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Nor the Glenrial cole time since his return fro about Head Case," Ronan said "I like this foster family The level of supervision here clearly benefits us all"

Ben asked, "What did you learn on your trip?"

Aye, Munro, what news? Would he have learned all about the notoriously bloody prison break? All about the unspeakable things the mortals did to their captives?

"It's as bad as the ru around"

Ronan said, "He wasvivisected?"

Dissected while still conscious Will's hand went to his chest, his claws digging into his skin

"Some prisoners believe he was"

Dr Dixon, the Order's head surgeon/researcher/psychopath, customarily opened up her chosen victi are

A clammy sweat dotted his skin

Ben said, "How could humans have captured him in the first place?"

"They have advanced concealment techniques and weaponry He was likely electrocuted, then collared with a band that controlled his strength"

Correct and correct The hu each inmate into that mystical collar, a "torque" to neutralize the immortals' abilities

"His beast could no' overpower this?" Ronan asked

My beast could no' rise The collar had prevented it for the weeks Will had been ione since Ruelle

Munro must've shaken his head in answer, because Ben said, "There'sus?"

Munro hesitated "The prison breakleft all our allies there at a disadvantage," he said, hedging Oh, aye, Munro knows much

In theand explosions, some immortals had been able to remove their torques-the most evil ones

Like the succubae

Will's worst nighth a hellish maze of fire and blood while a pack of ravenous seed-feeders hunted him

Only it'd happened Except for Ruelle's appearance, it had all happened

The bottle of whiskey shook when he turned it up How hard he'd fought not to be gang-raped in full view of a throng of Loreans

Munro finally answered, "Let's just say that Will has every right to be in his current state Does no' er"

Allow it? You should no' even know about this, you nosy, self-righteous prick!

Ben said, "If he could just get revenge, he could beat this"

"The ones responsible are out of our reach," Munro said

Utterly out of reach Dixon had already been taken care of Co the Order-couldn't be located, not even by the ister Chase, aka the Bladeed sides, now protected by powerful Loreans

Nix was untouchable

When Will had gone to call her out over shafting him, she'd nonchalantly reminded hi When he'd accused her of working with Webb, she'd coolly replied, "I use every means attool"

And then she'd told hiainst the Blade to confront him hat I've learned," Munro said "If we coet between us, no matter what occurs" The lads were still vulnerable to haro for a run?"

Just as Will heard Munro at the stairs, Ronan called, "Probably bad ti Head Case While you were gone, I had soht back into his wallet"

That little prat caht of Ronan seeing hiht've been a reive a shite, Ronan"

"Beauty!"

With each of his brother's steps, Will grewHis claws sank into his pal expression, he'd flay his brother He'd whip his arse-

Munro entered They shared a look between thehteous prick!" Will attacked

Chapter Five

Someone's in the house with me

Chloe's eyes shot open She'd just awakened in her bed to the sense that she wasn't alone

Her hearing had leveled off at last-it was still revved up but not insanely so-yet she detected nothing unusual Just the windstor to her?

If sohed After the last feeeks she'd had, she could allar

Her dad hadn't returned, hadn't contacted her or answered her numerous calls in more than a month Yesterday, his number had been disconnected

Still, she didn't think he was actually in danger He was capable, siven her instructions in case he didn't return soon for a reason-because he'd been expecting, even planning not to

She felt in her bones that he was alive Which meant her emotions had vacillated from fear that he was in soht have abandoned her, to anger that he'd skipped out after leaving her with so many questions

She was pissed that he couldn't spare a single call to his only child Hey, Pop, not only did I survive the Florida training ca in for an update

Fear, sadness, anger Rinse and repeat Her emotions spun as wildly as a roulette wheel

She'd long since taken stock of her situation, trying to get a sense of her life, her overall field position She'd come up with three truths

One: her dad was almost certainly part of that Order Two: she'd told hi Book of Lore, an encyclopedia of myths, for a reason He must believe she was one of those detrus that shouldn't be allowed to live

Three: he still loved her

She'd dutifully read every page of that book, perusing thousands of entries from Amazons and kobolds to witches and Valkyries Did Chloe believe that yard gnomes, fairies, Shreks, and Edwards roa in those creaturestransition-you couldn't have one without the other If they existed, then Dad wasn't crazy If Dad wasn't crazy, then she was an undetonated detrus

So she'd decided to hold out on accepting an entirely neorld for as long as possible Still, for shits and giggles, she'd tried to match up her new symptoms to a species