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"I know that He wouldn’t be able to stand in the foyer otherwise," I replied

I swung the door open "Can’t you ever show up during regular visiting hours?"

"Feeling better, I see," JB said "Well enough to burn down about forty acres of outland forest and kill two of my mother’s favorite pets"

I rolledthat he should follow JB slammed the front door shut behind him

"How many ti to eat me?"

"That’s what they’re there for," JB said

"Well, was I supposed to let them do their job?" I opened my front door and waved hier "Of course not But why the hell were you there in the first place? I thought that you were going tomorrow as part of an official envoy You have no idea how bad this looks The queen was ready to demand your head as cootiations entirely I’ve spent the last several hours trying to convince her not to do so and to let the negotiations proceed as planned"

"Well, thanks for that," I said grudgingly "But how did she find out so quickly? Those faeries thatin the forest said it was a day’s walk from where ere"

JB looked at ic, you know They were at the queen’s court a few minutes after they left you"

"Those little bastards," I said, and then I latched onto so that JB had said "Yeah, wait a minute They LEFT me Us Me and Beezle and Nathaniel As soon as the spider showed up, they took off without a by-yourleave So I didn’t see any reason why I should chase theuards abandoned you?"

I nodded "Ran right through the woods without waiting to see if ere following"

He ran his hands through his hair "All right, we ht be able to ith that It was a breach of conduct for the there in the first place?"

I explained about Antares, the bo and the invisible portal in the alley

"I’ about an invisible portal," he said, frowning "I wonder who put it there And why"

"That’s just e’ve been trying to figure out," I said "And I’ to do with Gabriel’s disappearance"