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She looked for Bryn and saw hie of the crowd He had been shocked by Allain's death and looked depressed Crispin arrived by his side and his face lit up Liala ran down the steps to join them

Crispin was the first to speak

'I've found Bryn's sister'

'You mean Breada?'

'Yes Dafne has locked her in the furies' den with the other sirens'

'Who is Dafne?' Bryn asked

'An ancient guardian who is in charge of the furies They are a bunch of crazy women who like to tear men apart Their den is at the back of the cave where they keep the vampire bats'

'We'll make short work of the bats,' Bryn said

'No' Crispin shook his head 'They will o anywhere near theirls if anyone tries to rescue theo in the back way Liala knohere it is'

The air was cold and dank in the underground harbour Liala kept a lookout for orcas but didn't see any She guessed they had gone out to sea and were swi Brain had shut down and the only active guardians were those still able to walk around on their oo legs Dafne was one and she was high on their list for eli beside the landing stage It here the Lord High Executioner received prisoners and assigned the off at the back They wouldn't be using thee that led to the furies' den was underwater

Liala followed Bryn down the steps They had ray guns but didn't have their dolphin suits and the air bottles that ith them The dolphins would have to carry them on their backs Liala leant down and did her best to explain as required She hoped her rendering of the dolphin language was good enough to get hertheir breath and the dolphins would have to swi ability was poor compared with theirs The dolphins seemed to understand Liala could never be sure They liked to please and so "no"

She cli dolphin's body to streah the water Bryn did the sae their bodies with oxygen Liala tapped Oona's head and they set off