"Piss off," she retorted as she motioned for me to come inside.I sat down in the living room with her and her Grandma."So Monique tells me that you wa...t to know more about the myth of thisdark entity," her Grandma stated."Yeah," I said. "Monique says it's probably nonsense, but if witches areafraid to go anywhere dark on their own there must be something in it,right? And she said it would probably want some kind of anomaly to beable to get by the rules of magic and do any damage. Since I was a. Consider this your first mission of your new task force. I will be sending you two in to find Avyanna and destroy her and gather information about the gate. The other team—the two members I told you about—will go in and rescue the stranded DEeP Six team.”“Sounds easy enough,” Spencer says.“Always does in the planning stages,” Samantha remarks.“Nothing is ever easy,” Grines confirms.“How soon do we leave?” Spencer asks.“You’re flight leaves in thirty minutes.”Spencer and Samantha take a flight. How do I decide which one to do?”“Well, different people have different criteria. When I’m looking for a race, I go on a website like active.com or something similar. First I start with where the race is. I mean, I don’t want to drive to Charlotte just to do a 5K unless it’s one where ... I don’t know ... Chuck Norris and The Rock stand at the finish line to high-five you and put your finisher medal on you or something. Although people do travel to do races. I traveled to Las Vegas to do my. Picking up the champagne bottle I made my way back to the suite. Dusting as much sand off me as possible, I stepped into the room catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror across the room. I did a double take — not recognizing myself there, bewitched. The woman in the mirror looked wild, her eyes stormy, cheeks a rosy glow, long untamed hair hung in dark sheets over one shoulder, dark nipples jutting through her wet shirt. Numb fingers worked at the buttons down the shirt, peeling it away I.