any form - educational or social She herself hailed from a "noble" family, but had buried that little tidbit about herself And it&039;s not like e to the suet," Lanthe said, "A veerous of all Lore creatures, was created out of a Trothan, one of the h Carro de, and hot, she&039;d neverinto hell to get hiing out the baddie"

"Snake Plissken, at your service," Carrow said as she began perusing Slaine&039;s inforanized in handy bullet points

Description: Light blue eyes Defined musculature Over six and a half feet tall Black horns, curving back fro tattoo on his right flank, typical deround: Born o to a prostitute demon mother Father unknown

Carrow felt a flare of pity for hih, and he hadn&039;t exactly gotten a great start

Led rebellion against vampire invaders until his capture Transformed into a Scarba - a vahold, he beheaded Kallen the Just, the Trothans&039; demon prince, as well as the Viceroy, the vampires&039; emissary

Carroned "Why would Slaine have assassinated the two potential leaders, then not taken control of the demonarchy?"

Lanthe said, "Sounds to itive from Trothans for over three centuries No known associates Unwed Most current activities: Defending his territories, the water mines of Oblivion Special skills: Battle-trained, survival, military command experience