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Chapter 33
Darla comes swooping down upon them in the form of a screaming, bloodthirsty eagle.
Alcina, startled clutches at Brendan, who tucks her in a fluid movement into his side, throwing up a leaping dark wall from their shadows.
The eagle dodges smoothly, shifting mid-air and landing lithely on her feet in front of them.
Still curled around a trembling Alcina, Brendan grits his teeth and sends Darla a scathing glare. “You,” he hisses. “Need to be neutered.”
Darla preens. She seems to find it a personal victory each time she manages to terrify unwitting humans.
“I came to let you know that Percy and I are departing,” she announces, with little preamble.
Brendan straightens up, revealing Alcina, who scowls at her.
“That was very rude,” she huffs, and Brendan can’t help the small, endeared smile that quirks on his lips.
And then, Alcina blinks, having registered Darla’s words.
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