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Beezle caain with the phone I snatched it from his hands and dialed the Medi-Team nu but the crackle of static

"Dammit," I muttered

"I told you," Beezle said

It was hard to think Blood flowed fro I tried to stand but found that I was too weak, andwood of the porch My face sla and I saw stars

"Maddy, don’t try to et help"

"Frocrack when et Azazel," he said

I had to think for a et Azazel and he co, he will kill hiet Azazel now and you bleed to death in your own backyard, he will kill " The last person I wanted to see at that moment was Daddy dearest

The wind picked up, and I shivered inside s buffeted by a breeze that was fast beco him inside my pocket before he bleay

"What the?" I said, and crawled slowly toward JB, asn’tat all I felt for a pulse and found one, but he did not stir at my touch

The wind racketed around us My hair ca I covered JB’s still body with ht appeared just above rew until it was a circle the size of a city Dumpster Inside the circle, wind swirled and electricity pulsed

Beezle poked his head out of my pocket

"It’s a portal," he shouted

I knew that I just didn’t knoas in it, and if they were friend or foe My ertips I was too weak to do anything

A figure eed from the portal, tall and blond and radiantly beautiful He brushed sos The portal closed behind hiel looked up, and the natural arrogance on his face turned to surprise

I had been wrong There was one person that I wanted to see less than my father

"Hello, Nathaniel," I said to my fiancé

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