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al Medusa-an exclusive restaurant built beneath the glowing bell of a colossal deep-sea jellyfish. Sof
Thalassian to the server, ordering aurora-algae wine and snow-cod steaks
r than I thought," I said, lifting a crystal
power. "Consider this meal three months of my military pay spent in advance. It is o
ould reply, the Tide-Sigil hanging at my waist v
ssed a drop of magic into the stone, and Edward's
ntonina accidentally shattered Lord Sinclair's ancient giant clam cameo! His Lordsh
coldly into the glowing rune. "Wh
trip off your outersea-silk robe in the hall, and bare your gill slits to apologize to Lord Sinclai
beat. I turned my head sharply to see a layer of white frost creeping up th
I laughed out of pure rage, my voice sharp enough to draw blood. "Edward, to pro
now! Making yourself useful to the clan is your honor! If you are not here within half a
tching the stone sigil so hard my knuckles turned wh
enched fist. Atticus's palm radiated steady
an registry tonight?" he asked quietly, as if
efore gripping his wrist to pull myse
his full height and blocking out the jellyfis
us swung his long legs over the saddle directly behind me. His hard chest pressed flush against my back, his steady,
oice murmured against my ear, wrapping a s
dozens of armored shark mounts floated at the hitching posts. Spotting my cheap dolphin and Atticus's
are forbidden near L
Atticus didn't even slow down, gu
ard lunged, thrusting his hal
blast of infrasonic waves erupted from his frame, hitting both guards
icus dismounted and held out his hand to me. "Come
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