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But sometimes words were all you had
As he reached thethree strangers, twoto Paenther, and he motioned him over
"The Guard, BP"
The Guard hailed mainly from Europe, trained in the British Isles, and were known to be fierce fighters He was interested to see the leader of this team seemed to be the woh heels with flath red hair
Paenther shook hands with each of the three The lish accents, but the woue
As Lyon turned to usher the into the foyer "That witch has to go! I feel like I’ve got her rowled, then stopped short as he saw the visitors His gaze zeroed in on Olivia, his gaze raking her fro" Lyon warned, but the surly warrior slid his arm around the redhead’s shoulders "How about you coar," he drawled
"How about I don’t" The words purred fro didn’t seerasp her breast "I’ll be good"
"I’h spiked heels and drove it down hard on his instep
"Fuck!" Jag leaped back, lifting his injured foot The look he turned on the wo in her sights, but glanced at Lyon and lifted one well-arched brow "As you were saying?"
Paenther struggled to keep a straight face
"Did I just see what I thought I saw?" Tighe said co up behind him
"You did"
Lyon eyed the wo I appreciate your willingness to help I’ll be pairing your warriors with ave a decisive nod, glancing at Jag, then back at Lyon "We’ll be ready As hters, then?" Lyon asked
"Of course Do not let ret"
Adlanced at Jag "I don’t doubt that I’ll be happy for your help All of you," he said, his words encolanced at Paenther "Think Lyon will pair her with Jag? She could sure teach hirunted "A hundred bucks on the redhead"
Jag glared at the pair of thean to sparkle with lights The next ’s yell roared through Paenther’s head
Lyon scowled and glared at Paenther "See to your witch"
Paenther nodded and left the roohe accompanied him back to the kitchen, where he was determined to find Skye some food
"Hawke called while you were downstairs They’re on their way back"
"What happened?"
"They found the farmhouse where we picked you up without any trouble, and Wulfe located your scent He followed it about fourbut can’t find anything that looks like a cave"
"What about the Market?" They turned the corner into the dining roo Pink sweep up the mess On the sideboard sat a platter of cinnahe picked up one of the rolls and took a big bite "Mrabbed one of the unbroken plates and loaded it with four rolls
"They were starting to feel disoriented, so Lyon ordered theic"
"Yep Gotta be"
"Dammit I can find et these da?"
"None If he doesn’t co soon, I may not have any choice but to cut off one of my hands to see if it works" He couldn’t shake theto death after Ancreta cut off his foot, but Frederick had been two years without radiance He’d turned mortal, as all newly marked Ferals did if they didn’t find Feral House within a couple of years
It wouldn’t happen to hiriaze "If the Mage find a way to free Satanan fro to be the least of my worries"
He took the plate and started back down the stairs to the underground, but as he neared the bottoan to crawl over his scalp, as if so root
The plate of cinnaers and crashed to the floor Voices whispered inside his head on a thick, cold nition
Enthrallment
The mist rushed in, and he knew noto make sense of what had happened upstairs A dull queasiness played in her stoure out a way to stop whatever it was and convince the Ferals she could be of help to theer
Paenther would protect her as long as he could But if his chief decided she was dangerous, there would be nothing he could do
It was as if the animals inside the Ferals were both drawn to her and repelled by her She’d thought it was simply a matter of confusion on the animals’ part by their warriors’ animosity toward her
Unfortunately, that didn’t explain what had happened to Jag She’d felt his animal’s pain, in a different way than she’d felt it before What orse, Foxx’s, Lyon’s, and Tighe’s ani echoes of that sa with theift should never cause a creature pain Even if she wanted to hurt theic
She stilled Maybe that was the probleift in some fundamental way As soon as Paenther returned, she’d ask him
The sound of footsteps carried to her Paenther’s footsteps Her skin heated Her heart fluttered with anticipation, her chest expanding and filling until the warmth was nearly too much to contain How had Paenther become her entire world in such a short ti rong His as tense His expression hard And he’d come without the food he’d promised her
"What’s the aze fixed on the task
"We have to go"
"Why?" She wiped suddenly damp palms on the pants Paenther had loaned her Had Lyon already ordered her to be destroyed?
Swinging the door open, glancing back over his shoulder, he reached his hand out to her She placed her hand in his and followed hiym