Page 29 of Seer Prophet

Briefly, I saw Dulgar himself.

He looked back at me, outlined in in the door’s opening. Half of him was in shadow, but I glimpsed those opaque gold irises when they caught the light.

The last guard was disappearing inside when Revik caught up with me.

He tried to grab hold of my arm, to stop me.

“Allie!” he shouted. “Wait! We don’t know where that goes!”

“Wecan’twait!” I snapped. “He knows who the buyer is! He knows where they’ve taken them. If we lose him, we lose them!”

“But Jon is downstairs?”

“Jon doesn’t need us!”

Revik frowned, still holding my arm. “You sure about that?”

I hesitated, then motioned towards the terrace, switching to my mind.

You stay, if you think they need backup. Balidor can finish here. You help Jon get the ones working the casino floor and the rooms.Feeling Revik’s light heat up, I clutched his arm.I’ve got this. Promise. I’ve got the telekinesis. I just need to get close enough to read Dulgar. Find out who he sold them to, and?

“No! No fucking way!” Revik’s voice burst out of him.

He caught hold of me for real that time when I started to move, and I turned, staring at him in disbelief. When I met his gaze, he abruptly gave in, moving with me towards the wall, his fingers still wrapped around my arm.

I felt frustration ripple his light, but also agreement.

You’re right,he sent, blunt.We need him. I’m coming with you.

I started to shake my head.

I’ve got the necklace?

“No.” He shook his head, adamant.No fucking way. No separations. You promised me, Alyson. You fuckingpromisedme. Anyway, Jon doesn’t need me. He has Maygar.

I started to say something to that, but when he gave me a warning look, I decided to quit while I was ahead. I could already feel Revik wasn’t going to move, not on this.

And really, I didn’t want him to. I wanted him with me.

You’d better,his mind muttered.

I smiled but didn’t let him see it.

I knew a good chunk of his reaction had nothing to do with the Legion of Fire and everything to do with what happened over the past year.

Revik still gripped my arm in his fingers when we reached the organic wall. He released me when we both saw the panel had nearly closed. Jumping forward, I fought to grab hold of it with my hands, to stop it…

…only to have it slide out from under my fingers.

I cursed as it shut with a bang. I didn’t even manage to slow it down.

Revik was already by the wall, prying open the panel with his fingers.

Cover me?he sent softly.

I nodded, throwing an even denser shield over hisaleimicform.

Watching him yank down on a dead-metal plate, I walked closer, standing guard while he worked over the circuits. The open panel exposed the squid-like tendrils of the organic, which began to writhe and squirm once as he cut the first few to gain access.

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