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Tam and I sliced, blasted, and beat our way across the cell block I didn’t know if the Magh’Sceadu that had been in front of us was now behind me, and I didn’t have tier, Gustin Sorenson, held a sobbing Megan He gently turned her head into his shoulder so she wouldn’t see as about to happen to the distance, as if feeding on those kids’ fear I never thought I’d be grateful for sadistic behavior, but it bought us a few critical seconds

Tauttural goblin curses

I looked where he was looking "What? You can’t do it?"

"The wards are rooted in bedrock," Ta comes down"

"Any other way?"

"None"

We were at least a hundred feet underground, with an embassy on top of that If Ta to be on top of us

If we did nothing, those spellsingers orse than dead

I’d held up a stage full of e ood, not untold tons of rock Da, but if I screwed this up, a lot of other people would be dying along with me

I snarled my favorite about-to-meet-Death four-letter word

"Do it!" I snapped

"The ceiling--"

"IsHe stared at me, his expression unreadable "I need you to support the ceiling above the tear I’ot it You pull; I push Let’s go!"

"I need control and delicacy, Raine"

I snorted "Too bad you’re stuck with me"

He held out his hand to me "And we have to work in unison"

So there it was I kneouldn’t be just Ta to want a piece of the action--and a piece of us The Saghred had given me pohen I’d used it Would it do the sae in Tam not only want it, but crave it?

Triu off the Saghred The rock was about to get what it wanted If we all got out of this alive, I’d have what I wanted

A in for everybody Yeah, right

Ta up froic coiled and flared throughthe source of Tam’s dark power I found it and touched it: the dark well, its source unknown, its depths unexplored The Saghred wanted to know those depths I just wanted to explore

"I knew I couldn’t leave you two alone"

Rudra Muralin stood sh’Sceadu’s cell, er

"Always have a backup plan," he told us "And an extra set of keys I hope you didn’t pay your two lackeys in advance, Tamnais Gold is wasted on dead h’Sceadu’s cell It opened sea around hiuess evil repels evil

"Impressive work, Piaras," Muralin called "You have even ht Too bad you’re about to be overrun"

"Rip it now!" I snarled at Tam I turned my head toward Piaras, Talon, and Katelyn "Run!" I screah ed upward to meet it

A roar tore itself from Tam’s throat His eyes were solid black orbs, his lips pulled back froers like claws into the wards and tore the flesh, not athered my will and my arm extended toward the rock above where Taic and I pushed with everything I had My arm shook with the effort and my shoulder was on fire

A spiderweb of tiny cracks appeared on the ceiling where wardsopen the door to the cell and was pulling the spellsingers out and all but throwing them toward the door to the tunnel beyond Ronan and two of Ta Piaras, Talon, and Katelyn, into the tunnel

Rudra Muralin was gone

All that power ca blood Either I’d bittenBlack blooes ofto pass out

Silence hung in the air, followed by a low ru at our end of the cell block and started to spread

I was all that was holding up that ceiling and if I let go…