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“And the king’s ripped her

The deeneral’sback soon”

“Soon is not going to help us,” Tanner cut in

Of course, Darien’s warning for the slayers to stay in the village and leave the fighting to his troops flashed in her mind But she and Tanner were already on the scene and they were the only available defenders at the moment

Why oh why had she let Michael co? She could scream from her own idiocy

The second deue force to enter the forest We’ll lose the wraiths and the village will be under siege within minutes”

Jade felt sick to her stohbors no haroing to stop the invasion?

Thinking quickly, she said, “We have to stall the’s army arrives”

“And how do you propose we do that?” Tanner asked

“Sadly, I have an idea” Glancing over her shoulder, she told Michael, “Get down and stay back Keep behind us, Michael, do you understand?”

“Yeah, I hear you” He hopped to the ground and took a few steps away from them Jade moved forward

Tanner stayed positioned where he was and the two demons flanked Jade as she passed the last line of trees and entered the snow-covered meadohich was about to become a battlefield

The fire wraith, sans fla hat she assumed to be his second-in-command They stopped ten or so feet shy of Jade and her new compatriots

“Va

The presuainst fifty is hardly worthy of our time”