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As though the words were pulled froic Work a cloaking spell to make us truly undetectable Not an illusion"

Finn perked up "For real? I can do that?"

"You can, and you must I don’t know the exact incantation, but it started with the words" Aric recited so that sounded Latin-y

I had no clue what he’d said, but Finn tensed, as if jolted by Joules’s electricity "Dude I’ve dreain the invocation, iine what you want to happen, and the rest should follow"

Finn’s illusions distorted reality for others, but not necessarily for the people he worked his ic on We would still look the same The truck would "Hoe know if he’s done it?"

Aric aze "If we make it past Fortune alive"

Finn repeated Aric’s words, then looked shocked when more mysterious coician’s language He started to sweat

"That’s it," Aric said "Concentrate"

Finn’s body quaked; the falcon fluttered

The little hairs on ic seemed to swirl all around us Joules and Gabriel shared a look They’d felt it too

After another , Finn paused "I feel like I co Could be that a white rabbit’s appearing in a black hat sorimace, he added, "But whatever spell I worked, I’h we had no idea if he’d produced an illusion, much less a total concealment, Aric eased the truck toward the end of the tunnel--and straight into Zara’s spotlight beam

From here, we could see the copter up close

"She has one missile left," Gabriel murmured

"What’s your plan?" I whispered to Aric

"To drive under her"

I hissed, "There’s not enough room!" The moon roof was still open; I didn’t know if I wanted to see how close it would be

The spotlight was blinding as we eed from the mountain If Finn’s poaveredif Zara floated lower

Aric inched toward the helicopter

Then under it

We all craned our heads up, holding our breath

Joules muttered, "Jaysus, the skids are too close"

If the copter descended by a hair, it’d rated "Get us bloody out of here"