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Kateri stood completely still as those words sank in She wasn&039;t sure what reaction to have to his news But it was a good thing that she&039;d told them she didn&039;t overreact, otherwise, in spite of her bravado, she&039;d be running for the door

Probably screas could e it

Instead, she took a deep breath and met her cousin-in-laith the calmest stare she could muster "Have you been into Uncle Danny&039;s peyote?"

Talon opened his hed

Talon cut a lare toward him before he softened his features "I know this is hard for you to hear and I know you&039;re not going to believe me But" He hesitated as he visibly searched for words

Cabeza gave hiet out of here Chacu will return for her and he&039;ll bring reinforce real answers from both of them "Why was he here?"

Most important, why the hell was he after her?

Cabeza put his hands on his hips "Do you knohat the Snake Kingdo to be avoided at all costs, no doubt But she kept that sarcasrowled low in his throat as if he found her lack of knowledge offensive, then he mumbled in Spanish under his breath After a second, he took a breath and spoke "Really short version, Chacu&039;s nae&039; The other puta with hi the feminine on purpose, is called Veneno-as in &039;venoaze on her "Is the picture starting to paint in your mind yet?"

With a clarity that horrified her After all, their parents hadn&039;t named them "Fluffy" or "Bunny" Obviously Chacu and friend were hard-asses "And this ti that Chacu wanted from me?"

"In short, it&039;s called the Kinichi With it, he can rule the world and even tirandmother was one of the sacred keepers of the Kinichi Your mother should have followed her into that role, but since she died before your grandmother, that role went to you"

Fabulous She was overwhelratitude, and yes, that was sarcashter to ensure the bloodline"

Mama&039;s baby Daddy&039;s randmother had used when Kateri had asked her why the Cherokee were matriarchal while most societies weren&039;t Everyone kneho their mother ithout a doubt But paternity, especially in the past, could be dicey and relied solely on the mother&039;s character and moralsprovided she wasn&039;t raped

But that still didn&039;t leave her as the sole heiress "I&039;estured to Talon, as married to her cousin

"Sunshine is half white," Talon said sio to a full-blood, Teri You"

Great Could she win the lottery?

No With her luck, she&039;d win thesoain, double heck no

Mother of the Apocalypse

Well, of course, honey Come on up and claim your prize

Life was so unfair And just once, Kateri would like to see the bad-luck fairy prey on someone else Preferably not someone she liked, but still

Was the bitch bored today? Or could she really not find another victier problem," Cabeza said to Talon

By all means, let&039;s pile it on

Talon stepped back "Dare I ask?"

Cabeza snorted "I wouldn&039;t But unfortunately, you need to know that soave him a dark scowl "You say that like I should knohat you&039;re talking about"

Cabeza mumbled under his breath "It&039;s akala kratuA" He paused, struggling to find the right word "How you say in English? Guard stone? Spell stone? Not the right word, but you knohat I mean It was placed over the tomb where the last seven Anikutani warriors were imprisoned Now that it&039;s uncovered, anyone can summon them back to this world Whoever does such, they owe a favor to, and they will do what he coht with the evil they unleash You see the proble and he knohat that seal is"

Kateri cursed at that knowledge No wonder Chacu had been so interested in the calendar when he&039;d seen it on her table Why did she feel like she was suddenly in a horror rabbed her aret her to her stone and then to safety so that she can seal the gates again"

"What about you?" Talon asked

Sohter for a haunted house It would definitely put the fear of death into any living being "I live to fight, h to come back, I have some questions I want answered and I&039;m sure I can pound it out of them Adios"

Talon inclined his head to hiar, que el mundo se va a acabar"

Cabeza was less than amused "You&039;re a cold bastard, Celt Hombre prevenido, vale por dos" With that said, he walked backward, out of the room

Kateri arched a brow at Talon "I understood your &039;Eat, drink, and betomorrow&039; But what did he say back to you?"

"One et you-"

Before he could finish that sentence, so dark pooled around her Eyes wide, she reached for Talon, who lunged toward her

He didn&039;t ertips brushed his, she was sucked into so vortex Nausea rose up as she sank doard I am not Dorothy But if so to be even more put out than the Wicked Witch had been

Fear ht until she slaht whatsoever The blackness was so thick itPushing herself up froet her bearings

A lohine sounded in the distance

Her ? Child? She couldn&039;t tell for sure She started to call out, then stopped herself Just in case so she wanted to do was let it knohere she was

I&039;ve seen that horror movie a few times That stupid puta always buys it first

At least I don&039;t have on high heels or a short skirt Screa or not, that character always died

She reached out with her ar to find a wall or furniture or-

"Ow! Son of a" She pressed her lips together as she reached down to rub her shin Surely, there had to be another purpose to that body part other than finding furniture in the dark

Only she hadn&039;t hit furniture, she realized as she explored the hard surface with her hand It felt ht in , she twirled, trying to find out what it was Please don&039;t be a rat Please don&039;t be a rat

That was her worst phobia

"Where&039;s the stone?"

She jumped at the sudden raspy voice "Who are you?"

"Where&039;s the stone?" That was another voice from the other side of the darkness

When she didn&039;t answer right away, light flared Horror froze her into place Never in her life had she seen anything like this

The entire cave-and she noas a cave she was in-was filled with

Chupacabra?