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“He’ll regret coming between me and my dad.” Everything starts to take on a golden hue.

Bash’s brows draw together. “I’m sure he will. Just keep a level head.”

“Hurry.” I head toward a staircase going down. Halfway there, I catch my reflection in a mirror. My eyes are glowing yellow like my dad’s. If I have half the strength he does when his eyes look like this, Shane will have no idea what hit him once I find him.

I race down the staircase. It takes me two levels below. There’s yet another staircase going down. That has to lead to the basement. “Please let my dad be there.”

The trident glows brighter, warmer.

I stare at it for a moment before heading down what I hope is the last staircase.

Thump!

“Dad?”

A man with wild blond hair rounds a corner. “No, but I assume you’re Marra?”

I aim the trident at him. “And you’re Shane.”

A slow smile spreads across his face. “I’m glad my reputation precedes me.”

I shove the points in front of his eyes. “The only reason I know is because your wife was crying out for you.”

His face pales. “What did you do to her?”

“Hand over my dad, and I’ll tell you.”

He bursts out laughing. “That’ll never happen!”

I glance around the dark, cold entry. It only has a few doors. “There are only so many places he can be.”

Shane snorts. “That’s what you think.”

“What do you mean?” I aim the trident at him.

“Put that away. You and I both know you can’t use it properly.”

I move closer. “What makes you say that?”

“Other than the fact that you just arrived in Valora, it takes years to master any weapon—much less this beauty.”

Anger surges through me. “You want it?”

He eyes it. “Who doesn’t?”

I back up to strike him with it, and it starts glowing.

He gives me a double-take. “You got one of the ancient ones? It chose you?”

“Shut up!” I scrape him with the longest tip. It’s just a warning. “Take me to my dad!”

“It isn’t going to be that easy.”

“How’d you get him? He has a trident.”

“What? You think this is a Scooby-Doo episode and now that you’ve found me, I’m going to spill all my secrets?”

He knows about human entertainment?