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"Revenge?" I suggested "For e’re doing to them in The Woodlands?"

Shayla shook her head "It doesn’t e, but this is the most stupid way to attempt it possible They know the power of our boundary… I can’t help but think they just want to get our attention"

Well, they sure got that…

I spotted several dragons standing nearby, including Lethe, as nearest tohands with his huon on the island; he’d coo, fallen in love with one of the huirls, and never left Warm climates didn’t suit him well at all, but in The Shade it was just about tolerable for hiht

"Hey, Lethe," I called to hi on me "Can you take me up there?" I requested

He frowned, then looked to Shayla for per h to talk to them," I said "Ask theht Obviously, Lethe, et blown to smithereens"

With a grunt of acquiescence, Lethe transforon I hurried onto his back before he launched into the sky As another boo deaf Once there was a span of relative quiet again, and Lethe and I had neared the helicopters, I roared up, "WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

That was pathetic There was no way they could have heard me beneath those choppers

"Lethe," I said "Can you please call up to them?"

Lethe’s entire body ruhty bellow "WHAT DO YOU SEEK HERE?"

I was sure that h to them, even amidst the noise of the choppers’ blades

Then the door to the aircraft directly above us slid open and a man peered down, a brown-haired hunter I had never seen before

Shayla followed Lethe’s andwith several other witches and dragons

The hunter held up an a of ours!"

I exchanged glances with Shayla, and before anyone else could respond, I told Lethe to yell back, "We have nothing of yours!"