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He’d done that in front of his allies For her

Thad had also told Jo he wanted to help Regin and the others rebuild Val Hall, explaining, "The Vertas is more than just Nïx Besides, she isn’t even there She told everyone she was taking a vacation for a while"

Jo had tried to ht "Vertas, Møriør Hey, let’s let the freaks work this out in the schoolyard on their own"

"Regin and the others didn’t know you’re my sister Nïx told them you’re a hardcore Møriør here to unleash monsters and enslave us all"

N&iuet started Then Jo had frowned I did have strong Møriør leanings

Because I fell in love with one

After that day, she and Thad never talked about Rune specifically She tried to hide how badly she yearned for the dark fey, but didn’t know if she was fooling anyone

Rune had once told her Darach Lyka could find anything in the worlds; Thad hadn’t traced Jo too far froht nothing could keep a Lorean froured he must have returned to Tenebrous with the other Møriør Even if he’d headed back to Earth directly, the journey would take a while

Not that she would ever resus with hiet her bullet necklace back, and find so is possible in the Lore! she thought bitterly

Hanging out with her brother was the only thing that could have kept her distracted Over the last week, she and Thad had laughed They’d watched host into shells and go fully invisible

Soon she would show him how to delineate one’s territory and protect it--and how to crush fight-stealing pi of the week, the Braydens ht have do the effort to get along

The first day, he’d awakened her abruptly "JOOOO!" he’d yelled froht in bed, disoriented because she’d never had a wakeup call before and had barely slept She’d dreaded dreams of Rune, hadn’t wanted to see any more of his past when she couldn’t handle his present

Bleary-eyed, she’d gotten dressed, snagged the talishtstand, then stomped downstairs into the kitchen "What the fuck is this, Private Benja with MizB and Thad Oops

MizB had told the woman, "Ma, I want you to meet--"

Gram had already shuffled over to Jo Before Jo could hiss, the woman had kissed her forehead "Hello, child" Then she’d shuffled back to the stove, all no-big-deal

Over breakfast, MizB had asked if they had any plans

Jo had rocked her chair back, balancing on two legs "I was thinking about teaching ole Thad here how to roll drug dealers for coke-dusted cash Maybe pues for shit like that?"