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"Hold on," he yelled to anyone who could hear

Liz couldn’t control her horse She reared and tossed her to the ground She scra to her feet Men pressed forward, swords once again crashed against each other and fire flew in the air

She ducked an arrow and found Tara huddled next to Aet behind the fortress so Grainna can’t escape," Amber told them

"Is that her plan?"

Amber shook her head "Aye, that and to kill us all" Liz noticed one of theirwith an eneic Myra scrambled toward them and pushed another man from his horse with a wave of her hand

"What’s the plan?"

"Over there" Liz noticed a break in thespace

They started toward the entrance

Wait for ed to Simon, but when she looked down, he had already taken the form of a wolf Before she could protest, he bounded forward and led the way

Grainna wasn’t expecting any approach fro the side of her fortress, Liz and the others followed Once they reached what looked like an entrance they realized the door was only an illusion, ical

Liz beat her fist on the solid brick "Dammit"

"What now?"

"We can’t move to the front, she’ll see us"

"Maybe we should retreat"

Lora gasped and pointed above their heads

Liz stifled a scream Above them was a vision in white Familiar, but not the Ancient who’d visited them before

"It’s Tatiana," A cloud surrounding her sprit pointed farther beyond the cliffs and beckoned theed forward and shifted froht the air and flew beyond the ghost

There’s aover here, he told his et up there?

Duh! Fly Hold everyone’s hands

Liz shrugged She’dfour of theht for a few seconds before telling her yes

"Looks like we’re going for a ride" She placed her hands out, palms up

"Then what?" Myra asked "We fly up there, find Grainna? Then what?"

Liz htened eyes, her jaw set "We kick soain

"No No doubt This is it, Myra We’ve all felt it

Today this is over"

Tara nodded and said, "I can’t gofor my son’s life"

Liz sent her sister a wry smile and accepted her hand in hers

One by one, each of theo"

Liz concentrated until all of them hovered above the sea cliff and found their feet planted inside Grainna’s keep

The noise of the battle outside ran through all of them

Liz knew from experience that neither Lora nor Tara would ask their husbands how the fight fared