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The girls gave her a quick tutorial and Zoe stepped outside to test them.She walked to the edge of the lake before speaking.“This is Zoe.Can you hear me?Over.”
“I hear you loud and clear, Zoe,” Victoria responded.
“You’re supposed to say ‘over’ when you’re done,” Grace said.“Then you have to let go of the button so the other person can speak.”
“Fudge,” Vic muttered.“Over,” she said belatedly.
Zoe laughed and headed back inside, still giggling when she entered the cabin.“We use that channel, so make sure you don’t change it,” she advised their friend.
“I won’t,” Victoria said sheepishly.
“I bet Cam could build you a bookcase for your library,” Grace said, eyeing the wall they’d placed the boxes against.“He’d jump at the chance to get back in your good graces.”
Victoria frowned, unwilling to talk about him yet.“Maybe,” she said as she went about making them some coffee.The girls stayed for an hour before heading home.
Amaros and Cam had finished setting up the shower.Zoe and Grace inspected it and watched as they tested it out yet again.“Good job, guys,” Zoe said, grateful for their skills.They’d attached the long hose to the tank with a metal clip, so it didn’t dangle down uselessly.
“I get first dibs,” Grace said, cheekily claiming first rights to use it.She could only just reach the showerhead to turn the water on.
Zoe didn’t fight her for the honor.She’d been feeling a bit unsettled all day and she didn’t think it was because of their battle.
“What’s wrong, love?”Amaros asked.
“I can feel a vision coming on,” she said.The trio looked at her expectantly and she rolled her eyes.“It isn’t going to happen right now,” she said in exasperation.“I’ll let you know when it does.”
Amaros held in his sigh that one of his men, or another cambion was due to arrive soon and he didn’t have any details yet.
“Why are you carrying one of the walky-talkies around?”Cam asked, just realizing Zoe had one sticking out of her jacket pocket.
“We gave one to Victoria, so we can keep in touch with her,” she said.
“That was smart,” Amaros said, approving of the idea.“We could use her help the next time we travel to Manhattan.”
“But notours,” Grace said with a scowl.She trudged out of the bathroom before either of the warriors could respond.
“She just wants to help and be part of the team,” Zoe said, knowing how the teen felt, since she felt the same way.Neither of them were battle ready.They would just be a liability if they ran into any of the Soldiers of Chaos.
Forewarned that a vision was coming on, Zoe was ready for it when her mind was hijacked after dinner.Amaros caught her hand when she reached out, making sure she didn’t fall out of her chair.
“Cam!”Grace called out and the warrior came running to the great room.
“She’s having a vision?”he figured when he saw Zoe’s blank face and unfocused eyes.
Amaros nodded, waiting for the news he’d been hoping to hear.
“Another warrior will fall tonight,” Zoe announced.“You’ll have to go and rescue him,” she added as the images faded.“He’s going to land near the Statue of Liberty.”
“Where’s that?”Amaros asked, wracking his brain for the information.
“It’s on an island to the south of Manhattan,” Grace told him.
“We’ll need a boat to reach it,” Camriel figured.
“Is he going to be in trouble?”Amaros asked.
“The soldiers will see him fall and they’ll try to get to him first,” Zoe said grimly.
“We should leave now,” her mate said.“It’ll take us six hours to get there even if we hurry.”
