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He traced his fingers over his bowstring Tonight, he’d forever sheathed one weapon

I have another

He unslung his bow and nocked a bonedeath arrow He stared down Meliai, his voice deadly as he said, "Givethe bones of anyone within screaasped "You risk a ith the Nyain!"

"So be it Now talk What do you have?"

Her gaze betrayed her, darting to her wall, to a raised knot in the wood A concealed hollow?

"So to show me?" He waved his bow "Retrieve it"

With a fearful look, she crossed to the wall "My sisters and I will make you pay dearly for this" She pressed a hidden latch, and a colass case

When he realized what she possessed, sweat beaded his upper lip No, not a lock of Valkyrie hair In the case was a fire-red feather

A phoenix feather He could sense its mystical power froahts of an arrow, aicks exponentially

With that feather, he could create theat the gates of hell

Wraith shrieks pained Jo’s ears, thunder boo in her stomach once more

Desh bent down to her ear to yell, "Sure ye have this, little luv?"

Ree to rub her arot an army in there"

Since Jo had been here earlier (who kne long ago, with the weird time flow?) dozens of cars had been parked near theinside The scents co from Val Hall were different frolowered at the entrance "Scurvy wenches didn’t invite ot it," Jo yelled

"I’ll be at Lafitte’s, in case they don’t accept yer white flag"

"Thank you, Desh Fair winds"

He aze "Good luck" Then he disappeared

Jo e What wouldn’t she do for Thad?