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At this, the hunter shifted on his feet They had technology beyond iroup, they could not penetrate the power of our five witches holding up a spell around us It seelares relented a little The hunter lance with his colleagues before irl"

"You really are full of--"

The hunter cut Xavier off "We have CCTV footage" He nodded in the direction of the buildings "I can show it to you"

All of us were taken aback by this How could Victoria not be here?

Xavier grimaced "Show it to us"

We followed the hunters with theiron the far right We did not approach the entrance, however We traipsed around the side of the building before arriving at a much smaller one that had been hidden fro Its ere lass so we could not see as inside

One hunter strode inside, while the others circled around us and remained outside with their ’s front s slid doard, allowing us to gaze inside a room filled withwith one of the e, until finally he tilted the screen for us to see better: An injured Victoria scraainst a tree--that was the last Heath and I had seen of her--and then shortly afterward…

What?

A wild-looking young round beside her He scooped her up and then with an al back into the tree with her

So that’s why those hunters were shooting at the treetops But who is thata paluy!"

Everyone whirled on her

"The wolf guy in the cage whouy!"

This was the first I was hearing about Victoria and Arwen freeing a "wolf guy"

"If he’s a wolf, why is he in his huhtti weird about him," Arwen replied "He looks like a wolf, and he said that he was a wolf"

"I’ve never heard of a ho didn’t shift involuntarily at nightti hard

"So you see," the hunter interrupted, "she was carried off We don’t have her here" He approached the door again, jaw firmly set "Now you have your answer, I h the portal and leave our territory"