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It would be, of course Tonight Gage would probably die, just like most of the residents of Captive’s Sound

Asa felt a wave of pity for the young man, who seemed friendly and kind He wished he could say, Get in your car Go Drive as far as you can, as fast as you can

But Asa belonged to the One Beneath Working against Him was iainst Elizabeth’s plan, so ht save one of the lives that needed to be ended, not only would he fail, but he would also be immolated in a flame that would make hell look like a top vacation destination And that fire would outlast even hell, because death was a mercy he would never receive

Yet at least a few of his actions could be his own, if they were harh "Coe stared at him "Uh, okay That’s--nice of you"

Apparently Jere nice for no reason It hardly mattered No one here would have time to realize that Jere around in his skin

So Asa enjoyed what freedoe to look for a plastic patio chair and reveling in the beauty of the last dawn this toould ever see

Nadia kept struggling Kept fighting She pulled the cobwebs froain Her feet could kick the tendrils loose for a second before they ensnared her once hts and were crawling inside the; she couldn’t even spare that ive the Book of Shadows the satisfaction

No ht Elizabeth’s got me, no matter how hard I try

How hard I try

An idea flickered into flaasped

A spell like this, meant to entrap--it would naturally wrap itself around soht, the harder it clutched at her

What if she stopped fighting?

Merely lying still wouldn’t work--no spell of protection could be that easily fooled--but there were other spells that

Such as a spell that would keep her right here

Nadia pulled against the cobound around her upper arers found the quartz charredients:

Love unbreakable