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“The school or the underworld?” I asked

“Both”

Yeah Kinda thought so

Wefor, but unfortunately, so did Sonja She stood between us and the library, breathing hard and tossing a ball of fire back and forth between her hands

“We weren’t finished,” she drawled, her voice a sickeningly sweet purr “Put your mistress down, pet Let her put her money where her mouth is”

“Oh, for fuck’s sake” I made a frustrated noise in my throat “Can I please tear her apart?”

“Not even if I let you,” Xero ot years of training and at least fifty pounds of fury on you Let it be”

“Tell her that!”

But he didn’t Instead he turned and went the other way

God fucking da ridiculous

“She’s following us,” I told hi my head to look down the corridor

He broke into a run, and so did the others I wriggled to get free as we turned a corner, which threw him off-balance He bumped hard into a wall panel, which opened under the pressure

“In here!” He recovered his balance quickly and dragged

The others followed us inside, and Kai shut the secret door Then we froze, listening

“Where are you?” Sonja’s sing-song tone floated through the heavy door “Co to you”