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My gaze tracks to the desk where Grace’s weapons are laid out I can’t leave them When we spoke about deals, Azazel made it sound like tiht pass in a matter of months or even days If Grace returns that quickly on our side of things, I want her to have her weapons It’s the absolute least I can do

As I carefully pack theht in, I notice a few of the knives are h to be a short sword I laughed when I first saw it and asked her if she planned on fighting any Spartans She hadn’t been amused

I didn’t even see her grab the that short conversation with Azazel before she made her deal Maybe she’d already had theht of hand than I could have iether I hope you knohat you’re getting into

After slinging both bags over rab the card and examine it He said I just need to concentrate, which sounds deceptively siic is deceptively simple

Just reach for it

Just iine what you want it to do

Just let it do what it’s meant to do

I snort and press the card tohappens Why would anything ical I attempt actually work on the first try? I take a slow breath and close ain, whole and healthy, slaed inhale and the world seely liquid for half a beat

When I open my eyes, I’m somewhere else

I turn a slow circle, taking in the relatively nor out of a sitcom Small and cozy with furniture that has a lived-in kind of feel A staircase leads up to the second floor and I can see the kitchen through the doorway in the back of the room Another turn shohat appears to be a front door

The bags go on the low coffee table I pad to the front door to peer out the s on either side I’d half expected to find a street with rows of nearly identical houses, but there is only a gravel driveway leading down a hill into dark trees Not a single light breaks up the growing darkness, though in the distance I can see what appears to be a town I exhale slowly Good With this house being so isolated, it ht in the cross fire if ain