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"Ava and Cristiano will insist on going," Luther pointed out

It was clear that the idea troubled Antonio, but he shrugged "It would be unfair to request that they ree what has happened to their friends We all know a little about the need for vengeance If they wish to take the risk of being attacked and tainted, wehis attention back to Jared and me, he spoke "I want you and your squad to concentrate on freeing the vampires that have been captured"

I rolled ain because some of us were bitten last time"

"True But my decision is also based on the fact that your squad is, by far, the stealthiest All your practice on the tactical field has helped treet in and out of places without being seen You also have h to kill a tainted va them – both of you included You are, without a doubt, the best people to deal with this side of the assignment"

Jared nodded "Where exactly are they within the rainforest? I don’t want to waste ti"

Antonio handed hi to one of Quentin’s vampires who has the ability to teleport, these exact coordinates will take you one hundred feet from the humans’ camp" Once Jared had tucked the paper into the pocket of his jeans, Antonio added, "He and Quentin will be waiting for you there"

"You should leave as soon as possible" Luther’s anxiety was obvious in every line of his face "We are not sure how reement with that, I slipped my hand in Jared’s and he immediately teleported us both to the arena Since we had only o tanked ourselves with NSTs, we didn’t need to make a pit-stop at our apart for us in the arena Thankfully, nobody was late because we didn’t have ti around, and we still needed to find Ava and Cristiano to give the We quickly briefed the squad on the situation It was no surprise when they began cursing at the news of the huo No doubt feelings of helplessness had been plaguing then

"Ava and Cristiano ant in," said Denny "After seeing Ava so distraught when she heard the vampires from her nest were dead, I don’t think it would be fair to leave her or her brother out of it" Sale

"We plan to take them," I told Denny "I don’t suppose anyone knohere they are?"

"They’re with Jude and Alora in the canteen," Chico said Alora and Jude had immediately ‘clicked’ – probably because they both knehat it was like to live without so to them I knew from Chico that Jude had tracked down her baby just to check on her The little girl had been adopted by a really nice hue as comfort – however little co at that, everyone spun to look at the beady-eyedhis notepad and pen into his coat, ready to go

"You’re not going anywhere," I firmly stated to both Collins and a half-naked Eloise, as licking her lips as she eyed Jared No shame She had absolutely no shame

Collins lifted his chin "Our purpose here"