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sed the Moon Shadow Step Silas had taught me. One moment I was in the shadow of an ancient oak, the next I was twenty feet away, appea

en, another smell cut through the night, sharp and wrong. Blood. The hot, coppery tang

s turning toward the so

whispered, a soft presenc

,* I answered simply,

was overturned on its side, smoke billowing from its mangled front end. Several werewolves i

d gathered at a safe distance, t

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on will los

al door. I could hear a woman's

ion on his face, put his shoulder into the

him was sobbing. "Lady E

grew weaker. The scent

eline. My small form immed

led at me. "Get out of he

walked directly to

d, placing it on the hot,

ale attendant, Faye, gasped

insulating me from the heat. I closed my eyes

er left arm is broken. Three of her ribs have pierced her l

s a mask of shock. They knew she had hurt her arm, but the

little curse-sayer?" a vo

rested on a join in the door frame.

th the woman inside dying, he was out of options.

tearing metal filled the air. The door, which hadn'

n hands as if they belonged to someone else. He didn't know that my power

ious, and bleeding. And in the stunned silence, all eyes tur