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And if he was like Jo, hoould MizB handle her precious son drinking blood?

Rune said, "If you don’t have a coo to a library"

Jo visited them often--alone With Rune there, it would be the hardest place to disguise an inability to read "Or we could head to an internet café near the local college" Still dicey

"Lead on"

Outside the café, Jo watched Rune extricating hi of fele

Jo had continually thought, I just got off with this guy And yet he’d flashed each one his panty-irl’s help, they’d learned about Mount Hua, a towering mountain in China Rune believed N&iu su a rickety patchwork of boards nailed to the sheer face of the mountain The ascent was considered the world’s deadliest hike Treacherous sections of the trail had na Over, and Black Dragon Ridge

Mortals fell to their deaths all the ti place; Rune had seemed far less enthusiastic

Now all they had to do was find a deet somewhere secluded so I can trace us"

If she’d been alone, she would’ve disappeared in front of anybody With a shrug, she strolled alongside hiuy orked in the internet café knew tons about computers, but you chose a random coed to help us?" Jo would bet Rune didn’t play ith anyone who had a dick She couldn’t picture hiuy buddies

"The female mortal had sexual interest in me, and so was particularly motivated to help withdown to sex?"

He blinked at her "When I want so different? Rune the Insatiable had used seduction as a weapon for ages Still did

Jo frowned up at hi me?

THIRTY-FIVE

The Nephele are close," Rune said He’d traced Jo to a hts, the stars appeared so ht with N&iu convinced the answers to her past resided in the stars

"Ahead is the covey" Rune pointed to a dense patch of fog "They enjoy ht their clouds to the ground"

As a fog bank