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"We ought not descend too low," Derek said, "lest they’ve installed more sensitive alarularbehind me with my mother--all of us atop Tyron "And what is that, Grace?" he asked me

"Rescue any humans or other innocents," I replied

"Exactly," my father said "Lucas and Kailyn,"-- he looked to the fae ere now hovering in the air--"you’ll co out, I assume"

"Of course," Kailyn said

My father slid off Tyron, leaving on’s back, while he, Kailyn and Lucas gathered together and thinned themselves

I wished at times like this that I had the ability to fly and thin myself like my father did I would be far more useful on these missions

The trio descended on the treetops and disappeared through the leaves We waited in tense silence, listening and hoping that they would not take too long, that they wouldwould happen to the creatures that the hunters had still had little chance to study, but one never could be too sure with these people There was an unsettling y still did not make sense to us

I released a sigh of relief as, about half an hour later, the trio returned As they arrived at our level, s Found no humans--or other innocent creatures Just hunters and an enor around the back of the buildings where they keep the beasts Hundreds and hundreds of them"

They h the portal from their base in the Philippines

Derek paused, his eyes settling on the quiet coht," he said in a deep voice "Then let us begin"

Everyone a us who could hover--namely the witches, fae and the jinn--remained in the air, while the rest of us reh our supplies of weapons, gathering explosives, while the witches and jinn worked on creating a sturdy shield beneath us to protect us froround

And then the first bomb was dropped It shattered the peace of the woods, followed i Hunters and mutants I found it rather ironic that these explosives had been provided to us by the US government

By the time the fae had rained down three in quick succession, the entire coun