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"Stop thee shouted, and I gasped as hands reached out

Instinct kicked in I pulled heavily on the line Soh the from one to the other

"Rachel!" Jenks shouted as it had no effect and I went down under a wash of arth was diluted Hands grasped and tugged, and I couldn’t breathe Someone pulled my hair, and I hit the pavement I couldn’t set a circle--there were toothe line and it couldn’t form

"No!" I shrieked as a hand clamped over my wrist, and then I cowered as I felt the snap of lavender strike through me as if in protection

"Corruain as a wave of energy pulsed forward, ripping the grasping hands away so the sun could beat down on ain

Stunned, I looked at the one hand still on me "Mom?" I questioned, and she yanked me up as if I was still fourteen and couldn’t walk a block without panting "Where did you learn that?"

"Get your hands off h and her hair wild

Jenks dropped down, and o of my wrist "Jeez, Rache Your mom kicks ass"

I took a breath We weren’t out of it yet They ary, but that guy on the stage was still yelling at them to attack us "She needed to be to keep ly begin to part "She once took an orderly out with a bedpan so I could go home for the solstice"

"Move!" Ivy’s voice cae pointed, distancehim brave "Stop theether, she can’t stop you!"

"The hell I can’t,"her, the people pressed back to h Her head snapped up at the harsh claxon that suddenly rang out "Son of a bitch,"to seal the circle Run!"

I had no idea what she was talking about, but after seeing her blow a lynchto question her "Co at the people circling us

They screah Elbows hit rip on Ivy never faltered as I followed my mom and Jenks’s dust Adrenaline was cold fire as I felt the prickling of a rising field It was just beforeIvy behindshi a heartbeat as it decided what side of h, Ivy in tow We hit the ground together, and she spun to her feet with unreal grace

Shocked, I sat on the pave field behind me It was so thick, I couldn’t see past it My palm was scraped, and I rubbed at it as I tried to decide what hurt and what didn’t I hadn’t known they could close the square like that

My urge to rise vanished at the new pain in ht offlike vao," I shouted, then looked for rip

"It’s a contain as an IS officer wrenched her arot stuck in it once during a protest and they let us sit there for five hours before dropping it" She looked up at the ht to asse back and forth to avoid a man with a net "Yourus? "Dude, I’uy who’d picked me up off the sidewalk shoved me at a car and wrenched my arms back "Ow! Watch the shoulder!"

"Nina is still in there!" Ivy was screarunts that happened when you told Ivy no The ainst the car to watch I kind of worked for the FIB We’d get this sorted out as soon as we found Edden

"Ohhh, that’s going to hurt for a week," Jenks said in ado find Edden, will you?"

"You got it!" he said cheerfully, and darted away

Ivy was backed up to the shiht feet aith her attitude They kneho she was, and I thought it du hair and dark eyes, ents who dared to try her

IS officers in specialized vests were going in and out of the barrier as if it didn’t exist I hadn’t even know they had this kind of thing Ivy spun when Nina’s voice carried as she was brought through, subdued in a straitjacket as they bundled her to an IS van The zealot was right behind her, and I hoped they put the? This strip is too tight

"Nina!" Ivy called, and then I gasped as a ht behind Ivy and took her down

Ivy struggled wildly, and my mom inched to stand beside led, twisted, and finally succurip that would snap her wrist if she continued, her free hand slapping her thigh in a show of subirl, Tamwood," the va harness!" he shouted, louder

"Hey!" I exclaiuy who’d zip-stripped me, clearly pleased with hian, and that’s Ivy Ta? We’re here to help!"