I dodged behind Mac for cover and refused to take the bait. I glanced at my nonexistent watch. 'Oops, look at the time. Guess I have to be going now. Let's not do this again sometime, okay?' Before I could move, Pritkin was there, jamming the medallion into the skin of my upper arm.'Ow!'He looked at me expectantly. I glared at him. 'That hurt!' What do you see?' A big red mark.
Karen ChanceThe worst part was the silence. Death was supposed to be loud โ gunshots, explosions, screams and thunder. Not this eerie quiet that wrapped around me like a shroud.
Karen ChanceHe smiled at that, and then his gaze shifted to a spot over my shoulder and it faded. 'These doubts wouldnโt have anything to do with the company youโre keeping of late, would they?' I didnโt get a chance to answer before the shop door was thrown open and a furious war mage stomped in. Pritkin spotted me and his eyes narrowed. 'You shaved my legs?!' Mircea looked at me and folded his arms across his chest. I looked from one unhappy face to the other and suddenly remembered that I had somewhere else to be.
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