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“Tell me about it,” Holly muttered “Who do I have to sleep with to make that happen?”
Her question had been facetious, but Venoet back to you on that”
She gave hier
His s herself, Uram’s memories held at bay “Ready?”
A nod
They flowed down the slight slope, then back up toward the stronghold When Venoet thehold, which made a lot of sense The area directly in front of the stunning structure was clear lawn interrupted only by a fountain that created a delicate fall of sound
Hopefully, the back would be better in ter places
Holly hugged the ground when two angels passed by within seconds of each other The only reason the angels hadn’t spotted her and Venom was that they were in the narrow band of shade thrown by a foliage fence Her heart dru behind Venoreen overlay appeared on her vision, she didn’t fight it
She listened
And stopped Venoo around a corner Instead, the two of thee fence and blended into the night The guard passed by within a few feet There was no way he wasn’t going to see them when he turned left to continue his sentry duties
Shit, shit, shit
The guard turned
Holly didn’t realize she’d thrown out her hand until it sla his nascent movement to take care of the threat His muscles quivered under her touch, his body held at taut readiness
The guard looked straight at them
His ht his eyes Caught hi other And she was far, far stronger than she’d been before Daisy’s energy joined her own
“We’re not here,” she whispered “You thought you spotted so, but it was only an animal” The latter was a deliberate choice of word She didn’t know if Michaela kept cats or dogs or peacocks for that uard’s e “You’re on high alert,here to see”
The guard yawned before absently scratching his shoulder She thought for a moment that she’d failed, but then he muttered, “Damn cats,” and moved on
Holly sagged
Venoot too far away He kneell as she did that the uard would remember exactly what she’d told hiht decide to turn, double check
“That was clever, kitty”
“Why didn’t you think of it?” He was stronger than her, could control people far longer “You were going to get physical” She’d felt it in the violent tension of his body
“I’ to leave a trace It’s usually Jason or Naasir or Janvier who do any necessary sneaking around”
They went silent again, crouch-walking for a distance that was long enough toherself into a pretzel Michaela’s stronghold ly beautiful edifice, but it was also fricking huge They didn’t hit the turn for the very back of the property until what felt like an hour later
Thankfully, it orth the pretzel torture
Trees filled the backyard—though those trees were controlled and noticeably shorter than the ones on thefrom the branches of the ones nearest Holly and Venom “An orchard”