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"So behind the Ra’Ak," Tory hissed, turning his gaze on Ry

"Wait, you can see?" Ry blinked at Tory in confusion

"Yeah Don’t ask me how, but I’ve always been able to see better than you in the dark I think it’s that brat who al back to the Ra’Ak crawling through the store and the one who crept along behind the giant serpent

"He’s ai," Ry hissed, slapping his taller brother on the back "And that brat is ai for Toff, I’d bet all the money on Karathia on that"

"Yeah"

Ry barely saw it in the dier, but a curl of smoke came from Tory’s nostrils

"Dude, he’s about to kill Mom And Sissy, too" Ry knew that the Thifilathi cary He had to fan Tory’s anger quickly

Trik, Mom can’t use any of her power, it’ll kill the baby, Nissa sent to Trik She’d already attempted mindspeech with her father, but it had bounced back into herany mindspeech sent outside the store Mindspeech inside the store still seemed to work, however

What can we do? I can barely see, Trik replied ht? That’s Ry, lighting his way through the store, Nissa sent Tory is probably with him If we ever needed Tory’s Thifilathi, it’s now Uncle Rigo ht be able to slow a Ra’Ak down, but that’s all he’ll be able to do without some kind of power

What about our protection jewels? Trik asked

They ht slow a Ra’Ak down a little, but the Ra’Ak are really powerful My protection jewels are aied enemies

Lissa’s Journal

Tiessa, please stand behind o whispered in ovarnus I, was prepared to give his life in order to protect , Moo’s

Baby, run away, this is a Ra’Ak, I returned immediately I couldn’t keep the moan from my mental voice At that moment, I wished for Erland, Garde, Gavin, the twins and anyone else whowith dread as I watched the Ra’Ak approach, his scales scraping over debris from the initial blast He was almost upon us I watched in horror as his thy, sharp teeth This one was prepared to devour us

"Tory, Mom’s scared to death" Ry’s words made Tory turn around A cloud of smoke poured from his nostrils and his eyes were dark and feral instead of clear blue "She’s going to try to save Sissy and the others, and it’ll kill the baby Maybe her, too" Ry kept ha the Thifilathi would corowled, and it was a sound Ry never expected to hear from his brother’s throat

Lissa’s Journal

Tiessa, do no go to o had a hand behind his back, waving ing Nissa inher to run the ain

Gren’s eyes had adjusted to the se behind the woirl? Gren wanted to laugh Finally, Toff the as going to die He was responsible for Gren’s parents’ deaths There was no other explanation Gren intended to make Toff pay dearly--for all the deaths he’d caused in the Green Fae village Gren hadn’t used any of the power he’d gained from Le-Ath Veronis’ core He was like the sun crystal he’d coveted so many years He’d collected power and now he’d use it to kill Toff and the other tho stood with hi to launch it and commit murder

"Nissa, that’s Gren He’ll hurt you," Toff hissed Toff hadn’t failed to recognize Gren, even in such poor light Toff pushed Nissa behind him