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“Who killed Jay?” he barked out.
“Who are you?” Ciaran asked.
“Bricius, we didn’t kill Jay. A creature in Jacob’s form, the form you forced the kid into, killed him,” Lorcan said.
“Who are you to judge me? What do you know about losing a son?” Bricius snarled, anger flaring in his eyes.
“The creature took the stone, too. And we have the key. We can work together to find the stone, and then we’ll discuss the key.”
Bricius laughed dryly. “You must be Ciaran LeBlanc. You might have a lot of power in the multiverse, but not in the middle of the Earth.”
“I don’t need power here to work our way out of this. If we fight, the consequence might be tragic, and neither of us will have a good outcome.”
“I can’t see how we can possibly collaborate. There’s only one key, and we both want it.”
