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PROLOGUE

A shadow glided over the frozen hills,of this Earth Being that it really wasn’t attached to anything was a sure sign of what it was and where it was heading And that would be straight toward Dawson Black

Oh, goodie gu the name filled the back of his ie after his favorite fix They always traveled in fours, and one of theht before, which left threestraight for him

Dawson stood and stretched out his muscles, then brushed the clumps of snow off his jeans The Arum had come way too close to their home this time The rocks were supposed to protect theths that set them apart froth of a football field froive his life in a heartbeat to protect Yeah, screw that So two of the three, whichone would be a tad peeved They wanted to play? Whatever Bring it

Stalking out to thewind that brushed the hair off his forehead It re out over the valley It was always cold as crap up there

Eyes narrowing, he started to count down to ten At five, he closed his eyes and let his huht that pulsed with that bright sheen of blue Shedding his hu naked Freedom—not real freedom, because God knew they weren’t really free, but this was the closest thing to it

By the ti toward hi until the last second, he darted to the side and spun, pulling forth the power the enemy coveted No wonder The stuff was like a nuclear boo boom

He launched a nice bolt of it at the Aru what appeared to be his shoulder In his true for s, but the rush of power connected with so

The i pitch-black and slick shot toward Dawson He dodged the missile What they had wasn’t nearly as powerful More like napalm Burned like a bitch, but it would take a lotdown a Luxen Obviously, that wasn’t how an Aru in the dark sky You can’t defeat ave athe last ice crea across the clearing, he sent bolt after bolt of the good stuff at the Aru stayed up in the trees, the perfect ca aran to shake A thundering groan echoed throughout the valley, and then the trees broke free froht up into the sky, the trees had large clu fro his ar the rat bastard

Gotcha, he shot back

He let loose another jolt of power and it raced across the space between the out of the sky like a torpedo, the Aru in and out of his true forhed This weak excuse for an enee People