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I kept talking in hope of distracting the for Idris, right?" I asked "That pathetic geekonboys?" I desperately wished I were out with Owen, and for a change it wasn’t because of that silly crush I had on hiet rid of this bunch with a careless flick of his wrist Then again, they’d be able to har a deep breath, I moved forward, away fro "Well, you can tell your boss that getting rid of lorified secretary, and he should know that He’s got his spy in our co too close to the truth?" If I was, I wished they’d let me in on the secret because I had no clue

Mr Bones formed another fireball in his hand and threw it at me It took every ounce of self-control I had not to duck I knew intellectually thatand wanted rated harle of power, but otheras unaffected

"Nice one," I said "But obviously you don’t have a lot of experience with ie of power I kneasn’t invincible, but I sure felt like I was I foldedbetter you want to show e? I have soood time for the cavalry to show up, but I didn’t know if any of uards would have followed me all the way out of the city I should have noticed a fairy or gargoyle tracking us Or did they have a network that passed us from one to the other as we traveled?

The ain, and I couldn’t help but back up closer to the car Magic or not, they were big and scary I tried to get to the trunk where Ethan was Just when I thought they’d be on me, there was a loud whoosh of air and white foa the monsters to move back I turned to look at Ethan, who defiantly held a fire extinguisher with its nozzle facing the crowd of monsters

"You wouldn’t happen to have a tire iron in there, would you?" I asked

He dug in his trunk and ca wrench "Will this do?"

I’d have preferred soer reach to it, but I took it anyway It was better than nothing, and it looked like the sort of weapon Wonder Woe, and I waved ave theuisher ran out of foa them briefly He handed oing back to digging in his trunk

I wielded the crowbar like a sword and waved the lug wrench back and forth as if it were an exotic martial arts weapon The monsters didn’t look too impressed "What else do you have in there?" I asked Ethan

"I’ht help Ah, there it is" A second later there was a loud sound like a gunshot, then a whistling and a burst of light overhead Ethan, bless his overprepared heart,with the fire extinguisher, enough tools to take the car apart and reassemble it, a spare blanket, a first-aid kit that was better equipped than soh bottled water for a trek across the Sahara My ht

The creatures all ducked and cringed They erous and ical I wanted to duck ht and stare the sounds, along with the rustle of wings around us Sorabbed my elbow I started to resist, but a voice in my ear said, "It’s me, Ethan"

Another voice said, "Get in the car, hurry"

I looked around to see that ere surrounded by friendly-looking gargoyles, as well as some humans and fairies I wasn’t sure where they’d corateful They formed a shield around Ethan and liical people My hair felt like it was standing on end froes of power around us Ethan opened the driver’s-side door and shoved er seat so he could cliine roared to life on its own before Ethan had a chance to turn the key A beaked gargoyle flew ahead of us as Ethan floored the accelerator and tore off down the road, leaving the still-raging battle behind