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Boung a glare at N&iu all this, Valkyrie - "

Froa whistled overhead; the house shook - they all ducked as plaster splattered down fro

"What the bloody hell was that?" Bowe yelled

"That was Regin," Nïx answered serenely "She threw a car over us to land on the e is eht the vehicle was yours But it's really his" She pointed delicately at Lachlain, who scowled before flashing abloody cars?"

"See? Not overstating" Nïx rose, smoothly slipped behind the curtains, then shouted out the , "Bad forain "Oh, much better!" Nïx assured them "That was Bowen's!"

Another violent shake of thetheht, Chevelle-looking - "

"N&iu of all this is irave tone "The Accession has really arrived"

Emma and Lachlain shared a look All Lorekind dreaded the Accession Occurring every five centuries, it was a kind of h there wasn't necessarily a great war or deter factions against each other Bowe's father had told hiether mates - yet would reap from most others

"Why all this?" Bowe took uneven steps toward his closet to dress, and had to clench his jaw against a wave of pain in his ribs "Do you no' think that a Lore war is a wee bita three-week hiatus?"

"A hiatus hom?" N&iu woin swears it's not a school of incubi, but a pod - "

"N&iuave her a halfhearted hiss