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Doctor Gemella Endri sat in UG’s conference rooht side and Shade at her left Eidolon and doctors Shakvhan and Reaver sat across fro ht went on with no new, feasible ideas for how to save Wraith

Who had been sedated after Shade and E told hily well, but neither Shade nor Eidolon had trusted him to not immediately take off after the second assassin They wanted hih they had to know that their little brother wouldn’t be held i nothing wasn’t in his DNA

Making ued by odd equip the inside of the adhts in the cafeteria flickered constantly, and the third-wing lava bath had leaked, destroying the sulphur-steam room next to it Eidolon had been kept too busy with the problems to concentrate onelse would go wrong

"I had a consult with an Orph," Gem said, "but he was no help"

She hadn’t expected the powerful Cruentus e to be of assistance, but it had been worth a shot Cruenti had a bloodthirsty love of killing that didn’t stop even at their own species, so she’d thought that ic would know so about how to interrupt et soasp

A sinister wash of energy rolled over her, followed by several smaller concussions, as if a stone had been dropped into tainted water She was about to ask if anyone else felt it, but from their expressions, she definitely was not the only one at the table to experience the… whatever it was Even after the tiny waves stopped, the uneasy feeling re evil had ripped into the very fabric of life

So very, very bad had been set into motion

"What the hell was that?" E rasped, see more affected than Gem, but then, he was full-blooded demon, and she was half human, less sensitive to the tides of evil

Geet rid of the i of doom

"Reaver?" Tayla leaped to her feet "Shit!"

All heads turned to the fallen angel, who sat in his high-backed leather seat… convulsing Instantly, the doctors and Shade, a para his condition, but this wasn’t a medical issue, and both Gem and Tayla knew it

"Leave him alone" Tayla’s voice shook as badly as Gee, the sisters could see that Reaver had split wide open along the searoin

Soulshredders possessed the ability to see scars, both physical and emotional, that no one else could Their species used their ability to expose old wounds, exploit the her nature, soave her a lot of advantages when it came to her job

Gem moved in, crouched next to Reaver as he seized, sapphire eyes rolled back in his head The other docs were still crowded close, and as Tayla joined Gem, she shoved the on, but her full attention was on Reaver

He grabbed Ge so hard she had to clench her teeth to keep fro out "Someone found… her"

She placed her hand on his chest next to the emotional scar that had come apart as if he’d been unzipped As a Soulshredder, she could use her power to h heray too much for her to handle Still, she had to try

"Who, Reaver? What are you talking about?"

He didn’t see, mostly incoherently "Serena… Sentinel… exposed… fk"

Ge her hand next to Gem’s "Reaver? What about Serena? Do you mean she’s charmed?"

Reaver didn’t answer, but his convulsions eased into ly reared up inside Gem, made her want to keep the scar open, to probe harder and deeper The i and cause pain terrified her, and she jerked her hand away, only to have Tayla grab it and put it back

"This is irowled, her own Soulshredder instinct surfacing "We need to learn ed breath and deers into his scar and tugged, as Tayla did the saot into his face

"Who is Serena?"

"Kelley…" Reaver groaned, e Gem didn’t know