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each of the men. It stood
against all he was as a man to harm a woman, even like
this.
    “I thought when you said you’d handle
these three, you were going to use your charm and celebrity.” Ivin
questioned him as he gently laid the guard on the floor beside the
two men he’d already incapacitated.
    He stood, straightened his jacket and
smiled at her.
    “My charm and celebrity is rather
limited to a female audience in most cases. What does it matter?
You got what you wanted, now it’s your turn.” He gestured up the
staircase.
    He, Ivin, and Bala all moved up the
stairs in silence. When they arrived at the top, Ivin motioned them
to wait.
    Bala nervously bounced on her toes
while Kane calmly watched Ivin summon her magic.
    She raised one hand above the other,
moving it in a circular motion above the other until a deep purple
smoke appeared between them. She blew it on the chaotic order in
the room just beyond where they stood.
    Each person Kane could see from where
he stood immediately fell into a deep slumber. He had to assume the
rest had as well.
    “We’ve got ten minutes. I can’t do
anything else after that.” Ivin spoke as she motioned them to
follow her.
    They stepped out of an exterior
waiting area into a grand dining hall. Normally, the setting would
be full of tourists enjoying a meal, but of course the entire space
was off limits while security attempted to figure out the
paranormal.
    “Impressive.” Kane realized he’d never
been here before. “I think Wraithe’s royal banquet hall has a more
personal touch though.
    Wood paneled walls gave way to ornate
wall paper. The room’s high ceilings looked to be supported by
carved wood beams and stone arches. There were royal banners
suspended from the ceiling as well as applied to the walls. The
most awe inspiring feature of the room was its leaded glass windows
that looked over the amusement park’s carousel courtyard
below.
    “Be sure you don’t tell him that,
whatever you do! He’ll probably demolish the thing to better
appease his guilt. Now come on.” Ivin grabbed the fabric of her
long skirt and forged ahead.
    A matter of seconds later, Blu came
into view just as she had appeared in the video, suspended over
nothing. Her long pink gown hung like grand curtains from her small
frame. Her thick golden hair did the same. When Bala first saw her,
she gasped and stumbled, but Kane caught and steadied
her.
    “Are you all right?” He didn’t know
her well, but when she stared into his eyes, he saw a deep fear lit
within them. For the first time he thought to question if her
coming with them had been a good idea.
    “I have to be.” She shook off a
shiver.
    The three stepped up to Blu’s body,
elevated by some form of magic to just above waist level for Kane,
nearly at head level for Bala.
    Stretched out as if she were asleep,
she showed no signs of life.
    “You want me to kiss her?” Kane
smiled.
    Ivin rolled her eyes.
    “Kane, you are arguably
the sexiest man I’ve ever met, and I’m a very old woman, but no. First of
all, she’d have to have her soul for that to be effective—” She
drew a breath and sighed. “—and as we feared, she does
not.”
    “We have to be extremely careful with
this.” Bala pointed to the perfect rose lying across her
chest.
    “Thorns?” Kane was confused
now.
    “No.” Bala grew very serious. “I’m
reasonably certain that is her protector. We each have one. The
problem is, in the video we think we saw it shift from this rose to
a kitten and then back. It worries me that it may not be able to
hold its shape in this energy field. That would put a lot of stress
on it. If it senses us as a threat…”
    “If you each have these things, how is
it so many of you were taken, and where’s yours now?” Kane asked
abruptly.
    In his years of dealings with Wraithe,
he’d learned to question everything and never ever expect an
ordinary answer to anything.
    “Obsidian is with Luxe, downstairs,
and as for the