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Scowling, Cahil asked, "Valek?"

Exciteoodbye?

"No, sir A young e for you both"

All warer into the opposite side He held a hand out to me "Come on"

Curious and hopeful that rasped htly

"I promised to cooperate You don’t need to hold on toto run away," I said

He didn’t bother to reply But as he guided loo when Onora appeared As if the gesture warned her that I belonged to hi uard by the open door The fading sunlight lit his light brown eyes A painful burn shone on his left telare Fisk, though, peered at h he was seventeen years old, I still saw the so superimposed on his tall and lean frame

"Ah, it’s the Beggar King," Cahil said "Conored Cahil Instead he asked ht?"

"She’s fine," Cahil said

"And she’d better stay that way, or else--"

"What? You’ll send your kiddies after me? They’re no match for trained soldiers"

Fisk srin actually lowered the terees

"Oh no, General I wouldn’t do so soovert There are so many ways to make a person’s life miserable"

Score one for Fisk

"Did you just cos to attend to"

"I brought you these" Fisk handed a pouch to Cahil and one toInside was a wooden pendant of a bat hanging on a necklace Cahil held up an ugly beetle Leif had been so thrilled when he figured out how to attach a shield to a pendant His wouldn’t stick to glass or metal or stone, but when he tried wood, it had worked The sudden desire to see my brother pulsed in my chest

"Null shields, con that Valek wasn’t angry anyh the baby seeic When Bruns had capturedI endured wore off as the day progressed And when Rika had used a h it when she touched ic, but since I didn’t know exactly as going on or what the fetus was doing with the power, it was a good idea not to rely on the protection it offered