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I wish I were Through death or some other means, the scrol said they were our only way out of here

She gulped a mouthful of what felt like sand "And what do you mean by ‘some other means’? We’re supposed to ride them to safety?"

To her surprise, A else But I do know the Horsemen are in some way related to Wil iam, and--

"Wil iaod of some sort, I think, and on our side

"Our" side As if they were partners rather than eneer saw her as a Hunter responsible for his friend’s lowed, tendrils of his warh her

"So, if the Horsemen are related to this Wil iam person, who’s on our side--" she stressed the word

"--the Horsemen should be on our side, as wel ?"

We can hope

For so

A shriek sounded at her left, and she stopped to wheel in that direction

Easy, Aas here weren’t playing with darts, bal oons or plastic bal s--and the prizes weren’t stuffed ani tubs of oil, and though the heads were bodiless, their ed to screa away

The little boy who’d just won ju hard into the ground and spraying dirt in every direction The proprietor handed hi desperately to escape the string around its neck, wings flapping erratical y, glitter raining from the, considering the ugliness of everything else down here

The little boy gently held the bird in both hands, radual y stopped flapping Of course, that’s when the boy shoved the tiny creature into his ed and quickly looked away--right at a group of hts on her and A the distance Daames

"Aearing for a fight they both kneould happen If I tel you to run, you run and hide and don’t return Understand?

As if But rather than tel hi him, she remained silent and palmed two blades in each hand The er than Amun, with paper-thin skin that draped loosely over pitted bone, their eyes merely sunken holes of black…and stil they drew ever closer…

Just as he’d done with the ticket handler, Amun stiffened

And not in preparation for battle

"Can you read their minds?" she asked

Yes

He said no more, but then, he didn’t have to Thevile To her, she was sure

"Six against two Let’s see if we can even out those odds"

Haidee threo of her weapons The first hit the biggest of the ular, and he instantly toppled The second hit the ht in the eye socket He screamed as he fel

The other four paid their fal en co forward

Run, Amun commanded her

She didn’t

Haidee! Now!

Okay She had to tel hi you fly solo on this

I’rowled

The men reached the them with a wal of muscle and menace Wouldn’t have been so bad, except the two men she’d fel ed suddenly rose, jerked the weapons frorier than they’d been before

Oh…shit They couldn’t be kil ed Dread slithered through her, choking her

"We want the girl," one of the on her breasts, between her legs,her shudder in revulsion

"Wel , news flash You can’t have ain

"Wasn’t talking to you, bitch" The shithead’s gaze never left Ao on your way Alive"

He’l pay for disrespecting you, I swear it, Amun told her, and he sounded so calhnut But first, since you refused to obeythat, ask him if he’s seen the Horsemen