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Before Cypher could answer, they heard an all too fa sound above them They each looked up just as one of the beasts they had been discussing flew overhead, its great wings beating the air around it

Just when they thought they had not been noticed, the beast turned his head down and pierced them with its freaky eyes

Cyn’s usual composure cracked for a brief moment as her eyes met Lilly’s

"Did I mention that they have an excellent sense of smell?"

Lilly’s eyes widened "Urabbed her and sainst his chest

She groaned "Here we go again"

Cypher took off at a sprint, his speed increasing with every step Lilly looked over his shoulder and saw that Cyn was right on his heels Lilly looked up into the sky, attenoring the trees blurring past theed when a roar pierced the sky How on earth can the people within a 50 mile radius not hear and see the beast, Lilly asked herself When the beast made a nose dive for them she decided that it was a question that could wait for an answer, provided they lived through this

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Mona stood on the hill, looking out over the Carpathian Mountains She felt the disturbance in the air The le and she had answered its call She didn’t understand why Peri would conjure a storm, and she was sure it was Perizada based on the purity of the ic Whatever it was Peri was up to, Mona had taken the wheel She wouldn’t keep it up for long because she had other ood way to let theroup, wandering lost in the woods She was surprised to see them out of the Transylvania Alps, but oh, she had definitely not forgotten them and knew just who she would have the demons dispose of first

She stroked Octavian’s mane and felt his restlessness as he storass

"Ready for a run e, black steed

Octavian replied with a snort Mona continued to hold the storm with her mind as she climbed up onto the horse She would er and before it was all said and done, she ht just throw in for fun an ice storm

She whispered a location to Octavian and with a se aniraceful Mona let her ht about her next ame she had created

Octavian wasn’t any normal steed The journey to her destination, which should have taken days, lasted only the afternoon She cliraze on his own She let out a breath and finally released the unyielding storm she had stolen from Perizada’s power She let out a slow breath and shook off her slight weakness that the storrown quiet and her eyes narrohen her skin tingled with the realization that she was being watched

"Co into the air She began to mutter a spell to reveal the unknown intruder when Ainsel the pixie king stepped fro here Desdeer as he stared up at her

Mona smiled at him as she took a seat on a rock across from him She knew that it would