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Quickly, he thrust Kari behind him and faced the threat Instead, he found Tynan
Another whoosh, and Bram stood beside him Thenin his very blue eyes, a hulking wizard with a nearly shaved head and an angryfellow in Savile Row tailoring He held the arest hu with an expression to match, he looked like one to watch
"Ronan" Bram blinked in surprise "We expected an empty room Kari said we"d have a place to hide from my all-too-nosy sister… Anyway, this is Caden MacTavish, Ice Rykard, and Sirove"
"Just Duke, please," said the one who looked like he"d stepped out of GQ
"The big warrior is Marrok I think you know everyone else"
Fashionably late, Shock appeared, looking both sharp and annoyed
Ronan whirled on Kari "You"ve let the Doomsday Brethren meet here?"
CHAPTER TEN
"I have" She held up a hand "And before you remind me that you told me not to, I"ll remind you that that you have not allowed me to Bind to you You have no say"
Ronan looked ready to explode as he grabbed her arm "I only want to protect you"
"I need your love far more than your protection," she whispered, then yanked her arentlemen I"ll close up the front so you"ll have privacy and--"
The door behind the warriors crashed open Ronan looked up to see Mathias"s witch Rhea clad as scantily as ever, surrounded by a cluster of hooded figures
"Fuck," he heard Shockhere, Rhea?" Shock demanded
"Your presence is requested" The witch drawled nastily "Call it a faency"
"Since when is Mathias faritted his teeth as he shouldered his way through the other warriors and approached her "What, think you"re her power"
Ronan sneered Had Mathias so fooled enough of ood? Unbelievable but true
Tynan looked ready to throttle the wolare, Shock stilled the warrior "Where arin widened "My friends will escort you there"
Ronan watched the byplay between the big wizard and the small witch On the surface, it looked as if Rhea had won the encounter, but Ronan had the feeling Shock was
"Once there, Shock, you can explain to Mathias why you"re here with these…people"
Rhea"s gaze swept over them as if they were lower life forms "I"ll stay behind and take out the trash"
"Or we can just take you hostage," Braest attacking us As you can see, we"re not alone" She motioned to the score of robed wizards "These Anarki are older and stronger than the last you encountered"
Caden rubbed his hands together "Mopping them up sounds like fun to me"
"Aye," Marrok seconded
Shock turned and bared his teeth at Bram
Before Braasped He soothed her by pulling her closer and squeezing her hand, but his mind whirled Shock had likely saved his own backside, and Ronan didn"t respect that at all
At the front of the roo full ar Bralanced Ice"s way "Mathias is veryyou soon, Mr Rykard He"d love to extend you the same courtesies he did your dear departed sister"
Ice sto Ronan the distinct iry bear ould maul her without remorse
Braolden brow "I make it a point never to pick on those I can squash without even lifting my wand Do the same"
Ice cursed under his breath, and Ronan could see his need to attack in every line of his taut body
Rhea"s eyes narrowed, clearly hating that Ice could be reasoned with "The Dooht?"
"Too shed Rhea"s cheeks flooded with red fury Ronan didn"t like that look, and eased Kari completely behind him He needed to leave with her, take her from harm"s path
When he reached for her so he could teleport her elsewhere, she backed away
"Stop," she protested
He ignored her "I will not lose you"
"Lose her? You"ll all lose You"ll all die," Rhea assured and raised her wand "And Mathias will adore me forever for it"
In seconds, the fact the Dooly obvious Even as Ronan threw hiainst the opposing twenty would be a slaughter And in the ical trails blazed through the cavernous, se Kari down, as he shot a paralyzing spell at the robed figure in front of hi from the creature radiated toward hiuoodness…" Kari sounded every bit as shocked as he felt
What the hell was that?
"Know anything about fighting like a human?" Caden said beside him suddenly