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it.”
    â€œA bit awkward with the sword.” He glanced up to the road, grinned. “Fun though.”
    â€œLet’s keep the party moving. They probably have guards. Maybe some human servants—though it has to be tough keeping humans on tap if there’s as many vampires in there as you said.”
    â€œI didn’t see anyone alive outside of cages,” Glenna told her, “not when we looked before.”
    â€œThis time it’s live and in person, so if they’ve got any, that’s who they’ll send out. Hoyt you’d better take point, since you know the area.”
    â€œIt’s different, you see it’s different than it was.” Some of what he was feeling leaked into his voice, the emotion and the sorrow. “Nature and man have done it. That road above us, and the wall, the tower with the light.”
    Looking up, over, he saw his cliffs, the ledge that had saved his life when he’d fought with what Cian had become. Once, he thought, he’d stood up there and called the lightning as easily as a man calls his hound.
    It had changed, he couldn’t deny it. But still, in the heart of it, it was his place. He made his way through the rocks, over them, through the spray. “There should be a cave here. And there’s nothing but…”
    He laid his hands on the earth and rock. “This is not real. This is false.”
    â€œMaybe you’re a little turned around,” Blair began.
    â€œWait.” Glenna made her way over to him, put her hands next to his. “A barrier.”
    â€œConjured,” Hoyt agreed, “to look and feel like the land, but it isn’t the land. This isn’t earth and rock. It’s illusion.”
    â€œCan you break it down?” Larkin thumped a fist against the rock, testing.
    â€œHold on.” Frowning, Blair slicked back her damp hair. “She’s got enough mojo for this, or has someone in there with enough, we don’t know what else she has. This is smart.” Blair tested the wall herself. “Really smart. Nobody gets in unless she wants them in. Nobody gets out unless she wants them out.”
    â€œSo we just walk away?” Larkin demanded.
    â€œI didn’t say that.”
    â€œThere are more openings, pockets in the wall. Were,” Hoyt corrected. “This is a powerful spell.”
    â€œAnd nobody’s curious—people who come here, live here—about what happened to them.” Blair nodded. “That’s powerful, too. She wants her privacy. We’re going to have to disappoint her.”
    Hands on hips, she turned around, searching. “Hey, Hoyt, can you and Glenna carve a message into that big rock over there?”
    â€œIt can be done.”
    â€œWhat’s the message?” Glenna asked her.
    â€œGotta think of one, since Up Yours, Bitch seems a little too ordinary.”
    â€œTremble,” Moira murmured, and Blair gave her a nod of approval.
    â€œExcellent. Short, to the point, and just a little cocky. Take care of that, will you? Then we’ll get started on the rest.”
    â€œWhat is the rest?” Larkin wanted to know. He gave the wall a frustrated kick. “A stronger message would be to break this spell.”
    â€œYeah, it would, but right now I’m thinking she doesn’tknow we’re out here. That could be an advantage.” She heard something like a small blast of gunpowder, and turned to see the word Tremble deeply carved into the rock. Below it was another carving, of what she assumed was Lilith. With a stake through her heart.
    â€œHey, nice job. I really like the artwork.”
    â€œA little flourish.” Glenna dusted off her hands. “I paint, and I couldn’t resist the dig.”
    â€œWhat do you need to try the transportation spell?”
    Glenna blew out a breath. “Time, space, focus, and a hell of a lot of luck.”
    â€œNot from here.” Hoyt shook his