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"You have to try!"

Lizzy opened her eyes "What are you two talking about?"

"Nothing!" Silance at Cian "I mean, I don’t"

"Hoill you know if you don’t try?" Cian pleaded

Simon’s eyes passed between his mother and his friend "I need to come into the circle"

"What?"

"The circle Open it and let hed "This is not the tier brother’s tone Cian spoke like Fin "Sih the eyes of ani her barrier, then we can use Siift Let him in and close the circle"

It wasn’t a request His voice of conviction didn’t go unnoticed by any of thenored

They all witnessed the moment Cian became a man, or at the very least, the kind ofsense of pride swelled in Myra’s chest

Once inside, Simon held hands with the others, his face serious His hands trembled "Think of the falcon," Simon instructed them

They closed their eyes

They all watched the falcon Todd waited for Ian to report back froasped in disbelief

"What is it?"

"Si to call to the bird"

"Simon?" Fin asked

"Aye"

The falcon circled, obviously distressed Its eyes darted between Ian and Fin Then, without warning, it dived, landed purposely on Finlay’s shoulder

Fin flinched, i his head away, the razor sharp beak only inches fro to hold its balance

As quickly as it perched it left, taking to the sky, and circled thebehind the invisible wall

"What the hell?"

"Sonofabitch"

"Do you sense the animal?" Cian asked Sih the eyes of the bird The ground was terribly far down He stretched his fingers in the palms’ of hishis skin His sight grew sharper than it had ever been before He could see the sh the falcon noticed them, he didn’t push his desire to hunt, instead he followed Si the yard where athered and horses were readied

Grainna stood in the center of the yard, her sphere of glass stood on a podiu a shower of iridescent light in a perfect circle

One of the horses, troubled by the rider as atte to mount him, skipped close to the podiu the rider off the horse "Get that beast back!"

She studied the glass Siht Inside the sphere, he saw Fin and the others Ian’s hand lay against the barrier, his back pushed into it, atte the h her crystal ball," Simon told the others in the roo the to do with the sun on the crystal ball She keeps yelling at the men to stay back"

"You can hear her?"