10 Pikes “What were those things?” Larkin wiped the blood from her forehead with her sleeve as she drove. “Somnerri,“ Dexter said. “What?” Emilia asked. “They were Dragon guards before. It’s a spell, an awful spell. I heard rumors in the tunnels about the Pendragon wanting to make somnerri. But I didn’t think it was true.” Dexter shook his head. “The spell isn’t reversible. Those people will be stuck like that for the rest of their lives.” “Well, if we kill them all, they won’t have to worry about it for too long, now will they?” Larkin said. White eyes and taloned hands swam through Emilia’s mind. “Who would choose that?” “Who said Emile gave them a choice?” Rosalie said from the far back of the car where she was crammed in next to Molly. “How could the Pendragon even know about

