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“What… now?” I stammer

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“No tirins

“I don’t knohat to say,” I protest

“You’ll think of so,” she assures me

“But what if you’re wrong? What if he doesn’t want to hear from me? What if he only wants access to Bill-E?”

“He can’t have it,” Meera says softly “Billy’s dead Dervish has manipulated you to hide from that, but he can’t anyet up there and put hirins, “he’s only a man They’re the inferior half of the species He’ll be putty in your hands”

WAKING THE DEAD

I trudge up the stairs to the third floor, nervous and hesitant I don’t want to do this I can’t think of anything to say I wish I’d kept my mouth shut

Except Meera’s right This is unacceptable I’ve been silent too long The old Bec wouldn’t have tolerated such disrespectful treate and insisted they let o with Goll and the others on their ainst it, but I stood fir and tell him what I think, I can certainly face Dervish

The door to his study is open I enter, rapping on the heavy wood as I go in The rooht me the spells, but I found them easy to break I don’t have the power I experienced when I first cay which I could tap into—but I’e

Dervish is reading a book about olves

Soo As a result, lots of our children transfored for life Various family members have searched for a cure over the centuries Dervish is the latest, but he’s had no more luck than the others

It’s possible I ht it Grubbs got the better of his wolfen genes He’s part of the Kah-Gash, and the e I suspect I have that same power

Dervish looks up and squints “Is that what passes for fashion now?”