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“I haven’t seen her since she paid us that visit before Slawter,” Dervish answers “I’ve got to say, I don’t have much time for Prae, but this isn’t her style I could understand it if they were after so—you, for instance, to dissect you and try to find a cure for lycanthropy—but there was nothing in this for them Those who set the olves loose wanted us dead The Lahter”
“But if not the Laer was blind when I last saw hiots He’s restored his eyes in the Delobes don’t look natural They’re the sahter, sharper, with tiny, flickering shadowsconstantly across the surface
“I think Lord Loss was behind the attacks,” I answer Kernel’s question “Maybe he realised I was part of the Kah-Gash and wanted to eliminate the threat I pose, or perhaps he just wanted to kill Dervish and ht by Juni Swan makes me surer than ever that he sent the olves It can’t be coincidence”
“Juni Swan,” Beranabus ht poor Nadia could turn into such a hideous creature I don’t kno she survived Your spirit flourished after death, but you’re part of the Kah-Gash Juni isn’t Lord Loss must have separated her soul from her body some way, just before her death That’s why he took her corpse when he fled But I don’t understand how he did it”
He broods in silence, then curses “It doesn’t ht—Lord Loss sent the olves I cast spells on Carcery Vale to prevent crossings, except for in the secret cellar, where any demon who did cross would be confined Even if he found a way around those spells, he would have been afraid to risk a direct confrontation If he opened a , the air would have been saturated with ic You and Dervish could have tapped into that You were powerful in the cave, stronger than Lord Loss in soht hu you But that doesn’t explain why the Laot their hands on the olves”
“Maybe he struck a deal with them,” Dervish says “Promised them the cure for lycanthropy if they helped him murder Bec and me”
“Would they agree to such a deal?” Beranabus asks
“Possibly”
“Prae Athihter turned into a olf,” Grubbs says softly “She’s still alive A person will go to all ths when family’s involved” He winks at Dervish
“An intriguing mystery,” Beranabus snorts “But we can’t waste any more time on it We have ood health of Dervish and Miss Mukherji—they’ll both be dead soon if we don’t take them to the demon universe Open a , Kernel”
Kernel starts ht which only he can see That’s his great gift—he can open ain minutes instead of hours or days, to any section of the deic on this world, but he seems to have developed since I last saw him
“I’,” Dervish says
“You can’t stay here,” Beranabus retorts
“I have to They attacked me… my home… my friends I can’t let that pass I have to pursue thee”
“Later”