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"Just giveelse said over speaker phone

I fuer a conversation that the roo roo very self-conscious with Jericho and Sebastian listening in

I cleared , "Kiran, if I want to discuss so with your father, is there someone else I could talk with? The head Titan, or a hu?" I started out politely, although I was seconds away fro my way to what I wanted

"Eden," he started with the sa to him"

"Because that worked so well last tiently into the phone This was not the way I wanted the phone call to go

"I have a prisoner that I would like to return if you are interested," I ignored his coht to business

"I hope you mean Sebastian," Kiran said and there was suddenly a very hard edge to his voice

"I do," I agreed, taken back by his anger

"It's about bloody tiain, "And what do you want in return? Don't bother asking for Avalon"

"I want the four prisoners without ames this time Sebastian orth a lot more than Talbott as far as political prisoners went, and because he wasn't in any hurry to go anywhere, it wasn't as if I absolutely had to get rid of hi my request

"Do we have a deal?" I refused to let hi do I have to consider this deal?" Kiran inquired and I didn't know if I could take hi Jericho take the call

"Do you want to discuss this with your father?" I pushed I really wanted Lucan to be aware of as going on this time I wanted hiaining chips

"My father would never negotiate with you," Kiran sighed

"You do realize I could easily keep Sebastian and kill hirew frustrated

"In my father's eyes, Sebastian is already dead," Kiran said with a hint of contes easy and come to you"

"No, there's absolutely no need for you to coe

"Would you rather ot low and husky and I rushed to answer him

"That is not what I meant," I defended myself "I mean, you personally do not have to co to involve your father" I breathed deeply, searching for my patience, "And Kiran, what happened in the desert will never happen again Not ever"

"We'll nored ued, picturing his underground club as the perfect place for hisley, the center courtyard"

"Fine," he agreed "I take it you won't be co him with an answer

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I stood in theseverely out of place I never consideredfor Kiran and his Guard to arrive I looked up at the brick, acade sley than anywhere else, and yet I would never return

With Aone, and until I could claih school education was last onto-do-list Besides, I h ood of an education as I needed

Then it dawned on h school career Magic always got in the way

I wondered for a moment what it would have been like to live a norone to prom? Or had a normal, non-royalty, non-rebellious boyfriend? Then the hairs on the back ofthat the Titans had arrived

I breathed in sloanting to find complete control before I was face to face with athered with me but my eyes met Sebastian's and I realized that I wanted to talk to him the most

"Sebastian," I whispered in the darkness, "I'ain I'ly, he pulled round, "I should have known better than to expect you to, but that's all right, you made up for it!" He set ic, I think I've learned a valuable lesson through all of this," his s as you've given up your spy days, you're alelcoet a few more prisoners out of me before they catch on"