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Chapter 19

We raced back to ure out what the deal ith the portals, but the triangulation hadn’t been as in of error that Ryan had ulated from is fairly far apart," Jill explained as she showed us thethe compass exactly in the direction where you felt the pull Therefore, I went ahead and charted it for the bearings you gave us, then with a two-degree rirees, it still gives us a pretty large area"

She’d drawn colored cones extending fro us an intersection of what looked like a dia, located on the northeast end of town in what looked like a mix of ho in there that I’m supposed to open or activate or find or whatever"

"I’ it’s more than just a portal," my aunt said as she peered at the map

"I concur," Eilahn said "This sued, most likely because whatever is in this location requires so potency"

"Great," I ine it’s so her shoulders in a light shrug She straightened "But no o anywhere near it"

"Again," Eilahn said, "I concur"

"Look, I’ about the whole thing was bugging ," I said finally, "it’s not justme point in a particular direction My iht have been the saht back to what Pellini had said about Barry getting into his face Maybe his i? Why else would an ex-con take a chance on antagonizing a cop?

Zack cleared his throat "I have a theory about that, actually"

I looked over at hi with a stab of embarrassment that he’d surely been aware of what had happened between Ryan and me the other day I didn’t know the precise dyna it wasn’t quite the sae distance ofon with Ryan at all times

But more importantly, I res If he had any infor forth a "theory" would certainly be the best and easiest way to share any knowledge he ht have

"The reduction of impulse control is probably as vital as the enhanceood is it if the recipients beco drawn to--if they can sio see for the wear off at some point?"

"I do not know," Eilahn confessed "Theoretically, yes, but the cuff is shielding its effects, and also possibly increasing the tirade"

"It’s also possible," Zack added, "that there’s a link between you and the portals, since you had a strong emotional connection to the victims"

Damn Now that ht not even need me to find whatever this is?"

Zack shifted uncertainly "It’s only a theory," he qualified "But I would iine he already knohere the, uratitude Fro hard and fast over the thin ice of breaking the oaths that bound hi is that I’o find," I said, "but I’s happening to me However, I do e could pinpoint the location a little better Maybe we could find soet them warded so that I could take the cuff off and take new bearings"

Jill nodded "That would work, but," she looked over at Eilahn, "how long would that take to do?"

The syraza pursed her lips "Wards of that design and strength are not simple Even if the chosen locations were small, it would likely take ? I rather doubted this su to wear off He or she surely had a backup plan in mind "Okay, so we can try to narrow the location down In the ure out how to track down this other su roo to create a directory Or a social network"

Jill snickered "What, like MagicSpace?"

Tessa’s lips twitched "Soed in illicit activities will be eager to sign up"

I waved my hands "Details! But I can’t help but wonder how the hell Peter Cerise was able to get six su of Szerain"

"Perhaps they had the saested