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"You get the girls off the boat!" I yelled at her "I'll handle Kincaid!"

Sophia nodded The dwarf reached out and cla arirl twisted away from her

"No!" Eva shouted "I'ain!"

Again? What did she mean by that?

Before I could grab her and ask, Eva shoved away froiven the people still tra around in a blind panic, everyone was racing toward the gangplank, deteret off the boat before what happened to Antonio happened to them too

"Stay with Violet I'll get Eva!" I yelled to Sophia

Knife still inbetween the staiants that made up the casino's security force weren't any calht as they shouted at each other, all trying to stay as far away from Antonio as they could, lest they end up just like hiiants even shoved kids out of their way in their mad dash to safety

Up ahead, I saw Eva reach Kincaid's side She stared at the dead giant and the pools of water under his body, then turned away and threw up all over the deck

Kincaid cursed, got to his feet, and reached for her "Eva, it's okay - "

And that's when I felt another gust of that cool, deadly ic sweep across the deck Only this time, it was focused on our host

I didn't know exactly how it happened One second, Kincaid was reaching for Eva The next, his feet had gone out fro at so around his throat Eva must have seen him fall out of the corner of her eye, because she wiped her mouth and turned her head in his direction Her eyes widened, and her already pale face whitened that much more

"Philly!" Eva screamed "Philly!"

She dropped to her knees beside hi at his neck with her nails, just as Kincaid hied past a frat boy and sprinted over to the two of the for the source of the danger, looking for the elemental as behind this, but all I saw and heard were screeching kids and panicked giants

Since I couldn't ier withtranslucent shimmered around his throat, and it took me a second to realize that it waswater

So, thick stream of water - of Antonio, really - had attached itself to Kincaid's neck and solidified there like a noose, slowly digging deeper and deeper into his throat and cutting off his air The casino boss clawed and clawed at the water, but it was stuck to his skin like a coat of wet plaster The water even looked like a noose, the length of it taking on a braided, twisted design and forht knot in the center of Kincaid's neck The elemental definitely had a sick sense of humor