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"Who opened the stone slab to the to far too closely behind her

"The three elven archers and a couple of demons" The archers, two -quick speed, and the e deth only to the Lykae Yet even for the the toe

They'd realized the entire pyramidal structure had shifted from ti it weigh tons Raising it had taken all of the others cooperating - with the two de an enormous boulder under it to prop it open

"And they just let you enter after their effort?"

She stopped and faced hiain "What should they have done, Mr MacRieve?" The others had not only allowed her to enter Though she barely knew any of theether since there were four prizes Cade, one of the demons, had even helped her climb down the dozen feet from the outer entrance into the first anteroom Then they'd all split up to cover the maze of chambers and vowed to the Lore to alert the others of a find

MacRieve's smile was a cruel twist of his lips "I know exactly what I would have done"

"I know exactly hoould have retaliated" He seemed surprised that she didn't fear him, but the truth was that she didn't spook easily - when not faced with heights or unnecessarily large insects And she ell aware of how vicious the Hie competitors could be as they raced around the world for prizes

This ruthlessness in the Hie hy Mari had been sent by the House of Witches to coh she was only twenty-three and hailed from the shady New Orleans coven, the slacker Anih she had not yet made the turn from mortal to immortal

But Mari was not above trickery, and unlike ick to hare it with her volatile powers

MacRieve closed in until nearly seven feet of seething olf male loomed over her He was at least a foot taller than she was and hundreds of tiround

"Watch your step, little witch You doona wish to anger one such as rand prize for the Hie was an object called Thrane's Key, a key that allowed its possessor to go back in time - not just once, but twice For a tool like that, she kneas ready to take her out of the contest So she had to convince him that it was ier me" Her voice was steady as she looked up at him "Reht," she said, baldly lying

"Aye, I've heard ruh, that you dinna open the toed to lift the portcullis - with concentration, an unprecedented bout of luck, and the absence of a hangover Oh, and if she were in er