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"What the--" I twisted around to survey the daood look, Henry pushed lass, and while I scrambled to my feet, Henry and his brothers advanced toward the broken s

Ava appeared besidevoice as her face turned ashen "We have to get out of here"

"Why?" I said, but a sick sense of dread f illedbeside her The others parted to let us through, each poised as if ready to strike No matter how reluctant they were to talk about her, I knew this had to do with Calliope and the fresh scar running down Henry’s chest

Ava didn’t answeragainst the f loor as I tried to regain

I fell a second ti Ava doithain As we scrah the hall, and a shi frorown stronger

It crackled with strange tendrils of light, and for ahiain, exactly as he’d done in my vision, and the other members of the council formed a seainstthat had nearly killed Henry, and noas attacking all of us The instinct to protect rose up inside of me as it drew closer to Henry and my mother and everyone I loved, but what could I possibly do to help stop it?

Without warning, it sliced through the air faster than the members of the council could control it, but it wasn’t aimed at Henry or Walter or Phillip

It went directly forAva behind the nearest pillar, I darted after her, but not fast enough

Unbelievable pain whipped hwith each beat of my heart I cried out, and it was all I could do to stay standing

"Ava," I gasped, leaning against the pillar as shouts froh the hall "Get out of here" She stared at ainst the pain, I took her ar toward the exit A trail of blood s didn’t try to strike again