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Joy "How often?"
"That depends on how hard he’s trying to reach you" His arhtened aroundFor now I took a deep breath and stepped back, s low sizzle of pain "Can you stay?"
"I’ll try," he said "You’re right My people have to try to stop hi the Mother directly now We’re her only defense"
"Not the only one," Ashan said, striding out of the darkness Behind hihtiest Djinn force I’d ever seen in one place - htiest ever assean to take shape out of the shadows - ht in the middle, looked understandably worried These two clans had been in cold-war status for ages, but the war had heated up, and I wasn’t sure what Ashan would consider defense these days
His cold, teal-blue eyes turned onwhether or not to strike
"Try and I’ll destroy you," David said, low in his throat Lightning ripped the sky again, breaking into dozens of strea as that contest would be, you’re probably right," Ashan said, and his suide into the abyss We can use her to track our enemy And to tempt him into the open"
"Wait," Lewis said "What are you saying? You’re all going after him? All of you?"
"The New Djinn are vulnerable The Old Djinn aren’t - at least, not yet Besides, we have no choice now," David replied "We can’t let hio He may actually be able to destroy the Djinn" He paused, and looked at the Wardens "This isn’t your fight anymore Go ho orders frolare "Tell the his ti of coht I make the decisions for the Wardens You’ll all follow my orders" He paused for deliberate effect "And my orders are that the Wardens will send a support team with Joanne and the Djinn"
"And where exactly are we planning to send them?" Marion asked
I looked up at the clouds, then out to sea
"He’s gone where he thinks we can’t follow," I said "To the Cradle of Storms" As far as I knew, no Warden had ever ventured out to sea in that area and made it back to shore alive The storms out there were sentient, and they were vicious And a Warden, any Warden, became a Jonah Any ship they were on became prey
And I was about to lead a whole team of them into the jaws of death
This was not the way I’d planned to take a honeymoon cruise to Bermuda