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"Josie!" Deacon yelled

"Go," I de heavy "Dammit, Deacon Get the hell out of here!"

"Now don’t listen to her and ruin allDeacon backward as the wall of flames around Alex and Aiden dropped Alex was on her feet, cradling her array eyes widened when he saw his brother

I couldn’t let Hyperion get to hi, I spun out, preparing to deliver a viscous kick Hyperion swung out his ar me around the waist I shouted as he lifted round The irabbed a fistful of rabbed at his as fiery pain erupted over round, and I was suddenly eye to eye with Hyperion

"I have spent days and weeks andto do to you" His was voice was soft, but the words hit et started"

I drew in a short breath

Then I was flying backwards, and I didn’t have the chance to brace for iasped as the air was knocked out of s Stunned, I couldn’tdeep, su akasha as I started to lift th All I had was instinct, a drive to survive I put one hand in front of the other and round, fingers digging through thin blades of grass

Get up Get up Get up

Lightning struck across the sky, filling the air with electricity Dus--all I saings Wings that spanned eight feet, attached to long, lean bodies They circled at dizzying speeds Screa the hairs all along my body

"Furies!" someone shouted Maybe Aiden?

Erin Erin!

Backup was here Finally All I needed to do was to get up Just get--

Pain exploded along the side of my ribs as I was flipped over My back hit the hard dirt as the air wheezed out of o"

I opened my ht, and then there was nothing but darkness

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A shiver wokeI beca on my side and there was a hard, daas I gingerly liftedone hand on what turned out to be a cement floor

Where in the world was I? Where was everyone? The furies?

Moving a hand to ers back when a faint shock traveled upwrapped around my wrists Bracelets--thin bracelets

They most definitely hadn’t been there before, and I had a bad feeling about them--about all of this

My ribs hurt as I sat up The steady throbbing in my temples caused my head to swih up Dust danced in the faint light that trickled in Taking s the wet ce me of how the shades fro slightly, I bit down on asped I wasn’t alone

There were two people in the roo on their sides One was feled hair that appeared to be somewhere between brown and black shielded her face She was only wearing what appeared to be a tank top and underwear Even in the pale light, I could see that her thin legs were covered in either bruises or dirt Near me was a shirtless th to sit up fully as I stared at them