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"I didn't have a lot of say about, oh, anything My poas nil" She flicked her collar, saying, "I' this for flair Look, Lucia, I know you're worried But Regin was alive" Carrow thought back "She did want you to know that Aidan was there She said that I was to curse hiods"

Sabine said, "And what about my sister?"

Carrow said, "A Vrekener naain "Thronos? Then Lanthe's definitely still on that cursed island I will turn the Vrekener's htmares he can never recover from" She added in an absent mutter, "Just as I did his father"

Rydstrom told Sabine, "Cwena, the witch will scry for Lanthe - "

"And what about Uillea to Bowen, he said, "He's your cousin, too Get your wife to scry for hi for Regin for weeks Mariketa should locate her first"

A chorus of other voices rang out, immortals anted their loved ones found

When Mari put her hands over her ears, Carrow cab-whistled for silence "She can't scry for everyone's exact locations It'd take her weeks And even you guys can't afford that kind of overtiet a ballpark for dozens, right?"

"I could tell you who is on that island But not precisely where"

Carrow continued, "And even if she could locate one or two, anybody who goes to retrieve theer from the moment they set foot there The Pravus immortals all have their powers None of the Vertas do La Doradaaround for all we know Plus, the humans will surely return to take back their facility"

"So you're calling for a war," Garreth said, looking like he was hot on the idea

"And where is Nix?" Lucia asked "Shouldn't we get her foresight before planning anything?"

Carrow shook her head "There's a chance that I saw her on the island I can't be sure, but I think it was her"

Garreth demanded of the crowd, "Then ill stor theet there, wolf? The island has some kind of mystical cloak over it"

"Nix told me no one can see it by boat or plane," Mari said

Sabine flicked her claw-tipped hand at Malkoold"

Malko people there And I do not want your gold"

Under her breath, Carrow said, "Um, demon, we're mercenaries here" She s"uired him to the side of the roootta make them pay, okay?"