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Spoon pressed right under the vampire’s eye, Trent leaned in Voice hardly audible, he whispered, "Who’s organizing this?"

I felt Trent’s pull on the line lessen, and the vaht but able to an! You lied to us, and your life is forfeit!"

"I didn’t lie!" I exclaimed, then lowered my voice This s but threaten hiro," Trent intoned, and I stiffened The tip of the cera, the captive focused on it, and the scent of frightened vampire rolled into the air

Jenks darted close, his irritation obvious "That won’t work He’ll ood"

"Not if I scoop his eyeball out"

Horrified, I gasped He had to be kidding "My God Trent!"

Ignoring my hand on his arm, Trent blew on the spoon to send the heat over the terrified vaasped right along with the vampire when Trent pressed it to his skin, the word "Caecus" intoned with a terrible certainty

"Trent, stop!" I shouted as the vampire arched in pain, horrified Jenks si rip, Rache," Jenks whispered, perched at my ear "It’s not real"

My breath exploded out from me, and I hesitated Sweat trickled down Trent’s face where it had beaded His grip hite knuckled on the vae force There was a small crescent shape of red under the va a burn It was

The terror, though, was real

"Who!" Trent shouted, the va under him "Why!"

Trent pressed the cooled spoon under his other eye, and the valance at theThey weren’t going to wait for sunrise if they knee had one of their own

"My eye!" the va violent "You took out my eye!"

His eye was fine, blind under that last spoken charm, but I didn’t like this side of Trent

"Tell sa cool spot on my neck "Tink’s a Disney whore, Rache Your new boyfriend is kind of scary when he’s pissed"

"Tellinto him "Now!"

"It’s the elves!" the vampire screamed "The elves"

My lips parted, and I aze as he let up

"Soushed "He said you kno to bring back all the undead souls and you lied that it would send the all the undead souls back from the ever-after, but we had to kill you first to keep you froic He said you want us to die without our souls! That you’re a de!" I exclaimed, and Jenks darted out That scream had probably traveled "Landon wants to wipe out the masters He’s the one who put theo and thewhiht his hand tobefore us He’d tricked him, tricked him to save our lives

"You lie," the would-be assassin said, his fingers feeling his face "I saw Felix He has his soul He doesn’t hunger He’s whole" Fear flashed over hily "I don’t want to lose my soul You’re a monster! You took my eye!"

Trent frowned "Landon betrayed you," he said, asped, hunching into himself as the spell broke Slowly his hands fell and he looked straight at us, wonder in hi that awful hardness, Trent turned to Bis "If he moves, claw his eye out for real"

I knew Bis would never do such a thing, but after seeing Trent bluff his way to a confession, the gargoyle hissed, claws scraping lines in the stainless steel

"I told you Landon was going to use us," I said, then softened as I saw Trent shaking He’d waved offto happen Cincinnati had gone to her knees when the masters had ain wasn’t surprise The surprise was that I kept thinking he was sane

Trent splayed his fingers to gauge their shaking "We’ll be okay There isn’t a safe way to bring all the souls back," he said as he made fists of his hands "Ellasbeth hasn’t called me in over six hours You told her to call back in four, yes?"

His voice had hardened, and I nodded He thought Ellasbeth and Landon orking together? Maybe, but Ellasbeth wouldn’t destroy an entire deraphic to further herself Would she? "But you told her if she ever did anything like this again"

My words trailed off I’d really thought she’d play nice if she had a shot at so with Landon, but irls She was Lucy’s mother and loved Ray as if she were her own She wouldn’t risk them like this Not now Not if there was another way

"Maybe I should tell her killing ive her Lucy," Trent said