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"Why don’t you ask them?" Anyan said "Since they’ve just co my mouth with an audible clink ofhadn’t just been because he wanted to throttle ood, Anyan Barghest," said a man’s voice in front of me "And do you knoho I am?"

"Of course I do, Jack So how about you stop this charade?" Anyan’s voice was low,

"Phil," said Jack’s voice, in clear command

Suddenly, the hood hisked off ht Whenthat we seemed to be in soh ceilings Looking to my left, I checked to make sure Anyan had also had his hood re any possible dae, then turned to face forward towards our kidnapper I knew there were people shuffling around behind us, but the e Plus I was tied up in such a way that turning around would have been difficult

Jack wasn’t that big, but he was lean and looked tough His tousled blonde hair spoke of a boyishness that did not match the ist of his sharp features, or his cynical, probing blue eyes Despite his small size and casual demeanor, he also radiated an air ofto anyone under the right circuht circurowled "Why have you kidnapped us?"

Startled, I realized from the full human na Full supes only used one name and their faction to identify themselves, which hy I was Jane True and Anyan was Anyan Barghest

The ave us a feral smile, and, for a second, fire licked over his arical looking blue fire Either that or it was so hot it burned blue

This was the exact sort of situation under which I didn’t enjoy, soquestions, barghest," Jack said His tone ed to be entirely nonchalant and entirely full of threat, all at the same time "After all, you’re on my turf"

"You don’t own London, despite what you think," said Anyan

"Maybe not," Jack replied "But I own the dark heart of London The dark heart that you’ve been scuttling across since you arrived Now, I’ that involves you, or your so-called cause Let us go"

Jack pursed his lips, looking between Anyan and o And rowled at that, but I rolledabout the way Jack bantered with Anyan let h people had tried to kill me, after all, that I knew murderous intent

I also realized I really wasn’t happy about being kidnapped

"Thanks, but no thanks This lady is not for keeping"

Jack actually smiled at that "And who exactly is this lady?" he asked, placing the same emphasis on the word that I had

"My na as far back in ard "And you’re Jack There’s a nursery rhy here, Jane?" Jack atching ibbering wreck by now, but he didn’t realize that being abducted had beco And what is it you do, Jack, when you’re not abducting innocent tourists?"

Jack looked slightly less amused withties to my community"

Anyan snorted as I asked, "What co community Which I think is probably our coiven hiait like that of a lion I have to admit, if he didn’t radiate brutality I’d have been attracted to him

I’m attracted to him because he does radiate brutality, cooed my libido

Shut up, you idiot, chastisedbefore rew distinctly uncomfortable, not least because I was re who’d also kidnapped me and also tiedinterests, both officially as well as, well, let’s just say unofficially For that I’m called a rebel But I like to think of myself as a patriot"

And with those words he lit himself up like a blue Roht On the other hand, it was definitely the wrong move to make with me