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I headed through the antechamber and into the cha by a ram than the one that had been used on rails twisted and gli even unignited I tried to breathe nor chihuahua, but I could feel sweat pricking the s?" I asked Mzatal when he looked my way

He shook his head "There are no special preparations needed"

I raised and eyebrow "Really? No being led around hooded, and scary thru during the process itself, but not before," he said "There is no purpose for that now, nor for a hood"

Slick motherfucker Now I understood He pushed buttons as part of the damned assessment Yeah, he’d needed to purify me when I first arrived, but the rest of it was all to see how I’d react I leveled a scowl at hireement that says I can’t call you naram A very faint smile curved his mouth "No"

My own mouth twitched "So, hypothetically, if I were to call you an asshole, there’d be no reprisals?" I asked with an innocent look "Hypothetically, of course"

Idris glanced up sharply, then hissed and drew back his hand as the sigil he orking on stung hireement," was Mzatal’s mild reply

I chuckled under lanced over at me with a raised eyebrow I shtened, turned fully to htly, and still with the faint hint of a sed, still s "What fun would it be if there weren’t?"

Mzatal lifted his head "None whatsoever," he said, his face betraying a hint of araotten the pesky detail where I had to go into the diagram

He held out his hand to --stood in the center of the diagraullibly to aze snapped to the door of the chail that would seal it No, it’s Mzatal’s chamber, not Rhyzkahl’s Almost identical I squeezedpussy! I railed atcalm and stability I moved jerkily forward, like an autorails I took his hand, all too aware that ht now

He gave raers

"Thanks, Boss," I whispered

His eyes met mine, deep, ancient, and intense "You are most welcome, Kara Gillian"

He helped me down to lie on my back, then retreated from the circle I closedI knew, someone called my name and a hand squeezed my shoulder

"Mzatal?" I blinked awake to see the lord crouched beside me, his forehead covered in a sheen of sweat "It’s done?"

"Yes The link has been cleared"

I squinted at hiht "You okay? I can’t believe I fell asleep"

He gave a quick nod "With a triple pygah set above you, you would have found it challenging to stay awake, and I needed the stillness of your mind"

"Well, it worked," I said as I watched Idris clear the last of a support diagram that hadn’t been there when the ritual started "It was hard?"

His mouth curved in a faint smile "Rhyzkahl does not relinquish his treasures easily"

"I bet he doesn’t" I met his eyes "Thanks"

"You are welcome" He stood and held his hand out to rated using rakkuhr and found nothing"