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Wait We all hadLeon My ic before any of us It would’ve co revelation about Leon’s talent, she had already figured it out

Well, I was an idiot Mo out

"How many confirmed kills?" I asked

"Thirteen," Heart said "It’s difficult to determine exactly, because as Rivera said, your cousin lines up shots that kill people two roohed or smiled seventeen times, so we estimate the actual kill count at seventeen"

Leon smiled when he killed people I rubbed et him some therapy"

The four hs when he kills people He thinks it’s funny"

"I don’t care if he laughs," Rivera said "As long as he’s next to lanced at hi because he’s killing so because he’s finally using his ic This is what he was born to do In the et, he doesn’t feel sh the sas Think about how it felt when you used an aic into the circle and that first rush of power cah me, twice as potent as before, it felt like I had learned to fly Leon had wanted ic so badly He didn’t even realize he had it

"I hope you’re right"

"Ask hian closed his laptop "Please take Leon with you"

"You want et into a firefight?"

"Please consider it," Rogan suggested

"I’ll think about it"

Rogan studied me His power uncurled around hio

"Be careful out there," the dragon said

"I’ll bring my sword and shield," I murmured, brushed a kiss on his lips, and headed to the stairway

Rynda stood on the stairs, just out of sight She hurried up, pretending that I caught her walking up the stairs, but I would’ve heard her

"How are you this ?" I asked

"I still don’t haveon it"

"I know"

There didn’t seem to be much left to say after that, so I took the stairs down

On the bottoed a big-screen TV Sergeant Teddy sprawled in front of it Matilda sat in the crook of his paw, a big bowl of trail eant Teddy’s side I rubbed s