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She ought to run like hell for the forest. This was
her turf. She could navigate it with her eyes closed.
Sometimes, she did exactly that, just to add a layer to
her daily run. Xaphan’s concubines would have a hard
time following.
She ought to leave Dagan on his own.
Like he’d left her. For eleven years.
But something inside her wouldn’t let her do it.
Something called idiocy.
She was seven kinds of fool for even thinking about
protecting the soul reaper. It was anathema to her directive; Calliope would kill her. Possibly, quite literally. It
was a betrayal of all she had become to help a son of
Sutekh.
He’d helpedher.All those years ago, he’d helped
her, and now he was doing it again, protecting her,
offering her a clear road to freedom. She didn’t trust
that, didn’t trusthim.But she couldn’t just turn her back
on him now and run like a dog with its tail between its
legs.
Besides, she could tell herself he had information
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that might help her. All she needed to do was pry it out
of him. Like teeth. That bit of logic kept saving his ass
from being a betrayal of the Asetian Guard.
She surged to her feet, tore open the door of the
garage. It was dark as a cave, but she knew where everything was, knew exactly what she sought. Not her
gleaming black Corvette. At the moment, she wanted
a weapon, not an escape route. Besides, her keys were
back in the church in the rose-colored glass bowl.
