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He tried to read the Sorceri's thoughts, but the females had blocks in place "Who are you?" He probed Kari's mind as well, yet even in this stupor, she maintained her own blocks

The black-haired feazed up at hi appearance "I'm Melanthe, queen of the Vrekeners And this is ave a careless wave

"You have a lot of bloody nerve contacting me" The Vrekeners were the ones who'd invaded his realh For now, his eyes couldn't stray from Kari

The tips of her pointed ears poked out from her mane of damp brown hair So she was fey once more As before, she stood a little over five feet Her ure

He hadn't expected a replica

When he realized he was gripping that pink cheic towith your captive?"

"I commanded her to sleepwalk"

"I've heard of your powers" Melanthe could control minds and create portals betorlds Her sister couldshe wished Their talents would be particularly valuable for bounty hunting "Why not attempt to ensorcell me?"

"So life"

True It would takesorceress to control his mind "Why is your bounty covered in mud?" He wanted to see Kari's face clean

Melanthe said, "She fell for our ruse" Both Sorceri chuckled at that

"How did you locate her? Nix?"

"It doesn't matter how," Sabine said "Just know that your reincarnated mate is in play"

"Nix plots my downfall If the soothsayer wantsmy mate"

Resisting Kari was not Abyssian Infernas's strong suit

Which Nix must know In his last encounter with the soothsayer, she'd warned hiathered Morior, "To win this war, I'll use every trick inof tricks"

The Valkyrie has begun

Melanthe said, "Your mate's name is Calliope now Not Kari"

"I don't give a fuck what her current name is"

"You put a Lorewide bounty on this female Will you not honor it?"

"Perhaps I would have if you and your husband hadn't taken over one of hell's ed Vrekeners elic

In hell?

It wasn't to be borne! "Not to mention the havoc you wreaked on ions--theof Pandemonia's demon population--from their interminable labors of hell

Melanthe waved his co strife Ish"

"They were to be punished for an uprising against es, Sian's father and brother had set up controls This self-governing dimension was filled with protections to punish intruders and to keep its unruly inhabitants in check "They are bloodthirsty Now they hunger to war on you"

"You either want your feainst Kari's neck

While he applauded the sorceresses' daring, he wouldn't be trapped by it Sian shrugged "Keep the bitch We war I'll destroy you, then take her"

"You'd risk her?" Melanthe said "So apparently you didn't love her during her previous life"

I adored her, would have done anything for her "I want her for revenge only"

Sabine exhaled "All the best with that"

Melanthe shook her head "I've ensorcelled her to die within the hour--unless I release her from my commands Your mate's perished once already"

Sabine added, "You won't get a third chance with her, I assure you"

"What do you want?" Sian demanded of Melanthe

She pressed her advantage "The ues in all directions frodom of New Skye"

Even her sister raised her brows at the greedy demand

"That range would encompass my keep, sorceress If you think I'll hand over Graven Castle, you're as mad as Nix"

"I recently learned that the king of Pandeod"

Nix had to be giving thedo the world, and the world controlling his appearance The soothsayer was proving to be a wily adversary

Then leave your feodsdamned bait