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“Mercy, I said he won’t harm you Come down”

“I’one”

Hayden stands for aup at me in his black armored suit, black robe and bone croith the hound of hell at his side I am utterly terrified Finally, he relents

“Cerberus, go” He co in a casual voice, and it i with a slash of that whip-tail and bounding away

I stay in the tree severalHayden’s eyes have never left me

“Will you cos don’t mix”

Relaxing rip on the limbs, I slowly es like soot are on hs from my climb

“I wouldn’t call that thing a dog” I gruround

“I probably should have warned hi”

If that’s a joke, I’ I feel like I’ll be sick froo back to the castle”

He sighs and holds a hand out in the direction we came I walk quickly ahead of hi me My breath is fast, and the quick pace ofnerves

Onlythat thing, and what a fool I was to think Hayden wouldn’t have guards and creatures to protect him here

Getting out of this place just got a million times harder

Deep Magic

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