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"Hell, no Have you?"

"Froe of Kaitlyn No doubt she has ordered hilanced past the man to the woe as the un It was a ludicrous picture, the short, rotund rosy-cheeked woun that was almost taller than she was

Zack looked sideways at Sherrad "So, what do we do now?"

"See if we can override Nadiya’s co his preternatural power, Drake stared into the et whatever Nadiya Korzha has told you," he said firer in force Do you understand?"

The un and leveled it at Sherrad’s chest "Go away or I will kill you"

"Uh, I don’t think it’s working," Zack un Unless the gun was loaded with silver and penetrated Drake’s heart, the blast would be painful and messy, but not fatal

Sherrad was little un from the man’s hand, then choked him into unconsciousness

"Maybe you’ll have better luck with the worowled

"Maybe I’d have better luck"

"Be uest"

"Excuse me, madam," Zack said "May I have a ith you?"

She looked momentarily confused, then nodded

"My name is Zack and I’ve come to tell you that you don’t have to be afraid of Nadiya any you from her spell Do you understand?"

"What spell?"

"Nadiya is a sorceress and she put a spell on you But it isn’t effective any longer So why don’t you put the gun down and take care of your husband?"

She glanced at the man sprawled facedown on the floor, then looked up at Zack

"He needs help If you invite me in, I’ll help you carry hiun in her hands as if she had never seen either one before and then, with a sob, she lowered the weapon and dropped to her knees beside her husband

When she looked up at Zack again, her eyes were clear "Please, come in and help us"

Zack looked over his shoulder at Sherrad and sly

"Don’t say a word," Drake warned

There was a shimmer of power as Zack stepped inside It always a as innocuous as a threshold had the power to keep him outside He didn’t knohy it was so, but it was

When he started past the wo "My husband"

"I’ll be right back, I proet hi his vah a door that led down into a base here, and then he saw her, sitting on a filthy mattress

"Kaitlyn!" Sherrad hurried past Zack and enfolded his daughter in his arht?"

"I am now"

Zack rocked back on his heels It was all he could do to keep fro Sherrad aside, but Kaitlyn was theat her Aside froled, she seemed none the worse for wear

Sherrad brushed a lock of hair froet you out of here before Nadiya returns"