“We appeared outside of the abandoned building well after dark and could sense those inside on an upper floor. After we had entered the building but...were still securing it, the Taliban triggered their ambush by blowing up the building and bringing it down on us. I lost most of the team in the initial explosion and the collapse of the building. The rag heads swarmed in before the smoke and dust had even cleared. Those of us left used the same spell that I just used to disable their weapons, but. "Or, at least, we are in the residence of one of its minions." What do you mean?" Helen whispered.The face belonging to those stunning eyes pulled back and Helen at last found she could take in its whole. The woman who owned the emerald eyes had a pale oval of a face, framed by long, straight blonde hair. Her skin had an ethereal translucence, which appeared to glow like the moon. The only flaws to her beauty were the deep, dark hollows beneath her eyes and her cracked, dry lips. Helen watched. He also got Mage Alice and Mage Henry placed under his temporary care along with several others who were not dealing terribly well with the loss of so many of their friends and colleagues.The army of the forts was also temporarily stood down during this time as Verenestra consolidated Queen Titania’s hold on the liberated lands and increased her army several-fold to deal with any incursions by taking volunteers from the ranks of the Sidhe who had laid down their arms to pledge allegiance to. Fuck am I onto something here? I looked around the pool and saw one of the lifeguards sitting in her chair. A nice looking girl with a blonde bob, she was wearing shorts, T-shirt. and plimsolls. I wish she would jump into the pool. The girl stood up and walked to the edge of the pool and jumped in fully clothed. When she resurfaced, she looked puzzled as if she didn’t know why she had jumped in. I started to shake a little, was it the cold water or was I a bit nervous of what I had found that I.