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Being ripped to pieces by Fae wasn’t how she’d envisioned dying Her lungs burned with the lack of oxygen and a painful stitch stabbed her side Mina gasped, gritted her teeth and pu to put even more distance between her and her pursuers She turned a corner, and took a chance to glance over her shoulder at the three very large Fae bearing down on her They were quicker than she thought and they were closing the distance fast She was in serious trouble

She knew this area of town, and saw that they were ale Within seconds, she reached the steel fence with its glaringto her knees, Mina squeezed through a gap in the fence, scraping her ar over her shoulder, she saw her pursuers reach the fence and choose to scale it, instead of squeezing through the i

“Oh, crud,” Mina blurted out, sprinting down the stairs leading to the underpass The whole area was littered with trash, broken-down boxes and old oil barrels that vagrants used on bitterly cold nights The underpass was deserted She wasn’t sure what possessed her to run here, maybe it was fate

A few days ago, Mina had felt soiant metaphysical shove that literally pushed her to the front door of The End Zone, sports bar and grill, and not even close to one of her normal venues She’d heard about the fao Bears’ football players She fought the urge to enter the restaurant, but after three days of intense headaches, tingling feelings and all of the shoves she kept getting in its direction, she finally gave in to the pro Mina knew that within the four walls of the restaurant, she would come face to face with her next quest

She sat at a small side table, ordered a Coke and a basket of fries and abruptly sent them back because they were still frozen in the middle and the pop was flat After ten ot up and switched seats, twice All three of the retired players witnessed Mina’s actions, each froed froust to intense hatred

When the last custon to closed, restricting the occupancy down to four; Mina and the three Chicago Bears Theat her It wasn’t until Mina, in an attempt to make small talk, made a comment about the Bears current win-loss status, that she realized they weren’t in the mood for a discussion and never would be

Brown, the largest Bears player, leaned across Mina’s table to sniff her hair Her muscles tensed up and she sed the last bite of her fry She was petrified

Brown exhaled loudly, storrowled out one word:

“Grimm”

Six hate-filled eyes looked her way

Not needing any prodding, she ju the smallest bear by seconds She looked over her shoulder and could see that he had transformed part hen he started to chase after her He sla it into a thousand shih for her to escape It also confirmed her suspicion They were Fae

The bears regrouped and decided whether or not to chase her dohich gave her a thirty-second head start She prayed that they would decide to let her live and not follow her, but it was obvious that her prayer wasn’t about to be answered today

She jue that littered the underpass, while trying to pull the Grimoire out of her denim jacket She would have to think on her feet, if she wanted to outso Fae Bears In a randoht, she briefly wondered if they helped or hindered the tea their professional careers

Arical notebook, that could es; she took in her surroundings and her eneh foolproof plan