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"Help yourself," I told hilass of tea and threw together a sandwich I stared, bleary-eyed

"You got sick last night"

How could he tell? Did I sot to drink water," I mumbled

"Or it could have been the Four Horsean, then figured it out "You were nearby the whole time!" He nodded "Well, as I supposed to do with that spirit breathing down ave him a show I couldn’t exactly say no to the shot"

"Don’t ever give a bartender free rein Order only what you can handle"

I sighed and dropped onto the couch, pressing my temples It ay too early

"We’ll talk about it on the plane Get up and get ready We’re going to New York City"

Flying first class was nice Too bad I couldn’t enjoy it My gut recked and ed water and tried to eat a croissant

The Dukes had called an eency summit, and all Nephilim were required to attend Neph froin the trek My friends were flying in on Pharzuph’s personal jet

On the way to the airport I’d asked o He said Neph were invited to sue sense of numbness had crept over me at that point He’d sent a few of his trusted whisperers out to hunt down information, but all they learned was that a fe up to par and would be dealt with as a reminder to all We’d been silent the rest of the way to the airport, but my brain worked overtime

It was too encytension onto say

"Soht The plane huines Nobody sat next to us

"It was Kopano"

"Did you tell him about that?" he asked

I bit my lip and shook " He sucked air through his front teeth "Ballsy"

"You’re not mad?"

He lifted a shoulder and let it drop as if it ain, and my insides constricted

"Sit as far away froht," he instructed "Neph don’t talk at summits Don’t speak out, no matter what happens If there’s a problem, I’ll take care of it And don’t pull out that damn sword unless I tell you to It’s our absolute last resort Once that cat’s out of the bag there’s no going back"