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"We’re in Valkyrie territory now They give off lightning with emotion Feed froes and blades?"

He shook his head "As the primordial of her species, she must have learned to wield it"

"This place looks like a mad scientist’s laboratory"

"You haven’t seen the worst yet"

As she and Rune approached a clearing, a sprawling, creepy hostly fe the structure "The wraiths?"

"Also known as the Ancient Scourge," Rune said "They’re as strong as Titanian steel, and even older than I am You can’t tunnel under the them is impossible"

She raised her face to scent the air Thad was here! Behind their guard? She’d just tensed to do so when Rune clamped her forearm and traced her back to Tortua

"Why’d you leave?" She flung her arht coht me!"

"She’s not in Val Hall"

"We can wait there until she shows up"

"The other Valkyries wouldn’t tolerate it I could keep you safe, but I couldn’t do anything for your brother until we handled the guard dogs If you anger Val Hall’s inhabitants, they ht take it out on hi herself to a wait, she said, "I can’t believe Thad’s in there" At least she hadn’t scented his fear He and Nïx had see hi hi him to join their alliance"

In other words, they were brainwashing her brother "There has to be a way around those wraiths" If tracing past theh them probably wasn’t an option

"For now, our best bet is to hunt N&iu suit You got a plan B?"

He gazed away and murmured, "Always"

Why did that one word send a chill down her spine?

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