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I took their hands and put theestured at the fish

‘I can stop it You distract it’

Trill pursed her lips I nodded my head vehemently, as if to counteract her doubt ‘You distract it,’ IRyu back when he tried to follow lerfish Its eerie eyes watched or

Just then two e balls hit it fro it with the biggest e balls they could uess the equivalent of a fish roar, and turned to its attackers Its angler wobbled through the water a second behind it, like a recalcitrant puppy on a leash

Its peripheral vision was good, however, for just as I went in to use the labrys to cut the tie connecting it to Morrigan, it lashed back around, nearly catching hback up my protections as I slashed forith the ax It hit tooth, slicing off one of thosethe fish to retreat a pace

Trill and Ryu went in again, this tihter in the water, took the lead, using her body to lure the fish It lunged toward her, but Ryu was there, pushing it back with a e ball at one of its eyes The blast hit with horrifying effect and one of those ed and in pain, the fish lashed forward blindly, and I darted in toward its angler Using h the water, I held still waiting for the perfect shot…

It came a few seconds later The fish’s frantic movements stilled for just a second, and that’s when I struck The labrys severed the cord binding the angler to the Red With a weird underwater sonic boom, the power eclipsed froer thandown into the depths Now that it couldn’t eat lad it survived It hadn’t wanted to be a pawn of the Red’s any rabbedto find Ryu, his face white I looked down to see why, andfor the baobhan sith and his bloody bundle, I felt the creature apparate us as my eyes tried to take in the full extent of Trill’s terrible injuries

Chapter Twenty-Five

With an agonized ht back in the Scottish military base from which we’d first set out I’d ask it later about how its poas holding up, but right now all hts were on Trill

‘Medic! We need a , and I felt his porapped around the kelpie in a blanket of healing I knew Ryu wasn’t the best healer, but I nonetheless added my power to his We could hopefully keep her stable

Various forressive push toward us as others took a defensive line We had appeared ically in the nized us tried to keep us froistered as happening, however, as ray skin had paled to a ghastly white, her black fingernails looking even ainst her pallor Her eyes flickered back in her head as she lost and regained consciousness I clutched her cold hand,in a silent prayer as I took in the horrible belly wound I think she’d been speared straight through

It was only when I heard the familiar sound of clip-clops behind me that I dared breathe

‘Move,’ Caleb said curtly, and I shuffled like a crab to the side The satyr did what I’d seen him do only once before, with , Conleth He took Trill into his aric Hope rushed throughpower lapped at my shields But it was quickly dashed when he opened his eyes, a pained look on his face

‘We need to get her to the infirmary Now’ Caleb looked around at the watchful hu us, and one quick-witted individual made a motion to follow She led us swiftly out of the doors opposite, across a tarray sky threatened stor down the hall to a set of double doors that led us into the welcome sterility of a hospital ward

‘She’s been i woht ponytail ‘I’Red,’ I hissed as the woently Trill was totally unconscious now

Caleb frowned ‘The dragon was seen over the waters How did she--’

‘She lerfish’

‘She iven it soic Not all of it, though I can make a dent But Trill’s wounds…’