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Then I felt a massive exertion of power from Anyan, and a few feet of earth at the very end of the cliff broke off and tuely powerful repulsion glamour, the likes of which I’d never felt I al But I understood hen I looked to es, probably only about three,up what used to be a fare of power from Anyan, and I saw another few feet of cliff tued frolaether their fa a hasty retreat in their vehicles

There was a good chance that, after this was all over, they wouldn’t have a home to come back to But at least they’d have their lives, which was rant them

I moved towards where Anyan stood, and to where I could now see the ocean, surging wildly below us The winds were powerful in Whitby, and the sea wasinmy arms I pulled, as hard as I could, and the ocean answered me with an enormous wave Carefully, I cradled the wave in a net of power, one that Magog helped ical bucket, to where we stood on the cliff Anyan helped by cru a few more feet of earth, so we had less land to avoid on the way up, and soon we had a net of water trapped high in the air

The Red was nearly upon us, and I hastily did the saon released her burden The relics crashed into the ground, ilded casket Bones rolled everywhere, but before Magog could dart in, the Red had settled her bulk on top of them

On the one hand, if that here she needed to be to resurrect her lover, ere shit out of luck when it ca it away It would take Anyan masses of time to make it that far back on the cliff But, if we kept her busy long enough or, better yet, won the day, that could be our first move to keep the bones safe

In the meantime, we had to keep her busy Or destroy her

I sort of liked the latter option, especially as I really didn’t fancy an evenaround

That’s when I realized they wererather important

"Jarl’s not here!" I shouted to the others "She’s got nobody to resurrect the White! We need to attack now!"

Taking ical water balloons closer to the dragon Magog helped, pushing the air around the, the Red roared her disdain before puouts of fire that whittled the theotten the largest to hover right over her, ready to drench, when around

"What the fuck?" I groaned, turning over to see round ca form of Jarl He was carried by a creature that looked to be the unholy combination of a snake and a man: the top half s, and was lit from within by unearthly blue flalasses did I knoho it was--the wyvern halfling, Lyman Our supposed ally

And that’s how Grae how deep this deception went Was it only Lyman? Lyman and Jack? All of the so-called "rebels"?

But when I looked over at Magog, she appeared as confused and furious as I felt

Poas bloo from Jarl, but it eak, uncontrolled I saw his head loll on his neck and I wondered if he’d been drugged If he had been, however, they hadn’t given hi