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Winged demons attacked it in the air Dozens of thee The craft nosedived, crashing in the distance into a ball of flames
"Well, scratch that escape route" She worried her lip And they absolutely had to escape
Although she felt safer with Malkom, there were still threats out here He could defeat several opponents at a time, but maybe not a dozen demons, especially if they could trace In other words, they were as er nohen they'd been locked up
And the Order would doubtless send in reinforceanization ofthan she'd ever suspected They weren't going to merely hand over their island
Worse than all this? La Dorada could still be here Carrow absently et out of here"
"Will your people not come for you?"
"Maybe If they can find us here I think the facility, maybe even the entire island, has been cloaked," she said "But with thisand this many immortals active in one place, maybe the coven can pinpoint the location"
"Why do you and the girl still wear your collars?"
"Ours didn't come off Only those of our enemies did Anyone evil And then yours, for some reason Maybe because you're a vemon I don't know"
"So certain I am not evil?"
"Yes I am"
He narrowed his eyes "You had your collar in Oblivion Why were you able to do ic?"
"They turned it off while I was there"
"Of course they did," he said, his tone seething
"Malkoain, I want you to know - "
He raised his hand to "uiet her, saying under his breath, "I s"
Suddenly Carroas ravenous
"Co them downhill closer to the water than they'd been before
Soon they saw light in the distance An old-fashioned cabin stood on a wooded cape, nestled a the trees Smoke curled fro to the Order? Soh a dirt-cakedshe could see shapes s who had taken up residence
"Await me here" Malkom stalked inside As Carroatched in amazement, he simply evicted the occupants - what looked like two shapeshifters and a nymph He tossed the shifters bodily fro
All three were naked, likely going at it before they'd been interrupted Though Malkootten an eyeful of naked nymph, he looked unaffected as he stood on the covered front porch,for Carrow to join hiain thought, I could get used to having a deed exterior was cedar shake, with rustedof the covered porch A harpoon hung above the low doorway A whaling cottage?
The interior was cobwebbed and rustic, seeone era In front of the stone fireplace lay aThe earlier three s"uatters had left their clothes strewn over it What looked like a roasting hare sizzled over the fla for dinner to cook