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The sh the front door Morgan requested a special meal, a special seven piven me a specific task

“I promise I’ll have everyone out of the house by 6:30 and keep theht”

Theion of Immortals Six men--no, make that six warriors--that have lived here for the last seven months The Nead is less house than hostel with so an, I’ve sort of taken the group under e of a fraternity or so You know, if they had fraternities for the io

“Thank you, Hildi You’re the best” The instant the words leave her mouth, a loud crash echoes up the stairs from the basement

Davis runs out fro a little frantic He’s been on edge since the battle in the Otherside Even nancy “Everything okay? Mrs Morgan? Miss Axel?”

“We’re fine,” Morgan says

“Yeah,” I agree “I’ain”

“Oh,” he replies, voice strained “Of course”

“I’ll go wrangle theht”

“Are you sure you can handle theroup of triplets They overpowered ot home I was tied to a chair, and they had eaten all the ice cream” She shakes her head at the memory “This is double that Six”

“I know,” I tell her, walking toward the stairs “But I’ot this under control”

I’ve just turned the corner when I hear her say to Davis, “Thank god she’s got theo”

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Hildi

Morgan’s husbands, the legendary Raven Guard, freed the Legion of Immortals from their blood contract with the Shaan and keep her fro out humanity They knew the best warriors for the job The Ravens side the rest of us against The Morrigan Unfortunately, they’d been enslaved for so long they had no idea how to live in the modern world Dylan opened the doors—well, the basement—of the Nead to them until they acclimate

I suspect they’ll be down there for another millennia

The Iether by Caod searched the world for the strongest, most lethal, and often barbaric soldiers Each of these ht Camulus’ attention above the ht off the battlefield, moments after their death He blessed theht for the god, doling out a particular sort of bloody warfare that increased their legend They were soulless, vengeful, and without a trace of mortality

But there were six that were different froed as Ca any further They were tired of blood on their hands

and the ash in their lungs They demanded to be released from their contract and sent to the afterworld

Legend says he studied these men that had served him so well and considered their demands

Miya, a Japanese swordse of five With a sharpened stick