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“A human yes, but die Äußerste Macht also Quite the find I hs coldly

“How do you know that?” I ask in bewilderment

“I see everythingyou withging into my skin

I try to jerk away but it’s no use He feels me make amy actions with the briefest of looks

“Let go ofthat someone will hear, perhaps Ethan, and come to my assistance Theodore raises his hand and h somebody has stuffed a sock in my mouth I heave and choke on it, unable to make a sound

A fraction of a second later, as Theodore appears to be getting ready to cast another spell, a ht It folds itself around Theodore’s neck and his grip onthe chain on him

“Run now!” she shouts at rab onto the chain and cause it to o of the chain that is now burning orange, but I don’t stick around to see what happens next I run as fast as s will carry me, and that isn’t very fast since I can barely breathe after that blow I took earlier I’d thought Theodore had been gaining the upper hand bythe chain, but that ony as I’ away from them

I’ a few minutes later, back in the direction of the city, when I hear so after me I quicken my pace, but then a hand pulls me back

“It’s okay, it’s justI, on the other hand, am completely out of breath

I fall back into her “Oh thank God, I thought it was hi me”

“Not a proble hand, that’ll keep hiures out some way to heal it”

“How did you knohich hand he casts with?”

Dru grins and scratches her jaw “I didn’t, I just broke theood measure”

We’re far away from the port now, but you can still hear the sounds of the riot Shouts and bangs and things being broken I try to catch my breath, my chest heaves up and down frantically At least whatever spell Theodore had cast to shut er has abated I can feel the pain inonto the painful part I must have been so afraid of Theodore, because I don’t kno I ran this far, I can barely breathe as it is

“Are you hurt?” Dru asks with concern