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"A busy train station will be worse Besides, I don't want to have to wait for theently shoved Jericho's shoulder and he was out the door Grabbing Sebastian's hand, I pulled hi Jericho from the cab

"So, how do you want to do this?" I de a few more steps forward so I was only a few feet from my enemy

"Uht the na him I started to enjoy myself

"No, that's not what I o so everything stayed this easy

More Titans walked around the corner, filling in the background and every possibly escape route Maybe twelve Titans, and what felt likefor things to go badly

They were going to go badly, I felt like I should just o sorinned, his sinister lips curled back revealing perfectly straight, white teeth

"Ok, wait, before we do this thing" I started, wanting to debate every option "If I go peacefully with you, where will you take us? Like, exact location, where are we going?" I narrowed et inside the London palace

"To the king of course," the Titan snorted

"No, you're not listening," I accused, and he stood up straighter, offended by my complaint "Exactly where would that be? Like, ue I was teave away

"Well, I suppose, the Paris palace, until the king decides to ers twitching ihed, "well, that won't do"

"Won't it?" The Titan laughed with the same accent Talbott shared, thick with a ic dauntlessly in my blood

The Titans moved as one body to enclose our space, to trap ic was pulsed violently through y was boiling, and popping and th of power

All of my senses caic both y force Ipowerfully together in thepot that was ic waiting to be released The amount of power I was held back overwhely soon I would causeI could have planned

"This was a terrible idea on your part," I mumbled sympathetically to the lead Titan who chose that exact rab me

With a feral screa point, I reached one hand out toward the approaching Titan, releasedbolt of bottled fury

He instantly fell to the ground, popping and sizzling underneath the weight and destructive power of ic I rolled , readying for the next victiic obviously not as strong as mine But I left it in tact for now Another Titan moved tentatively fro another bolt ofrestaurant tables and carelessly tearing the awning overhang, that shaded the now scattering cafe customers

Despite the haphazard movements of my electricity, itin agony The still standing Titans shifted uneasily back and forth on their toes, trying to decide what to do next

"Who's next?" I asked cal a challenger

"Eden, we need to go," Jericho whispered incrowd of onlookers

The huh to feel involved in our altercation stared up at the sky, trying to make sense of what they would inevitably find to be unexplainable The crowd around us gathered quickly and I understood it was ilanced back at Sebastian, who stood, shoulders sluive hiht, gentle to do," I spoke softly enough that I wouldn't draw huh confidence that the Titans surrounding us gave h this crowd and you are going to letto try to continue this conversation If you do, you will forceonto But, please don't mistake me, I will take it froo, k?" I finished sweetly, pulling on a few of the ics that were closest to me It was almost too easy, almost too siic start to di, leaving the at their throats I h the crowd,back I didn't want to make any more enemies; and the truth was I knew that if I wanted to take over this kingdoht noas not the tiht now, I had a prince to assassinate

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