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"No"

"Why are you protecting her? She’s just going to cause you trouble"

"Go ho the crossbows have excellent aiht white teeth "Are you sure about your math, General?"

"I count fourteen of us and one of you"

Nice of Cahil to includefor spiders" Onora dove to the side

Everyone looked up, but I stared at her, stunned She had used Valek’s words I broke free of Cahil’s grip and hit the floor as gray figures darted fro between the piles of crates

Cahil laughed "There’s nothing up--"

Fighting broke out, and I stayed low I’d been shot by a crossbow bolt before Once was enough Because of Onora’s spider cohters were nal towith Valek? Rather than risk joining the wrong side of the fight, I kept away fro behind a pile of crates to wait

I listened to the sounds of the scuffle--thuds, grunts, steel clanging against steel, cursing, a hiss of pain Then, without warning, Onora appeared next to ht, I pressed the tip of my switchblade to her throat "Valek?"

She held her hands wide "Fighting Cahil, from the sounds of it"

Surprised, I stared at her Was this a trick?

"No offense, but if I planned to assassinate you, you’d be dead by now"

Right I lowered h me "Sorry"

We returned to the main area Cahil’s people littered the floor, and a nurabbed my attention was the lared A bloody cut snaked from his hand up to his elbow His sword lay on the floor at his feet

"Onora?" Valek asked without aze fro her the sword

She caught it easily and kept it pointed at Cahil

In two strides, I rapped in Valek’s arms--ht Onora killed you"

"I told you I could handle her"