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In a flat out panic, I was suddenly back in that dank warehouse with Conleth, andinto that place of power inside me left by the creature, I pulled all of the water out of the air like I was so into Jack, as if two enormous bucketfuls of water appeared out of nowhere, on either side of hi towards each other He was left on his ass--drenched, spluttering, and with his fire totally squelched

There was furious move my head back hard Then there was a knife atwith all that force again…

"Enough," barked Jack from where he was sprawled on the floor, his air of authority strong despite his now sodden nature

"Let her go," Jack finished, his voice gone suest, after all"

He stood, careful to keep his feet under hi, Jack walked towardsa hand under my chin I stared up at him defiantly, ready to lash out with uest with a lot of power," he "

Then Jack turned on his heel, pacing a few steps away as if trying to decide what to do next Keeping his back turned, he gathered his power around him before a short burst of flames left him entirely dry Only then did he turn around

"I’htened you," Jack said, in the slick tones of a politician apologizing for so

I shook hten , Jack echoed the shake of my head with his ory littleI’ me to be impressed

"Isn’t that a snake?" I asked, just as Anyan said, "And nahual, and huliotten to hi Anyan and I should probably patent

"It’s not a snake It’s on," Jack said, petulantly "And I’ve never hidden my mixed blood"

"Why don’t we show her blood, boss?" said a ridiculously accented man from directly behind me, the man who must have held the knife to my throat Despite that, however, I suddenly couldn’t take him seriously as he sounded like an evil Dick Van Dyke He had one of those accents I couldn’t help but assue to crane h, as if bored to tears at the thought of another person threatening ood," soothed Jack "Couests"

From behind us walked Phil, and I couldn’t help but stare He was tall, and skinny as a rail, but what reen suit he earing, with no shirt underneath He was, however, sporting a top hat that had a ht he looked ridiculous, until his tongue flicked out atain for a strike

"No need for that, Jane," came Jack’s charisas, but Phil’s a halfling One of us"

Snark battled smarts for a second, and snark won "Um, if there’s an ‘us,’ why are we tied up?" snark asked fronored ht forth his other two co to a very plump, sweet-faced black woman aved a cat’s paw at

"And meet my brother," Jack said "Lyh he had a bitantique looking circular glasses, and a so broadly, but apparently at nothing in particular It wasn’t a scary smile, just inappropriate

"Aren’t you really half-brothers?" Anyan asked, conversationally I saw Jack’s ain, in annoyance, before it reset "Or quarter? I never could figure out what you call two uess he’s Lyht"

An obviously irritated Jack was nearly answered, when Lyman put a hand on his brother’s arm

"My father was the last full-blooded wyvern," Lyman said, quite calmly "And his son was Jack’s father, yes But we are brothers" Ly in front of Anyan, and despite the fact his weird, placid shest one bit And frohest was about to respond when there was a tres above our heads I ducked lass was nowhere near, just as Blondie and Magog cas so enorelic white wings she’d used to fly els in a movie, but they were obviously on the same side as they landed next to us, supernatural weapons called forth and charged up with ?" Blondie asked, her voice alinal "Cyntaf! So good to see you It’s been too long And Magog What a surprise" The rebel leader’s eyes were hard as he looked at the raven

Blondie’s only reply was a cocked eyebrow