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Sin and Wraith stalked through the door, and behind the a s, and all surviving Guardians are tied up," Wraith said "But they could probably use some medical attention Especially the one dipshit with the idiotic Mohawk He lost a lot of blood"

"Because you ate hierated innocence "Fighting ht of Sin, all fresh froht and hair wild She pointed at the floor "Oh, secret door!"

"You can see it?"

"You can’t?" Her expression of innocence matched Wraith’s, and yes, those tere definitely related Lore punched her in the shoulder "Stop being an i down on the floor "Assassins are trained to recognize the spells cast around hidden entryways Luc’s secret door glows like a neon sign to us, but few others would see it She’swith you"

"You ruin all my fun" Sin scowled at her brother as she bent to trace her fingers along what Con assue of the hidden door Then she thumped her fist on a board Thumped on another And another The third time was the charm, and suddenly, the door popped up, a three-by-three square "And yes, I knehere all the secret doors at Rivesta’s were I just liked watching you look for them"

Sin really was an imp Con peered down the hole, the darkness no , but he heard a heartbeat, soft breaths, and he smelled the bitter spice of anxiety And sickness

"Kar?" he shouted down "My nanored Luc’s snort --"and it’s safe to co down" "Be careful"

"You two are just so cute," Wraith drawled

Con ignored the de with the stairs He landed in a crouch, fully prepared for the throwing knife that whooshed over the top of his head He whirled to face the throhose arm was cocked back and prepared to launch another blade Before she could, he had her in a headlock and pinned, face-first, against the wall

"Be nice," he growled into her ear "I’ to hurt you"

She snorted "What ant, wiseass co tellsto release you and head back upstairs, where Luc is being treated for a gunshot wound If you want to see how he’s doing, you’ll coain"

She drew a harsh breath "Is he okay? Who are you?" He paused at the sound of Luc’s ferocious curses from above Luc was a terrible patient "He’ll be fine, I’ot a doctor andon hi to play nice?"

She nodded, and he released her, stepping back quickly in case she decided to strike out If she was anything like Sin, she’d nail him in the balls Fortunately, she didn’t attack In fact, she reainst the stone, her body tre her shoulders, she swung around, and though she was pale and unsteady, she moved toward the ladder "You’re sick"

"Just woozy fro the effects hi of illness was in the air He gestured for her to go first, and he followed When he eainst the wall, an IV attached to his arone Conlook on his face, because Sin said, "They’re du to scramble their memories so they don’t re blood off Luc’s chest "You’ll need to contact the Warg Council to have them collect the dead We can’t leave thes were one of the few paranorrate when they died in the human realm, which usually wasn’t a probleation into a battle of this size wouldn’t be good no is applied

Luc shifted his worried gaze to the female, whose sunken eyes and flushed skin were evenas Con had known Luc, the warg had been a loner, and with the exception of one pricolici female, he’d never latched onto his bedmates They were lays, and that was it