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They were so fast that e the re Injured ani in the water of the man-made beach Whenever their numbers dropped massively, Sam would lower her shield to let more birds inside and then slam it back up to trap them and—

Pain exploded in ed atmy skull with such force it was a wonder it didn’t burst There was a nauseating crack, and ht blurred Alora cursed beneath her breath and leapt onto the bird I helped her neutralise it, but pain still racked my head, and I was dizzy as fuck Then … it was like I was deflating or so out of ht and weak all of a sudden

“Paige!” Alora hollered

Mere e knelt ather hand on my flank

There was the strangest sensation inside ht returned to norer felt like I’d lose consciousness any second

I gave Paige a nod of thanks, and then she was gone again I flinched as the weird-ass sound in the air seemed to intensify I still couldn’t describe it But it was like so, even Yes, there was a note of compulsion in it

As Alora and I wrestled with yet another toucan, I used pictures to ask if she could hear an odd sound that didn’t belong

She shook her head Maybe I only heard it because I was in uar form; maybe it could only be heard by ani that many of the birds outside the shield occasionally circled one of the Residence Halls before again and again trying to pierce the shield so that they could reach the people within it, their bloodlust too strong to be ignored

It was pretty easy for me to resist the call, but the aniainst it So who or what the fuck was calling them? There was only one way to find out And now that their nuood a tiain lowered her shield, I telepathically infore of the Residence Hall so that she’d knohere I’d be Then, re

I ain slammed up, but I had to shift shape in order to open the front door—that easily, the weird sound was gone Inside, I returned to ain

I followed it up several flights of stairs and then along a hallway, passing door after door until I finally reached the place where I was sure the call was originating from And I tensed as I realised that I knew exactly who lived at this apartment