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“Ran,” she corrected with a sneer

“Escaped,” Tori repeated with an equal sneer “I encountered the Jaeggi in Helsinki You knohat they did? They tried to kidnap me They tried ic They attacked a fee, Pormestari They’re no allies of the Taavi”

She frowned at hi it “Why would they do that?”

“Because their raceful as the ice queen she appeared to be “When Kaiser Jaeggi enacted the spell to destroy the e clans, it backfired on hiing their rees”

“I was kidnapped by theo, and I had to fight free They’ve been kidnapping ical power You’ve been safe from them only because they don’t kno to find you”

“I have only your word on that” Mathilda stared the her

“And the word of the lost ht the personal journals of Alistair Dandin, Rebecca Vonn, and Abigail Kovel—all the leaders of the Dandin, Vonn, and Kovel clans Three of the original twelve e clans, as I’i’s betrayal of the dragons and all the e clans”

For a moment, it looked as if surprise flashed across her face, but she covered it up quickly She pulled out a phone fro rapidly into it, then let it drop in her hand “Why are you here? To warn us of the Jaeggi?”

“In part” Rodrigo gave her a charical clan still exists So few of you do We wish to es have always done”

“What makes you think we’d be interested in that?”

“I don’t knohat you’re interested in That’s the whole point of us sitting down and talking properly with each other We know nothing about each other except e are”