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After a moment, Enyo continued, and I narrowed h, battle-hardened sidhe-seer lanced at Jada and knew by her expression that she ondering the sa

Ryodan had divided the city into nu in her eyes, and each district’s paper had a different bulleted list at the end containing tasks specific to that small enclave of people Once they arrived on the job, they were assigned to teaan the day with a discussion of what they were going to accooals and needs, were fed three squares while on the job, and finished the day with an inspiring wrap-up talk Each site was run by a foreman who’d been hand-selected by Ryodan for his motivational and leadership skills

"Okay," Jada said acidly, kicking her legs over the back of the shattered Chesterfield she’d been perching on and stalking over the paint-stained floor to the door "That’s all the rah-rah Ryodan crap I can take in one sitting I need to get out there and see what’s going on withwithout waiting for Enyo to take off so she could say, "Wow, Mac, you’re the Seelie Queen nohat’s up with that?" or so similar But no one had seemed to want to stick around once we returned to Dublin Cruce had instantly sifted out without a word, Barrons had tersely asked et back, and yes, I did just say please, and no, not because you’re the bloody queen of the Faery but because I want you to do it and not argue," before stalking off with Lor and Fade to find Ryodan I’d tossed ahe needed a breather Finally being free of the evil clutches of the Sinsar Dubh was breather enough for et about the last until I went back to destroy the Book for good

As Jada banged out the door, I remembered my little bell was broken andI still had a door to attach it to, a building to hang said door on, and a planet for my bookstore to exist upon in a few months

I tuned back in to the conversation Enyo was still carrying on, despite Jada leaving and my obvious distraction, just in time to hear her say, "So, all in all we lost two hundred and thirty-four of our wo after, but in recent weeks we’ve gained nearly twice those numbers from the influx into Dublin" She added with satisfaction, "Word’s gotten around this is the place for sidhe-seers that are hungry to kick so ed from a pile of debris I’d not yet had ti after, she’d said--which for e the Book had fedI wet suddenly dry lips "Do I know any of the sidhe-seers that were killed? Not that I know many on a first naery, and who else, let’s see, Josie and Jo…" I trailed off, looking at her expectantly

Enyo said, "We thought we’d lost Kat but she turned up again just a few days ago Not saying a word to any of us about where she’d been but acting and looking totally different" She narrowed her eyes "I, for one, would really like to knohere the hell that woed to convince Ryodan or one of hisbefore she disappeared" Envy flashed across her beautiful, golden-skinned features "Don’t knohat those etin with one of them"

"And the other sidhe-seers?" I gently nudged her back to the topic

"Shauna’s alive, out at the abbey Cara’s dead, as are Margery and Josie But the death I e is Jo’s"

My vocal cords were abruptly strung so tight they squeaked like an out of tune violin when I opened my mouth and tried to speak I had to take several slow, deep breaths before I et out a quiet, "What happened to her?"

Enyo’s nostrils flared, her gaze turning murderous "None of us know for sure but I can tell you this much--it was a bad death" She locked eyes with e intensity, "I think about that, you know In this world, the way things are, you’re a fool if you don’t What’s a good death, what’s a bad one, and how you want to go when it’s your ti that matters, betters the world, and saves people’s lives I wantoff into space, scowling for a long moment, then said in a low, fierce voice, "Jo’s death didn’tIt looked like an Unseelie stue for food and water to bring us Whatever did it also put rat poison in the water jugs she’d been collecting We lost two ured out that bit of twisted nastiness If I ever find the Unseelie that killed her, I’ll do to it what it did to her," she said fro bit of it"

I forced e the subject right now Never ask Never know "What did it do to her? I want to know the details," I said in a voice that must have sounded as terrible to her as it sounded to ave et even with it if I don’t knohat it did?"