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    I barely notice as I scratch my legs up on a rather ugly spiked nt as I cut through someone’s


    backyard. I’ve never had a tattoo but my hand feels how I imagine getting a tattoo feels. Thousands of


    needles jamming into my hand over and over.I’ll have to ask someone sometime how it feels to know if


    myparison is urate or not. But either way the feeling is very unpleasant. Still, I am weirdly


    enjoying the pain, because the more pain the closer we must be to finding Kiara. All of a sudden the


    pain in my hand starts to fade a little. I slide to a stop, almost toppling over and turn back around. My


    hand is instantly burning again.


    “This one. I think it’s this house.” I dere. Instantly Bemy and the team surge into action. Moving to


    approach the front and back doors simultaneously. I can tell that Bemy doesn’t want me here, but


    there’s nowhere else for me to go. We left the cars several streets back. Aaron hangs back from the


    group staying with myself and Megan. I give him a small smile of appreciation but mostly I just want to


    barge into the house and find Kiara. I hold my breath as Bemy tests the door. It opens,pletely


    unlocked. I can hear voicesing from further inside the house. Bemy and the others enter in a


    hurry and despite Aaron’s raised eyebrow of protest, Megan and I follow them inside.


    I find all the Shifters standing at the ready but clearly not moving. In the centre of the living room is


    another female Shifter who looks a lot like me and a tall woman with red hair hanging long down her


    back. But my eyes are instantly drawn to the small blonde child. Kiara! I instinctively step forward then


    freeze when the redhead’s eyes dart to me.)


    She looks oddly familiar.


    “You!” She snarls out the word. She is holding up a hand with a glowing blue me directed towards


    the Shifter woman. Even I know enough about magic to identify Witches fire. One of the mostmon


    offensive spells out there. Usually a Witch is only powerful enough to use it one time, but it’s fast and


    burns hot. It is also nearly impossible to put out without magic so if you get caught in it you can pretty


    much guarantee a painful death by burning. No wonder everyone is staying put. One move from the


    redhead Witch and that Shifter woman will die a painful death. Aaron pulls me backwards and behind


    him, physically shielding me with his b*dy. I peer around him and despite my best efforts to focus on


    the threat, I keep staring at Kiara. She has backed up against a wall, her hands wrapped around


    herself. She looks so small and pale. I want to reassure her bart I know I have to wait,


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    “No one move! Don’te any closer or she dies!” The woman hisses out the words. Bemy holds


    out his hands in a cating manner.


    “No one is moving. We don’t want to hurt you. Just let the woman and child go and we can figure this


    out peacefully.” He keeps his voice firm and calm, but I can see the fire in his eyes and I know that he


    is ready to shift in a second if needed. The womanughs maniacally.


    “Peacefully! You want this to end PEACEFULLY? No one cared about being peaceful when you


    MURDERED my Tristain!” She screeches the words causing me to flinch. I suddenly remember where


    I’ve seen her before. That night with Bemy when we stalked Tristain and saw him with his soul mate.


    It makes sense that she would be angry and hurt. His mother and his lover teaming up to get revenge. I


    can’t believe we didn’t think of her earlier. Probably because none of us have ever actually met her, we


    don’t even know her name. We were searching for it before, but then once Tristain was dead it kind of


    took á back burner. There were other issues to sort out. Bemy takes a deep breath. and keeps his


    voice steady.


    “You are clearly trapped. There is no chance of you walking out of here. There’s no reason to make it


    difficult. What do you want?” He tries to be diplomatic, but I suspect it’s toote, the woman looks like


    she is well beyond reason. Her eyes are wild and she is breathing heavily as if she has been exerting


    herself. Her eyes focus on me and she res.


    “Give me the Oracle girl and you can have these two. Two for one, it’s a good deal.” She demands. Oh


    shit. I should.


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    have guessed that she would want me, she’s been targeting me this whole time after all. I probably


    should have waited outside. Somehow I think my presence is just going to make this worse.


    “That will never happen.” Bemy growls the words out, his voice low and his expression dark.


    “Then the Shifter–girl dies! And the child will be next!” The nickname of psycho really suits her right


    now. There is no way that she is in her right mind.


    “Hurting me won’t bring him back.” Iment softly. I don’t actually think it will help, she isn’t someone


    who can be talked down, she’s too far gone, she has alreadymitted to her n. She knows that


    there is no chance of her realistically getting out of here and regaining her freedom. There are too


    many Shifters for her to fight her way out and even if she did she would be on the run for the rest of her


    life. No even I can see that she is ready to give her life for her cause. For a chance to kill me she is


    willing to die herself. I don’t expect anything useful toe of talking to her. But at least if she is


    focussed on me, she isn’t aiming well at the Shifter woman and she isn’t looking at Kiara, We


    need her distracted, and I’m the best suited for the job.


    I stay behind Aaron, I suspect if I


    step in


    range she will attack me immediately, she doesn’t care about getting caught. She has no need for a


    hostage other than as a way to trade for me. She probably only has one shot with the Witches fire, so I


    doubt she will use it on Aaron or anyone else, not unless she knows for sure that I’ll be caught in it too


    or she


    is left with no other choice.


    “I KNOW it won’t bring him back. Nothing will bring him back, because you KILLED him!” She screams.


    Huh?


    “I didn’t kill him!” I object. Sheughs, flicking her bright hair back behind her shoulder. I can see that


    she is shaking in ce. Her ming hand unsteady.


    “You might not have been the one to strike him down, but you are the reason he is dead. No one would


    have suspected him, no one would have thought to question him if you were able to just KEEP YOUR


    MOUTH SHUT!” She screams. Well that’s just outright not true. Bemy suspected there was


    something fishy with Tristan the whole time. That’s why he tracked me down in the first ce.


    “Tristan nned to betray and murder my friends for power. What would you have had me do? All he


    had to do was stop fighting and he would still be alive!” I argue. I’swear the Witch is turning blue at this


    point. I can see the veins bulging in her forehead. She swivels towards me a little more and opens her


    mouth to argue, but before she can speak the Shifter woman who is being held hostage takes her


    chance. With no time to shift, she remains in her human form and leaps at the Witch.