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wouldn't dream of saying in front of Kane's friends."
The emphasis she put on who the men where she was
talking in front of was not lost on Deryn. "Where is Kane?"
"He'll be back in a minute. Are you ready to go back to
your tent now?"
Deryn hiccupped, and covered her mouth as she giggled.
"No. Don't you understand what this is?"
Ondrea gave her a confused look.
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"Kane knows. It's why he's off trying to work out the
logistics of transporting me through the portal to our realm as
we speak. He's going behind Alejandro's back because he
knows Alejandro will stop it."
"Deryn, how in the hell do you know what Kane is doing?"
Ondrea asked, clearly shocked.
"Because," she swayed, the alcohol hit her full force, "you
two went off to talk. You no doubt told him about Vonni and
about what she's saying. Then he no doubt launched into the
danger everyone here is in now that he knows I'm right it's
Avatars."
"Bookworm, you're drunk." Fulk moved up next to her. "I'll
help you back to your tent. You can rest."
"No." She patted his stubble-covered cheek. "You will all
die if I leave. All of you."
He bit back a laugh. "Bookworm, no offense but I don't
think you'll be much of a help if a battle broke out."
"Don't make me leave him, Fulk. Please."
Arching a brow, he touched her arm. "You mean, don't
make you leave here, right?"
"I said what I meant."
"Kane's headed back in now. He'll be with you. It will be
okay," Fulk said, doing his best to calm her down.
A part of Deryn warned her to shut her mouth. She
ignored it. "No, not Kane Alejandro. Don't make me leave
him. Please. I can't let anything happen to him. I made a
promise."
"Colonel, she's not making any sense."
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The alcohol picked then to fully assault her senses.
Something added to it, intensifying the feeling of falling. Kane
was suddenly in front of her. "Deryn?"
"I can feel magik," Fulk said, his voice sounding far away.
"Who is using magik?"
Deryn's vision blurred. For a moment she saw two Kane's
standing before her. "Kane? Something's wrong. Don't make
me go, please. Call my uncle back and tell him you lied. Tell
him the suns are not too taxing on me."
He gripped her arms tight. "How in the hell do you know I
just called your uncle and told him about the suns."
She couldn't give him an answer even if she wanted to
because she had no clue how she knew. She just did. Pulling
on him, Deryn tried to steady herself. It didn't work. Kane
sniffed the air around her. "Damnit, Fulk's right. Someone is
using magik on Deryn. Who is it?"
"My money is on the redheaded bitch," Ondrea said, not
bothering to hide her disgust. "I vote we kill her."
"My gods, don't you people get it?" Vonni pushed in next
to Kane. "She's a slayer."
Fulk snorted. "Right. Yeah, okay, Vonni."
"You'll see," she said, sounding a little too sure of herself.
"What the fuck did you do, Vonni?" Kane asked, his voice
masked with a partial growl. "Pull your magik back from
Deryn now!"
"I did what had to be done to get the truth to come out."
"What the fuck did you do to her?" Ondrea asked, charging
at Vonni.
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Fulk caught her around the waist and lifted her high into
the air. "Hold on there. Let's figure out what's wrong with
Bookworm before we go killing Vonni. Now, Vonni, what did
you do to her?"
"I cast a truth spell on her."
"She's drunk!" Issac said, appearing next to Fulk. "And
she's human!" He batted at the air. "You used a ton of power
on her. That's a deadly combination!"
"Will she be okay?" Alejandro's voice pushed through
Deryn's fuzzy mind. Reaching out, she tried to find him but
couldn't.
"Colonel ... err ... Alejandro?"
Something touched her cheek and then wrapped around
her waist. "I'm here, Deryn." He glanced around at the
others. "Kane, Dr. Harris, let's get her to the infirmary."
"Issac, Rodriquez, escort Vonni to the MPs. Tell them she's
to be held until further notice."
"But, Colonel," Vonni said, her voice whiny. "You're not
listening to me. She'll kill you all. Just ask her. Ask her
anything and she'll tell you the truth ... at least until the spell
wears off."
"Come on, Vonni." Fulk grabbed hold of Vonni's upper arm
and Deryn fought hard to maintain her focus. "Bookworm, go
sleep it off. I'll see you in the morning."
"Bookworm?" Deryn couldn't help but to giggle. The
combination of the spell and the alcohol left her with little
self-control. "Why am I not offended hearing you call me
that?"
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"Because you like me. You know I'm a nice guy, don't
you?"
"You're a great guy, Fulk Rodriquez. A great guy."
He winked. "Yep, she's under a truth spell all right. You're [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]