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"Where are we?" I asked instead.

"Halfway to the gate. The court is over there." He pointed into the mist.

"Are you sure?"

He swallowed hard. "I can see Rain's magic. It's ultraviolet to me."

All I could do was laugh. It was just one, and it burst out unexpectedly, but suddenly everything seemed so clear to me. Everything fell into place with his words. Hawke was a jevadu. Hewasa wildling. Which meant everything I knew had been wrong, and we still had a chance!

"I bet I know how we can get back fast. Just tell me you can carry a little weight with those things?"

He stared at me for a little too long, and then a smile began to grow on his face. "Yeah, I just fed. I can carry you."

"Then let's make sure we don't let our girl down," I told him as I stood up one more time, then turned to offer him my hand. "After all, we're on the same side."

Chapter Seventy-One

RAIN

Ipushed the man off my blade, watching as his skin continued to change. I wanted to say looking alive again, but that wasnotthe word I wanted. The fae wasn't breathing, wasn't moving, and laid on the ground like dead weight.

"Rain!" Aspen yelled, making me turn in time to see Wilder shove magic my way.

White flew over my shoulder, slamming into another hunter. I turned back and raised my sword as Jack darted in, hitting the enemy from behind. The hunter swung, Jack cawed, dodged, and aimed for me. I got my free arm up in time to catch him.

"Court!" Jack screamed, making the wind whip up.

My hair blew. Dust and debris swirled in the air, and then Hawke landed hard beside me. In that one moment, I forgot all about the hunters, because Hawke, the guy I'd made out with a bit, hadlandedusing massive fucking bird wings, and Keir was hanging on to him like they'd been ready to do a little tongue tangling of their own.

"Uhh..."

Keir turned and flung his arms up. An iridescent bubble quickly surrounded all of us. The air pressure changed, sounds muffled, but the surface of it was still clear enough to see the forms moving on the other side, and there were far too many.

"Rain!" Aspen whimpered, rushing at me to grab at my arms. "Are you ok?"

"It's not her blood," Torian told his sister as he moved into the middle of Keir's protective shield. "But we are outnumbered." Then he looked at Hawke. "And I guess that's out there now."

"Yeah, but I drained a hunter," he said, a little smirk claiming his lips. "Feeling pretty good right now."

"Wait, what?" I begged, guiding Aspen forward so we could all figure out what was going on.

Wilder pushed out a heavy breath. "Bad timing, babe." But he clasped Hawke's shoulder. "You good?"

"Yeah," Hawke agreed.

So Wilder turned his eyes on Keir. "And you?"

Keir glanced from Torian to Wilder and then over to me. "Yeah, so was I the only one who didn't know Hawke had wings?"

"I didn't!" I admitted. "I don't even... what..."

"Jevadu," Torian said, turning a bit to look at the mess outside our safe space. "I can drop the fog."

"I can keep them back," Wilder offered.

"We need weapons," Hawke said.

They all looked at me. Nodding, I tried to reach for my shadow magic, but found nothing. Grunting, I tried even harder, but there was nothing.