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"After the puff-of-smoke trick she pulled at Towerline, she may not leave on foot," Catcher said "And "
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"We don’t know precisely what she’s planning until we know it," Mallory said "In thealcheood start, if it’s there"
"Northerly Island is within the wards," Catcher said "So she can’t arriveit"
"And in case she tries to come into the city some other way, sneak behind us?" Luc asked
Jeff nodded "I’ve tied the wards into a visual monitor, so if she breaches thely"
"That won’t give us much advance notice," Ethan said, "but it’s better than nothing" He leaned back, hands linked in his lap, and closed his eyes "We’ll knohen she arrives We’ll have six sorcerers on the ground to battle her, plus Mallory and Catcher At least a few vampires with the SWAT members, all of ill have weapons We’ll make sure the House is protected in the interim" He was quiet for a moment, then opened his eyes, looked around at us "What are we ?"
"Allies?" Luc asked He’d crossed his ar someone else"
"Is there anyone she hasn’t randfather
"Not that I’ht be the best option, siiance is always, apparently, for sale But I don’t think Claudia would allow that here Not after what she said to you She may like her neer, but it doesn’t sound like she’s comfortable with the power Sorcha has"
"We need escape routes," Ethan said "The SWAT tearess off the island, but I don’t think we should take for granted the possibility that they’d help us get away"
I thought of Lane’s words "Not if we’re just ‘supernaturals’ involved in a feud"
"And not if they want to leave Sorcha with sorandfather said "I don’t like to think of CPD officers as being that cowardly But their training didn’t prepare theic"
Ethan nodded "We’ll want alternate randfather "A helicopter would be useful"
My grandfather nodded "I’ll check on that"
"Iof Jonah and the speedboat the RG used to get to its HQ--the lighthouse in the ive hiht now, as I’d given the a little more walk, a little less talk But maybe we’d finally catch a break--and h to make it useful "I’ll check"
"If we’re separated, get back to the House" Ethan looked at Luc "Suggestions for an extraction point don?"