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Bram crossed his arms over his chest "I’ve already considered that Go on"

"I’ve got an idea to both get the potion down Morganna’s throat and trap Mathias"

"Truly?" Bram raised a broo super villains in one day How many battles have you been in, Anka?"

"Don’t you dare belittle her, you sodding dilance, then directed her attention back to Brahts have you spent in Mathias’s dungeon?"

"Are you suggesting that you know him better because he tortured you?"

Anka nodded "Better than you think I’est weakness is his vanity He resurrected Morganna, never i that she would be too powerful for hiance, he’ll never suspect that we’re one step ahead of him"

"Are you certain you really want to be involved?" Bra up at Lucan "He may think otherwise, but Lucan is my friend He’ll perish in every sense of the word if the worst happens to you and your youngling"

"Morganna isn’t going to let me sit this one out My life will hardly matter if we allow her wreak havoc at will She will kill innocents and expose us to all Then what?" she challenged, looking at Lucan "You must let me play my role"

"If I don’t?" Lucan crossed his ar her bluff Anka threatening to leave hi She loved Lucan, no h Unfortunately, they had a war to win first

"Then your youngling will grow up in a very dangerous world--if she gets to grow up at all And her mother will be quite unhappy"

Lucan shook his head with an agitated sigh "Bloody hell All right, under one condition: The moment that potion is free, you teleport away, back to safety No questions asked"

Anka hesitated She desperately wanted to deliver Mathias one blow, preferably the fatal one But with a youngling coreed I’ll leave adanna in the hands of others I will try to avoid fighting But I think I kno to trap Mathias"

"Do you?" Braed "Tell us"

"We’ll need everyone here first Every witch, wizard, and human we trust And the Untouchable We especially need her"

"I don’t want Felicia in the ht be stylish in his pricy designer suits, but he could be inti as hell

"No one wants to be in the ued "But with Felicia, we’ll have a chance Without her, even though Morganna and Mathias aren’t pals, they ic and we have a fight that’s two against ued with that logic, though Lucan looked as if he wanted to try Frustration poured off of him

She slipped her hand into his "I’ll do everything in o away if we do nothing"

With a sigh, he wrapped his arht"

Anka smiled up at Lucan He really was the most beautiful man she’d ever seen And one of the best inside, as well

"Oh, vomit," Shock muttered beside her

Please try to be happy I’ll keep your secret And I’ll always be here if you need rue loud and clear He wasn’t inHe wasn’t even terribly bitter Her instinct that she wasn’t the ht

Someday, you’ll find the perfect woman for you She’ll complete you, put a smile on your face, and pull your head out of the bottle I’ll be thrilled for you

Rolling his wide shoulders in his black leather jacket, Shock grimaced "I’d rather decapitate myself with a razor blade"

"Want help?" Lucan quipped

But it lacked the hate that had backed his words before

"Fuck off," Shock groused

"Wait," Braain "If Felicia is there, none of us will be able to use ood idea"

Anka pulled away froive Felicia a crash course in trusting us all Without that, the plan won’t work And weto find me Another day or two at best, then…I’m afraid we’re in for a war"

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Lucan pressed a damp towel to his face and tried to keep his calm Duke and Marrok had taken aside the human ladies, Sydney and Kari, to drill them in self-defense Olivia worked in a corner with a spell book, reading feverishly to understandwell That’s where the happy news ended

Felicia sat curled up against the far wall, eyes closed, mind obviously focused as he, Shock, Anka, Caden, Ice, Sabelle, the twins, and Braic Raiden had insisted Tabitha sit this battle out, given her coreed

The poor Untouchable looked small with her knees curled to her chest and her petite frame dwarfed by so many warriors Felicia had let the witches past her trust barrier within an hour Anka and Sabelle both hts off and on, conjure objects, and use ical defense spells easily Anka had even shown a bit of her irass inside Bram’s ballroom, complete with insects Predictably, Braically make the out-of-place fauna disappear and restore the wooden floor

Ti short They’d been at this for nearly twenty-four hours, stopping only briefly for food and a few hours’ sleep Despite the frustration, all the wizards kept trying Lucan bit back the urge to yell at Felicia that he’d never hurt her Shock hadn’t held back at all Caden diverted hi Ice joined hi

"What the fuck do we do if we can’t make this work?" Shock asked