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adrenaline rushed through her, Val swept forward and smashed the heel
of her hand into the womanтАЩs nose, twisting her wrist and dragging her
fingers across her eyes even as she stepped back and fired a low kick to
the back of her knee.




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The woman toppled and, even as the male lurched forward, Val
snatched the rapier from the womanтАЩs belt and spun on him. тАЬOne more
step and youтАЩre eating steel.тАЭ
тАЬWho are you?тАЭ he growled, watching in perfect stillness as she laid
the edge of the blade against the womanтАЩs neck.
тАЬI think youтАЩve got this backwards,тАЭ Val said with wry amusement.
тАЬIтАЩve got your companion under the swordтАХI get to ask the questions
now.тАЭ She spun the rapier, nicking the womanтАЩs neck. тАЬAnd if you even
look as though youтАЩre going to cast a spell, witch, IтАЩll cut your throat and
let you bleed to death in front of me. Keep your hands on the floor.тАЭ
Question is, she thought with a dry internal laugh, how long can this
stand-off hold?



RavenтАЩs eyes snapped open and it took him a moment to orient
himself. It always did. He stirred slightly, then willed himself to rise. His
feet were silent against the stone floor as he tread to the communications
center. A quick check revealed that his message had been received, and a
confirmation sent. A TAU agent was on the way.
Wonderful. He looked at the time and frowned, then switched over to
the active monitoring system he had set up for the rest of the house. He
assumed that the agent had been given directions, so by all rights he
expected to find a stranger waiting in the living area or the kitchen.
The house was empty and, for all he could tell, had been so since
heтАЩd gone to bed at dawn. That struck a sour note and he walked to the
door with a frown. He keyed it open and stepped into the hallway beyond,
senses tuned for any sign of trespass.
HeтАЩd have smelled if anyone had entered; the only human scent he
picked up was that of the maid, who came by once a week, and even
those traces were faint. He did expect the agent to be human, though it
was at least vaguely possible theyтАЩd send an elf with predominately
human features. He considered it unlikely, but, in an infinite universe,
even the most unlikely event was entirely possible.