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Gods, he real y was pathetic

You won’t al ow any of ned

"Correct I wil ensure you and the girl remain undisturbed by them"

Amun took no offense If anyone could keep the brutes here fro their way, it was this hard-as-steel creature

Thank you

"Now Soolden down streaked through the angel’s wings like a flowing, es, there are now six realate--and the gate is another obstacle altogether"

Haidee stepped to Amun’s side, but didn’t break contact

"Hoe return here e’re done?"

Zacharel’s green gaze briefly shifted to her "Should you save A to worry about Should you not, you wil never leave"

The oed They would save him; it was that siainst hined Food?

"Everything you need is in here" The angel tossed the pack, and Aht duffel with ease "Good luck to you, warrior"

The s coht to ed stone stained with criround, and the terees--or so it seemed

A cavern, he realized, deep in the earth And there was no sign of Zacharel--no dainty hands on his back Fighting a rush of panic, A around He relaxed, but only for a second Haidee was a few feet away, hunched over and vo Beside her rested a toothbrush, toothpaste and bottle of mouthwash

Amun closed the distance between the With one hand, he smoothed her hair out of the way With the other, he stroked her back, trying to co from one location to another in a mere blink of time affected some but not others She, apparently, fel into the "soelas she usual y was, the weakness probably appal ed her

The sickness wil soon pass, he told her Even as he soothed her, he thought perhaps she had infected hier, stupidity and unwanted tenderness--