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"Have you seen Mac?" he said

That was Barrons No small talk She appreciated it and answered in kind "She’s been possessed by the Sinsar Dubh"

Barrons went so still she lost hiloom Just when she’d decided he’d left, his diseer feel her" Then he was there again,out of the brick wall that had been behind him He could be a perfect chameleon when he chose "Are you certain?" he said so softly that she shivered, because she knehat soft meant froy had just been diverted and channeled into a mother lode of a nuclear eted on whatever had just offended hiy than was strictly necessary to speak

"Yes"

His eyes darkened, eerie shadoirled in his irises, and a muscle worked in his jaw "How certain?"

"Unequivocally"

"What happened?" he said, a bare whisper

She tightened her ponytail, pulling it up higher Her hair was curling again, or trying to She hated it curly It made her feel like Dani, out of control Those at the abbey didn’t know the Sinsar Dubh was once again roa Dublin, and she had little tiainst the next attack, whether instigated by those trying to free Cruce or Mac herself "We have to get to the abbey, Barrons We can talk on the way"

He pulled out his cellphone, thumbed up a contact, and held the phone to his ear "Do you feel the Sinsar Dubh?"

Jada heard a wo clearly froht She shivered, reached for another protein bar and wolfed it down

"Barrons, I’ve been trying to call you! I felt it about an hour ago! Here In Dublin What’s going on? You said it was locked up How did it get out?"

"Where is it right now?"

"It headed north, into the country, then I lost it Where are you? Where’s Mac? I’ with you"

"No you’re not Find your parents Stay with them until you hear from me"

"But M-Mom and D-Dad d-don’t know I’m alive," Alina stammered

"Fix that And if you feel the Sinsar Dubh approaching, take Jack and Rainey to Chester’s and call round wherever you can"

"What’s going on?" Alina de up

Jada listened to the exchange with narrowed eyes, realizing the wo like her sister somehoas on Barrons’s autodial He seemed to believe it really was Alina and, like Mac, the woman could sense the Sinsar Dubh But he didn’t trust her entirely Either that or he didn’t want one more liability to worry about