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Ryodan had also turned the focus of his aze, Enyo told us, to the other side of the city, dispatchingrubble in hopes of uncovering and salvaging as much of the abbey’s libraries as possible The sidhe-seers searched whatever to useful Fae lore He’d dispatched RVs and tour buses to the heavily da quarters
He’d also done the unthinkable: Chester’s was closed for business The sleek, est postwall nightclub in Dublin had gone as dark as the king’s boudoir Nobody was partying on his watch, when the Earth was in ier of extinction The streets of New Dublin were patrolled day and night by dozens of troops of the Guardians, an order that had grown enor rants to the city continued unabated Enyo informed us they were under new leadership, as Inspector Jayne had mysteriously disappeared and was presuood inspector’s death with sorrow I’d liked Jayne He’d toed a hard line froood heart I glanced at Jada to see how she was taking the news She locked gazes with me and shook her head
Each and every black hole on Ryodan’s e ropes cordoning theuards, in our country as well as those in England, Scotland, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Romania, Greece, Morocco, and Norway Fortunately, there weren’t nearly as many in other countries as there were in Ireland
I was a a daily paper, Ryodan’s World News, a fact that chafed Jada enormously When Enyo handed her Ryodan’s paper, she was even more rankled to find it ritten and infor," Enyo told her "They pass it around like the latest YouTube video gone viral"
Jada’s scowl deepened and I knehat she was thinking: The Dani Daily had been midlist at best, but Ryodan’s paper was a number one bestseller She was onlywell-known in theinto detail in front of Enyo about the whys
I well out of the , well-spoken leader to follow in ti catastrophe, and decided he was the only one that fit the bill
Yep King again
I wondered how many other centuries and countries he’d taken over in times of crisis, and if he understood how lucky he was that Cyberspace was currently down Like every other nine-day wonder, once we saved our world he round without having to tolerate a Facebook fan page devoted to hierly posted reports and photos of the latest Ryodan sighting I couldn’t think of much else that would piss hi to Enyo, Ryodan had ed the leaders of the black market to provide free food and supplies to all the Guardians and arhouthouses, turning thery, turning no one away
"He did not," Jada snapped, sitting up straighter "Sorry, Enyo, I illing to go along with you right up until that one Ryodan doesn’t give a bloody damn about the fate of the hu them"
"It sure looks like he cares to me," Enyo said hotly "I’ve seen hi tabs on every inch of this city and all its operations I’ to think the man never sleeps"
I could assure Jada he didn’t But I wasn’t about to
She screwed up her face in a look of such utter disgust that for a ain, and I had to bite
"Oh, why don’t you just bloody saint the rowled "Ryodan this, Ryodan that Ryodan’s World News, my ass Doesn’t he know you need a catchy title? A little alliteration, a lilt to roll along the lips?"
"Either that or just the latest news," I said without thinking, then absorbed the look on Jada’s face and added hastily, "Not that yours wasn’t It was I loved your papers They were endlessly entertaining and informative The Dani Daily rocked, and that one Jada Journal I saw--"
"Oh, stow it, Mac," she snapped "His idiotic paper is…" She glanced down at it irritably, where it lay shtly "He reports the news in a calm, objective oing on, and inspires hope He has his finger on world events--not just what’s happening in Dublin like I did--and his frigging bullet points at the end of it, with lists of things for people to do each day, focuses thehed and hed It felt like forever since I’d seen her looking like a disgruntled porcupine Her passion and tereed His bulleted lists were a terrific idea, as was posting the paper early each reeted the day at a loss for what to do, whichthe you knew you had a riot for from one "to do" to the next, and as I’d learned o, lists were a dae messy emotions