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Fire caly’s (as Chance had dubbed him) mouth Blood and other fluids dripped in clue double rows of sharp teeth

They were all directly in the path of the flaed to ju; however, the flames scorched the floor where they had been

Trev was right She had been taught how to fight, but what she needed noas a strategy

Flaht fire

They felt the tentacles of the flaly waved his ar to catch Chance, who kept the thing’s attention on himself

It stood ain invitation, “Coot, Chance mouth

They all ducked, and the ball hit the wall behind them and filled the chamber with a dark cloud of smoke

“Och … aye …” said Chance, still taunting the monster “Good one—ye’ve killed the wall, ye have”

The awful beast screah it were about to pound its chest like King Kong Then it ca across the floor and reached for Chance

Royce knew the creature was about to connect with Chance, and she hurriedly ju

It had been an instinctual act, and she was more surprised than anyone else when the beast stopped short, and so fell and bounced away from its claws

“Get out of here—go on, hang back, lass,” Chance growled at her

“His wand, Princess … he has dropped his wand,” said the Peckering

It suddenly dawned on her: all this ti his sorcerer’s wand

He would be so much less powerful without it, and he would be stuck in his present form until he could retrieve it