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"I don’t think it’s serious," I said "I just can’treally serious, and he’ll lose interest before long" The blue fla in intensity I had a feeling it wouldn’t have done anything towhat ht happen, and it didn’t look like the kind of fire a fire extinguisher could put out Marcia tried sto to blow out a candle

"No!" I said to stop her "It’s not a candle If you blow on a fire, it gets ical battle continued to rage Marcia yelped as Rod was tossed aside and hit a wall, and I winced when Idris sent a chunk of rock flying toward Owen Owen got out of the way in ti blow, but it seeered a little

The fla, and not just fro the world froic, but that didn’t mean I wanted to pull a Joan of Arc I’d like to think I’d be willing to sacrificeat fla that a reality, it has a way of changing your perspective

"You’re awfully calm about this," Marcia said

"All in a day’s work, I’uess this is why you’ve been acting weird, huh?"

"Yeah It was kind of hard to talk about, and I wasn’t allowed to tell you about ic"

Just as I’d expected from my association with Idris, the flaers and toes, which wasn’t very useful, but it was a good sign He wasn’t great atOwen, he couldn’t sustain what he was doing to ain, and I couldn’t help but screa to kill her!"

"Yes, it is," Sylvia said "If you don’t call off your dragons, she will die" Noorried Idris was a flake, but Sylvia was focused, powerful, and kind of a bitch I had no doubt that she’d kill me to secure her own escape

Ohistled, and the dragons left the doorways to coo," he said, his voice even softer than usual It still carried clearly and echoed in the cavern "Release Katie"

And then a lot of things happened very quickly Sylvia shouted, "Release her yourself," and ran for the exit Idris grabbed Ari’s hand and ran after her Ari pulled back at hiot ahead of theled with one another The fire singed the edges ofto it For the first time since I’d known him, there was real fear--panic, even--in his eyes

Merlin went after Sylvia, Ari, Idris, and the hench spells to restrain them, but Owen called to him, "It’s a layered spell, I can’t stop it alone" Merlin hesitated only for a second, then spun to join Owen

I’d barely felt the flames lick at ain I swayed and for a ht"Don’t let theons had tried to go after the bad guys but could only go so far before they were too large to get into the passages I didn’t have that proble her behind him Sylvia must have been ahead of theave ht up with round as he ran after Idris and Sylvia

I felt the tingle of et a better hold on Ari Merlin then reached Ari and et up now, Miss Chandler" I stood shakily Ari still lay on the ground, but she looked up at one That wasas I remembered that she’d had access to the inside of my head How much did she know about me? Merlin waved at her, and she shrank back down to a point of light, like the way they depict Tinkerbell in stage productions of Peter Pan Another wave of his hand sent the point of light to rest inside his vest pocket "She should be safe there," he said, lightly patting the pocket He then held out his arm to ons hovered anxiously near the exit where Owen had disappeared