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"Percy, Mrs Featherstonehaugh, weonce et messy soon Prepare for defensive action"

Prim said, "And ht to be perturbed – one of the Vanara arrows appeared to have bisected her hat

"Why?" Mrs Featherstonehaugh left off trying to convince the Alpha were on?"

"The Rakshasas knoe are here, which means they know that we’ve made contact with the Vanaras If they’re srate newly found wereanimals Your husband still thinks you’ve been kidnapped I knohat I’d do if I were a Rakshasa queen and I hated Vanaras"

Mrs Featherstonehaugh paled "No!"

"The army has been told where we are"

The frontline attack of any British night cauard – supernaturally strong, aly quick, fierce, tireless, and iland her territories, and vaave Queen Victoria an e went, "It is always night soht that soed into the fire-lit grounds of the Vanaras’ sacred teood show – bristling and fierce, battle-hardened, and fighting fit The Vanaras turned their weapons away from The Spotted Custard and onto this new threat, but they did not strike the first blow Instead the weremonkeys stood, furry ar their Alpha’s coair was an old pack, once not very stable, but in Lady Kingair they had a strong Alpha She could hold them in check by sheer force of personality, even with all their instincts urging them to attack

With the attention of both parties diverted, Rue looked up and caught Priestured with her handkerchief

Spoo dropped a rope ladder which unfolded swiftly, thunking softly to the top of one of the teh "Best to get out at this point Everyone’s finished conversing"

"I can’t accept that Can’t we convince them that this is a set-up? Soer our battle"

Mrs Featherstonehaugh did not budge

Rue couldn’t give her any more time My first priority hting gets deadly or moves towards the fire, he’s trapped at the heart of it Rue couldn’t decide how to break his chains She wished for good old-fashioned va in how to pick a lock

She inched close enough to touch Percy

The Vanaras and the olves reair Pack was under orders to keep the enee The Vanaras were under no such orders, but their weapons were designed to fight va was tipped in silver They could hurt ood, but cause no serious injury

Rue examined Percy’s shackles as surreptitiously as possible They looked to be silver-coated iron She needed a tool