\u201cDid you tell Phelan any of this?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d<\/em> \u00c9riu said. \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t have a chance. He was still fencing with Leviathan.\u201d<\/em> She huddled next to me, wrapping her arms around her knees. \u201cDo you know what he was, Marin?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI can imagine,\u201d I said, my tone bone-dry. \u201cOne of the former powers-that-be in Canaan, I\u2019m going to guess.\u201d<\/p>\n She nodded slowly. \u201cYes, like that, but…worse in some ways. But he\u2019s like Thordin\u2014he was supposed to be dead and gone, nothing more than a distant memory.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBut he\u2019s not,\u201d I said grimly.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, he\u2019s not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I stared at her for a long moment before I sighed and got up to make myself a hot drink. \u201cSo you think he\u2019s a threat?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what to think,\u201d<\/em> \u00c9riu admitted softly. \u201cGods know that I wish I did.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I wish you did, too.<\/em> I frowned darkly, staring into the fire. \u201cI wonder if that\u2019s what her warning was about,\u201d I muttered.<\/p>\n \u201cWhose warning? What warning?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe Morrigan,\u201d I said. \u201cShe warned me that Seamus had to go with Thom and Cameron. I wonder if she told me that because she knew either he or Leviathan would react badly to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnything\u2019s possible,\u201d<\/em> the ghost\u2019s whisper-thin voice said. \u201cShort of asking her, we can\u2019t know for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cRight.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s right?\u201d<\/p>\n I startled at the sound of my brother\u2019s voice, spilling hot chocolate all over my hand. I swore and grabbed a rag, mopping the scalding liquid up off my skin and sleeve. \u201cDammit, Matt!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTouchy,\u201d he said brow furrowing. \u201cWho were you talking to?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201c\u00c9riu,\u201d Phelan said. \u201cShe\u2019s sitting right there, and looking none too happy. I take it Leviathan\u2019s ranks left you as unsettled as our conversation with him left us?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNot all of them were real,\u201d<\/em> she said, looking up at Phelan. \u201cThis isn\u2019t good, Uncle. Not at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cDid you tell Phelan any of this?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d \u00c9riu said. \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t have a chance. He was still fencing with Leviathan.\u201d She huddled next to me, wrapping her arms around her knees. \u201cDo you know what he was, Marin?\u201d … Continue reading