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She gave the fire wraith a pointed look, for surely he’d informed his second that she’d not been able to successfully defend herself against his two previous attacks

Unfortunately, Jade had not yet learned how to defeat a wraith, fire or otherwise She hadn’t gotten that far in her lessons with Tanner But no one knew that, so she continued hat her dear friend Lisette would call a poker face

Thinking of the villagers and the fact the five ade stood between the demons and her people made her sit taller on the horse she’d borrowed from Walker, unbeknownst to him, of course

The wraith and the general appeared lost in telepathic thought again and Jade hoped the endlessout, because every second spent in debate had to bring Darien and his forces thatto, at any rate

But the deliberation came to an abrupt halt

His gaze sweeping over the eneral said, “We’d waste our time in battle here, e could advance toward the castle”

He yanked the reins of his horse and the animal reared When its hooves landed in the snow, the beast turned away from them

Jade suddenly thought of how both Morgan and Darien were convinced the fire wraith would never store there and the wraith had divided his are

Thus, the more likely scenario was that they would attack the band of five and advance into the woods to threaten the village, which would inevitably help their plight against the king’s ardless of what the second-in-coht they could draw the king away fro hie were at risk

In a split second, she made a decision based solely on instinct

In her hand, she still held the sword she’d unsheathed when the two deue demon’s horse trotted away, she heaved the sword, end over end, with all her ht She aimed precisely at the spot on the demon’s back that mirrored the one Tanner had marked on the front of their burlap-covered duh, she’d kill the vampire

She held her breath as her insides seized up To her extreh, the blade penetrated the body and the deround

The entire scene seeripped theasped at how accurate she’d been and how brazenly she’d killed the wraith’s general

A minute or two must have slipped by, and then the fire wraith lit up the dusky sky in a fit of rage His horse reared in equal fury, causing Jade’s steed to react The two deether to protect Jade as she worked to get the horse under control

But the wraith surged toward the threesome, as did the first line of his army