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Not the most pleasant fate

He traveled al his path toward the vast river Even then he reht at the least hint of trouble

His pace quickened as he crossed a narrow highway that meandered beside the river, and then down a sharp incline that was overgroith thick brush and choking moss He slipped and stu was relatively silent

At last he reached the edge of the river and knelt in the thick mud Around him the world was alive Insects, fish, curious raccoons, and wary opossunored the until he could at last see his reflection in the narled hand and spoke the harsh words of ht before his reflection disappeared and a black emptiness took its place

This, of course, was the tricky part

Although he would rather have his tongue cut out than to adic wasn’t always as predictable as it could be Okay,and a prayer that resulted in small fires, an occasional explosion, and once a painful nosebleed that had lasted for almost twenty years

He couldn’t afford any disasters this evening

Carefully constructing the ie of a dark haired vaht into the dark water

Long moments passed before at last he could detect the fuzzy outline of the familiar countenance

"Dante Dante can you hear me?" he hissed

In the depths of the water the valance about, as if uncertain if he had heard a voice or not

Stupid varowled

"Levet?" The raven brows snapped together "Where the hell are you?"

"If you will clear your mind I will show you"

"What?"

Levet h so that the vampire couldn’t hear He wasn’t completely suicidal, but they made him feel better

"Just clear your mind, I will do the rest"

Dante didn’t look happy, but he closed his eyes and obviously made an attempt to empty his mind Levet didn’t waste any ti journey to the farh the water

There was a sharp hiss as Dante wrenched open his eyes and gave a shake of his head

"It iscars it will be’ hours before we can arrive"

Levet shrugged Nothing could be done to make the vampires arrive any sooner

"I ait for you near the entrance to the cave," Levet promised"

"What of Viper and Shay?"

"I don’t know"

Dante grimaced "We’ll be there"

"Hurry"

With a wave of his hand, Level closed the portal Or at least he atteone, but the swirling darkness reive a sudden squawk as a beautiful face swa back into the h the portal to stand before hiht of a lovely woht be small, but he was all male and no man could deny mat the small, curvaceous woreen hair was a sight to behold Quite, quite a sight to behold

Oh, and it didn’t help that she was butt naked beneath the sheer toga

"Holylared at the woman who stood only a foot taller than hiave a bat of her lashes, her smile vacant "Do what?"

At last on his feet he shook the sli that annoyingly pops"

"I didn’t pop"

"You most certainly did Do you have no ave a shake of his head "Of course not, what aoyle, although I’ve never seen one so tiny Did you get shrunk by a spell?"

Levet rolled his eyes as he turned and began stoht be visions of loveliness, but they rarely possessed enough brains to fill a thiet shrunk by a spell This is the size I have always been"

She fluttered at his side, ski ease

"It’s not very io away you ridiculous pest"

"I’m not a pest, and I can’t leave"