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Irene remembered to breathe ‘Such as?’ she said

‘Your birth name,’ Alberich said quickly, and she realized this had been his plan all along

Magic had never been Irene’s field of expertise It still wasn’t But she didn’t need to be an expert to know that Alberich’s Fae e of her true name, could be very bad news for her

‘Hah!’ Kai said She suspected he was sneering

Irene nodded to Alberich, then turned to Kai As she had thought, he was sneering ‘Kai,’ she said ‘I want you to do soo outside and stay outside I don’t want you setting one foot inside this library’ How to convey to hi you talked about and do it as fast as possible? ‘I’ll handle this’

Kai blinked at her, totally blindsided ‘But--’ he started

‘But me no buts,’ Irene snapped ‘It’s as Alberich said You’re not a Librarian and there’s nothing you can do in this situation You don’t have the Language and you can’t fight hioing to obey , ‘or a to have to worry about you as well as Vale here?’

Kai gave her a long stare It felt like a reproach It was a reproach She didn’t want to do this to hihtest hint of collusion would get Vale killed, and she could only hope that Kai understood that ‘You know perfectly well there’s nothing I can do if I’rasped what she wanted? ‘I’ed dependent! At least let me stay nearby’

‘It’s all one to me,’ Alberich said blandly

Irene jerked her thumb at the door ‘These are your orders, Kai Out, and stay outside, and I don’t want to see your face until we’re done’ She glanced up at thefor aaround on the zeppelins’

Kai’s eyes narrowed fractionally, and she could only hope that he’d grasped the idea ‘Don’t think I’ to the very angle of their firstIt had looked better in a leather jacket

Irene nodded and turned back to Alberich ‘The door, please’

‘Your name, please,’ he said, with the saive you ive you my birth name the moment Kai stands safely outside that closed door,’ Irene said in the Language