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"I’ers down ain I shook my head

"My fault Get diapers next time," I croaked out between my swollen lips "No hest responded griain until I say so"

Iup blood

"Caleb!" Anyan shouted again, turning his attention to my chest and sides "Hurry the fuck up!"

Just as I was starting to feel distinctly woozy, I felt another set of hands on hI’d been held unconscious by Conleth, I knew it had to have been quite some time for Caleb to be fully operational and for everyone to have found me

Suddenly, Ryu’s voice was there, then Julian’s and Ca but I couldn’t see why,to heal me one injury at a tiy body, blasting ic

When Caleb finally unwrapped himself from me, I understood why there was sobetween an extra-fiery Conleth and a very pissed-off wall of baobhan sith Camille, Julian, and Ryu were all poised to strike, but Anyan wouldn’t let them Meanwhile, Conleth couldn’t seelowering at Ryu

Caleb wasn’t done healingaround otiate with the others I heard sohest was pointing at the wat When Julian walked over to prod the spriggan with the toe of his Vans, he noticed I ake So he wandered over to giveup his healing energies while Julian began to rechargewas going to be okay I iined Grae Edie and Felicia Maybe they’d even squeal on Phaedra, and then Phaedra would turn on Jarl The good guys would win, and we’d all ride off into the sunset, safe and whole

Which hy Phaedra chose that exact moment to show up, Kaya and Kaori in tow

Sometimes I felt like Murphy’s Law incarnate

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

The harpies ca the air around us One of the to his side to crouch above hi when she saw his face, before we felt all of her power shift toward healing hian with one dun wing, before sending her own blast of healing wat

We were so distracted by the harpies, and especially by the fact that Graeirlfriend, that none of us noticed Phaedra’s entrance Except for Conleth

"You!" we heard him shout, and we all turned first toward hi

The little Alfar eed from the shadows, still clad in her leathers and knives

"Me," she said drily

Suddenly, I re to hi as I looked froain…" Suddenly, Con’s ra fell into place

When we’d seen those claw s, we’d feared Kaya and Kaori’s involvement in his death, but we hadn’t known their motivation Or the motivation of their mistress, Phaedra, or her master, Jarl But now I knew

"She’s been behind everything the whole time," I whispered I’d had my suspicions, but now, to me at least, it was all as clear as day Jarl had to be the sponsor; Phaedra wouldn’t have the resources to run an operation like that When Con escaped, she and her team wiped out everyone who could have known of Jarl’s involve, she’d burned the bodies to make it look like Conleth had done it

And she’d knohere Conleth was the entire time; after all, she must have sent that note about Felicia to Conleth Donovan irl off, like she did Silver and her boyfriend Told Felicia to hide The young woood job, and so Phaedra used Con as she’d used hie her own crimes