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Owen didn’t give rabbed ood idea"

I squeezed his hand as I turned to face hiic and would eventually run out Why don’t I just burn myself out and then ic?"

"It’s not like I have a choice It’s eventually going to be gone anyway"

"But draining your power should be a last resort"

"This is a last resort," I snapped More gently, I added, "I’ iers around his "I know you hated being withouti ain"

"I’m not sure what this place would be like to someone who can’t be affected by the illusions You probably wouldn’t be able to hide the fact that you’re not affected for long It could even be dangerous"

"Have you got any better ideas?" Florence asked "Because I’ an immune is our ace in the hole, and this is ti a note," I argued "I can tell Merlin directly what’s going on"

"You’d be coh the portal into their headquarters," Owen pointed out

"Yeah, and they’ll use ht " I was feeling more andto burn off est you do it here," Florence said "It won’t be as noticeable in the park, but then that ic, and I honestly don’t knohat that would be like for you Magical immunity is incompatible with this construct"

"I can only burn off so et down to norh to be affected by it--here, and then one of you can draw on et to the portal So tells h it"

"We’ll have to fight our way to it," Florence confirht come in handy for one of you," I said "We probably also need a better plan than just h the portal" I checked ht after the shift change--the fewer guards, the better And hborhood to draw ive Mac his uprising," Owen suggested "That would make him happy"

"We’ll have to find Mac to revive hioes after dark?"

"You uys who play chess in the park all day, the Council men?" Florence asked "I knohere to find theo revive theht trigger Mac"

"I’ic," Owen insisted stubbornly

"Maybe any memories from when he was hiested "Soo to him and try that If he followed directions, he has some written memories, too We just have to o with that approach," I said with a nod "You go get Mac and anyone else you can find, and then cause as ht thirty Anyone who’s still standing and themselves an hour later should head toward the portal If I’m able to send help, it’ll be easier if we have reerass off ave Mac’s address to Brad, and the riot team headed off I turned to Owen and said, "No do I want to use ic? Maybe a few more minutes as a blond bombshell"

Oinced as he stood to join me "Please, not that one"

"Okay, how about this?" I sent up a shower of sparks that danced down around us It was like that night in the bookstore e’d discovered our powers, and Owen s the sparks fall, I found ument I’d made in favor of this plan, I couldn’t help but feel a little regret at losing ood, if only because I wouldn’t be able to do fun little things like this