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"You just Tasered me, Charles Why should I believe you?" she returned

"Because if you don't, there's a chance we're all going to be dead by one to face Valon alone, and Charles orried She didn't quite knohat to think of the loyal vauarantee Brandon's life, she was the last person to object

And … her heart was already racing at the idea Jonny was in danger

"Fine," she said softly

"Much luck" Charles stretched for the Traveler, who touched hiet to Jonny, the tinked out of existence

Ashley cursed She rolled towards the bushes he had indicated and closed her eyes Branches and leaves scratched her exposed arroped around in the darkness for a weapon

The rough leather of the sheath belonging to the knife that killed Czerno brushed her fingertips, and she wriggled closer

"You are a good luck knife" She tugged it free and shifted into a kneeling position Working the knife froh the plastic zip ties Charles had used on her and yanked her ar with adrenaline Ashley cut her ankles free, snatched the re weapons and stood

The location she'd identified was soet there, she'd have to Travel She'd risk having a seizure She tested her body She was sore already frory She needed time to heal Jonny had patched her up to prevent another episode, but would it last if she forced the issue by Traveling?

What if I could save his life?

Ashley closed her eyes and drew a breath, rattled by the memory of what happened the last ti the horrible year when she transitioned into her power, and she'd ended up confined to bed for two days

"Jonny patched me," she whispered She visualized the place on the o and willed herself to be there

The disorienting sense of the world tilting andmade her breath catch in her throat She opened her eyes cautiously, braced for an episode Her insides were shaky but nothing like what she experienced pre-seizure She grudgingly adrateful she was for Jonny's ability, even if their interactions rarely ended on a good note

The area around her had once been a front lawn, judging by the pile of rubble left over from the burnt down house nearby Her senses picked up tooher knives: the scent of blood in the air, the odd tingling of her senses she recognized from her first confrontation with Valon