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"But he’s the Sinsar Dubh, too," she said

"I’e of the Book, whereas Mac uage, the spells passed up his arms From what you described, that’s not at all what happened to Mac"

Jada saw nothing to be gained by assuring him Mac had definitely been absorbed She hadn’t been in the cavern the night the corporeal Sinsar Dubh was interred and didn’t know the details But Cruce wasn’t throwing off anything like what had been palpably ey of a pure psychopath "We have to find Christian If he wasn’t first, he’ll be next"

Barrons sliced his head in curt negation "Without the spear or sword, the Book can’t kill Christian and these beasts can release hi in the Hu

Barrons prodded him with the toe of his boot "Wake the fuck up, Tink, and tell us what happened"

Cruce opened his eyes, blinked up at Barrons

And vanished

Jada shot hiht you left a few runes on him"

"Why would I do that?"

"They prevent the Fae fro ht you knew everything You always know everything You recognized them"

"That doesn’t mean I know every blasted detail of what they bloody do," he snapped

"Well, I suggest you grab a few before the beasts finish theht be of use holding Mac"

While Barrons dispatched Fade to fetch a container, Jada closed her eyes and pinned Cruce’s sudden appearance in the Humvee on her mental bulletin board Around that inexplicable event, she tacked up every fact she knew about hiic The world around her vanished, leaving what she loved best: adesire to riddle it out Everything in the universe h information and examined it properly