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"Because Morganna does not trust you at all She wants to kill your leader But she considersof a pet since I’m the one who resurrected her I’ve let her believe that I’ her find the potion"

At the end of the table, Marrok visibly shuddered, no doubt reanna’s bed

"Sorry," Bra it to you"

"Hoill you catch her off guard to give her the potion, then? Do you have another plan? I can do it in bed, as she sleeps unaware I have ways of colanced at Shock "If you have a better idea, let’s hear it"

Anka didn’t understand the dangerous role Shock played as Mathias’s right-hand enuinely on, but she knew better than to dig too deep, especially now Both he and Lucan would heartily object, and she didn’t dare do nant

"I’ll concede, but I’ve got a condition of rumbled "You must follow all my rules and directives as we retrieve and administer the potion, or the deal is off Otherwise, how do I know this isn’t si "I caone"

No one could argue with that

"All right I’ll give you the potion," Brament and will

Anka watched, almost certain that Mathias had just fallen into so?"

"Well, Nimue was the Lady of the Lake We’ll start there"

With that, everyone in the group stood There was nothing left to negotiate The only thing left to do was teleport to the site where Merlin had likely hidden the potion an eon ago and hope that they anna, contain Mathias, and all hteen

The wizards all bid a tense good-bye to their ht with them Anka teleported with everyone to a quiet district in Somerset, near Glastonbury The body of water looked placid, surrounded by tall eeping into the lush grass An old stone bridge with three arches sat in the distance as the setting sun skipped its last few rays across the water’s glassy surface In the distance, fog clung to the sea’s shoreline to their west

Anka frowned, rubbing her hands up and down her ar about this place she didn’t like She could al across these plains, s into the soil Of course, Mathias being beside her didn’t help her iination at all Uneasiness settled deep as they reached the banks

"This is a river," Lucan pointed out, hovering behind her and wrapping an arm around her to lend her his body heat "Not a lake"

"One of the many ways Nimue kept her location hidden from others ould hunt her," Mathias quipped "She was quite crafty"

A trait that had clearly passed down the line

Shock closed in behind Anka, as well "Need a coat?"

She shook her head

"I know you’re cold" Even when she didn’t look at hiitation and concern Poor Shock He’d tried so hard to take care of her in every way In the end, he still wound up alone

"I’ll be all right" She glanced at hiy

His face closed up, fast and tight Clearly, he didn’t want her pity

"Are you certain?" Lucan frowned as if he didn’t like her answer, either

Anka tried to send hi s inside Dread Fear A coat wasn’t going to fix that

"What now?" Ice deanna arrives unexpectedly," Braers, and an army of Anarki appeared on the river banks "Where shall we position therind his teeth into dust "Ice, Lucan, and Caden, get on the opposite side of the river If we anna, we’ll have soldiers on both banks She’ll have to go through theet the potion"

"Unless she uses trickery, which she’s good at Shock, stay with the others" Mathias pointed toward Ice, Lucan, and Caden "That’s the best use of your talents"

After the four of the members of the Doomsday Brethren "Marrok, Sabelle, Raiden and Ronan, fan out and head for the bridge If we have human company of any sort, they’ll likely arrive from there Sabelle, send the others at hoet a visit from the evil bitch, will you? They can join us, if need be"

Sabelle pulled her phone froe Anka knew that was the signal to Duke to be prepared to teleport Felicia here to surprise Mathias and contain Morganna The next text would bring the Untouchable here

"Splendid Anka, Mathias, we’ll head into the water"

Anka frowned "Into? It’s January That water can’t be "

"I expect not" Braic or dying of hypothermia Ready?"

"Of course," Mathias assured "But before ade in, do we have a spell to utter? Must we join hands or raise so" Brauess what he intended, based on what I know of y old coot Half-crazy, he was, at tilance at Brarandson No doubt, Bra