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The ward, as it turned out, was nothing more than a tattoo on the back of Katarina’s neck; the swirling black symbol would be hidden under her hair whenever she left the wavy nancy--or if it wouldn’t prevent pregnancy--but what else was new? At least the pain of the etching helped distract her from her troubles
"Whenever you’re ready to pop a few buns out of your oven," Keeley said, "we’ll fill in the ward Oh! I can give you a protection ward And a locator ward, and oh! Oh!" She ju their powers against you"
"Nah" She didn’t want another ward until she’d learned ood"
"I hope you don’t mind," Kaia piped up, "but I invited my older sis Taliyah to join us I think I hear her in the courtyard She should pass through the door any--"
The front door swung open and a tall, slender blonde strode into the club, two huge s with striations of gold, the s had other ideas Awake and alert, they raced over to take a post in front of her
"Boo hiss," Kaia called "You told uys "These jerk-offs were on the way to bust up the festivities I had a choice Kill theaze landed on Katarina "Excellent The wo I owe Baden a little payback, and you’re going to help me"
"Hey" Kaia stomped her foot "You can’t murder my new friend"
"Don’t be ridiculous I soooo can But where’s the fun in that? She’s a puny hu up from a cauldron of hurt That--was--it! She wasn’t puny, weak or feeble, and she was sick and tired of being labeled as such
Taliyah stopped Kaia and Keeley regarded her warily
"I Aers, her gu She looked and discovered her nails had lengthened, thickened and sharpened They were claws Claws! With a flick of her tongue, she learned her teeth had undergone the sas
Shock was a cool cascade inside her, but it wasn’t enough to calet Baden," Kaia said "Pronto"
"No!" Katarina snarled "The first person to leave is the first person to die" Issuing threats now? What the hell was happening to her? Was she finallyinto a hellhound?
Keeley’s eyes ide "Uh, I’d go out on a limb and say our Katarina isn’t exactly hu to her But how? Hellhounds are extinct Hades killed the always came down to Hades "You knew the pups were hellhounds?" she de," Kaia said
"Oh! I remember! I knew they were hellhounds fro "I wasn’t with Hades when he first began his ith the packs, but I ith him before it ended I hid as many as I could find Pets are adorable And I knew Hades would one day thank ht she would thank hi!
In a blink, both Harpy sisters were hanging froed "jerk-offs" pulled swords of fire out of the air
"We’re best friends, remember, Katarina?" Kaia called "You love me"
"Katrina," Keeley corrected "I re name And ged from the bottle of ambrosia, as if she hadn’t a care "Wait If she were to kill hio"
Katarina pointed a claw at her "Do not go against edher Hellhounds weren’t always evil Once, they retrieved and saved souls from the underworld"
The two looked to be in their midthirties One hite and scarred from head to toe, his only spot of color his crimson eyes The other was bronzed with rainbow eyes Both were as beautiful as their wings in an eerie nonhuman way