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Then I called forth water, catching the water inand Blondie launched into the air, their wings andtohis own control over the air into the night sky

Meanwhile, I kept calling More andout the clouds one by one Leaving it hovering in on-quenching wetness

A wall that Blondie, Anyan, and Magog began to push forward, towards the Red Laughing--an alaron--the Red barely even bothered to back away fro? Think you can shower ain? I’m not that stupid"

And with that she breathed fire at the wall of water, dissipating a big chunk of it I pulled it back together, thickening it as , the Red blew another huge gust of fire More of my wall dissipated, but it nevertheless forced her back one ain, until my wall of water was nearly spent

But with each blast, she took another few steps back Until I had her where I wanted her

She hadn’t seen the other wall of water I’d pulled up from beneath the cathedral, nor did she feelthe trick with the storm And, luckily, she re the river water with a thousand tiny hands of power to ’s walls and shouted towards the huether while the Red was preoccupied withlabrys "Everything you’ve got! Bring the rain!"

I had a thing for modern military epics, and I’d alanted to say that line

Much to my surprise, the humans did shoot And the Red, saturated with the eleical shields Most of the bullets seeh scales, but she was still definitely getting hit in her more vulnerable areas

But I think it was the rockets that er guns than what a hu their load

Roaring in pain, the Red reared back, her reat towers of the cathedral With a fewinto the air Thehelped her dry off and collect herforce from the air around her, and then she disappeared

We waited for her to reappear like the serial killer in a horror film, but she must have been too wounded in body and pride to return

Only then did I reme less than what I did, then I s to Anyan after I did so

"Do I look all right?" I asked He nodded, totally confused atand sweet as they would get, and then I strode past the soldiers to the media

Baby seal to the rescue

CHAPTER NINETEEN

The camera really did add five pounds Two of which appeared to be iner than a character came to life and discovered fried chicken"

Anyan chuckled, but his hands reached down to caress , and I like everything that’s little You look fine"

I felt a flush of both heat and affection for the barghest, who always seeled back into the V of his long legs, using his chest as my backrest He enfolded h to turn e, as we’d holed up in an incredibly expensive hotel After all of the hullabaloo with the lamoured us as we darted across a busy street with a lot of trucks,would think we’d either disappeared or gotten into one of the cars Then he’d taken otten us an enormous suite, and called the others to tell the

We had then coest, swankiest bedroom, where Anyan had immediately turned on the television

And there I was I did look a bit disheveled, although I suppose that was to be expected considering Notre Da ruin, and there were variousmedical equip arrested was the powerful repulsion gla everyone but the cameramen away