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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
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“Well … he’s unconscious and I’m not, so I suppose I didn’t lose.”

“Well done!”

“Thank you. What do we do now?”

“I’m still in New York, so I’m going to need Never to come get me. I have a way to stop all of this. I just need to talk to Richard Melior.”

“But he’s about to kill Valkyrie.”

“Why’s he going to do that?”

“To resurrect Abyssinia.”

“How much did I miss?”

Omen looked around. “Like, a lot.”

“Come get me, Omen.”

“But they’re all in Coldheart Prison, and we don’t know where it is.”

“I’ll call the High Sanctuary, see if maybe they’ve managed to track it down. In the meantime, you call Never.”

“I don’t know if he’ll answer,” said Omen. “Last time I spoke to her, he was really mad with me.”

Temper said, “Be your charming best, slick. Valkyrie’s life depends on it.”

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Omen stepped off the bus just as his call was answered. “Never, thank God, you have to help us!”

“I can’t,” Never whispered. “I’m in the High Sanctuary. Surrounded by Cleavers.”

“What?” said Omen, colliding with a crowd of people hurrying the other way. “Why?”

“The Supreme Mage brought me in.” Never sounded nervous. Very nervous. “At first, I thought I was in trouble, y’know, for all of us going to San Francisco? And I thought, I swear to God if Omen Darkly has got me expelled I’m going to kill him. But it wasn’t that. The Supreme Mage needs me to bring a bunch of Cleavers to help your friend.”

Omen started walking. “What friend?”

“Your only other friend apart from me. The murderous one.”

Omen’s eyes widened. “Valkyrie? Do they know where she is?”

“I think they know how to find her, yeah. The Supreme Mage is going to draw a sigil on my arm to link me to an auxilium on Valkyrie, whatever that is, and then we wait around for her to activate it. Apparently, all I have to do is close my eyes and teleport and I’ll end up right beside her. That’s blind teleporting, Omen. I haven’t done that before. I don’t think anyone has. I’m terrified.”

“Never, you’re going to be fine. You can do this. You’re a natural – Mr Renn is always saying that. I believe in you.”

“Yeah,” said Never. “Thanks, Omen. That actually … that actually helps.”

“But I’m going to need you to not do it.”

He could hear Never’s scowl. “Why would I not do it, Omen?”