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Selene sneezes several times, drawing Magister Orion's attention. "Ah, it seems your companion is allergic to our wards," he remarks, his tone sympathetic.
I frown, glancing down at Selene. "But she hasn't sneezed once since entering the Fae Ward."
Behind us, Layla snorts, amusement coloring her voice. "Magical wards and the Fae Ward are two completely separate things, you
know."
Magister Orion nods, his expression kind as he explains, "Magical wards are a form of protection, and some wolves are particularly sensitive to their existence."
Selene sneezes again, as if to punctuate his point, and I reach down to stroke her fur soothingly. The enormity of the situation sinks in -I'm standing in a magical tower, in a place that doesn't really seem to exist in my world, surrounded by Fae and a powerful (presumably?) wizard, about to embark on a journey to control powers I barely understand.
It's like a freaking movie.
This doesn't feel real at all.
Our world has always been bigger than what you've experienced, Selene says, with the faint hint of sneezing even in her mental voice. Full of magic and power and fantastic things you'd be shocked to see. Your world as you know it is quite desolate.
Even so, knowing that all this has been hidden away in a city not
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far from humanity...
Now that I'm here, Selene says, sneezing once again, I can sense it. I don't know about the others, but this city was created at a natural convergence of realms. It's a fascinating place. I'd love to explore it
more.
me as Magister Orion guides us to a circle of comfortable-looking armchairs. "Now, sit,
man who's declared himself to be my teacher, and the short little Fae.
in the Third Ward," Tinker reports immediately. "There's an extraction underway for
I can see
my heart racing. A part of me has been desperately avoiding thinking of her with too much frequency, worried that we're already too late. It's been paralyzing. To know that she's finally about to
she has been compromised, Ms.
"Then-"
be safe," Tinker continues, still upbeat and charging over my
sets. "I want to
that would be
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list of people I can't really appreciate right at this moment, and Magister Orion clears his throat. "We have pulled in quite a few favors in order to interfere in the Mad Prince's business for you, Ava Grey. We have reached the limit in many ways. However,
Tinker corrects
device, Tinker." Layla pops into
again from
Vanessa says at
of them turn to look at
you can just say
muses. "What an
foreseeing a deep dive
by these days, and I know your life span is much shorter than ours. Assuming you only have another thirty years to
amount of knowledge I have to impart, we have conservatively
man, I can only
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time. Sixteen-hour days give you a solid eight hours to sleep. We've heard this is necessary for your kind." "Magister Orion, Vanessa interrupts, only to be skewered with a hard stare and a
you mange-ridden animal. I'm speaking with
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