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asked.
    “ No, I don’t. What is this about? Maybe I can pass on a message.”
    “ It’s about Scarlett, but we should tell him ourselves. I think we’ll wait, thanks,” Emer replied. She grabbed Joshua’s arm and began to pull him away.
    “ Wait. Is this about ‘The Legend’? Because, if it is, that is crucial information, and it should be shared with my Father.”
    “ Um… did we say ‘The Legend,’ Emer?” Joshua asked, trying to cover himself.
    “ No. We didn’t. I believe we said ‘Legacy.’ Right, Josh?”
    “ Right.”
    “ Don’t lie to me!” Lakyn growled, pinning Joshua to the wall. “Listen, I know all about ‘The Legend.’ I know who it is, so don’t play stupid with me.”
    “ Let him go!” Emer screamed and ran into the nearest classroom.
    “ Where is she?” he hissed in Joshua’s face.
    “ We’re not telling you,” Joshua told him. Lakyn clenched his jaw and lifted Joshua up higher on the wall by his throat.
    “ Put him down,” Emer told him calmly. Lakyn turned and saw her standing there in the entry to the Combat Room, holding an Archangel’s bow with the Tear Tip trained on him.
    Lakyn snickered. “You aren’t really going to shoot me, are you? You’ll be punished severely.”
    “ I’ll take my risks,” she told him, pulling back on the bow-string. The next sound they all heard was a whistling through the air and Lakyn’s moan as he crumpled to the ground, unconscious. Joshua fell to his knees and Emer dropped the bow. It clattered to the ground as she ran to join Joshua. Then two sets of boots appeared beside them. Emer and Joshua glanced up and saw Kat and Jacob. It was Jacob who had fired the tranquilliser dart into Lakyn’s neck.
    “ It’s only a sedative, and not a very strong one, in relation to angel blood, that is. He’ll burn it off soon,” Jacob told them as he lowered the dart gun. “We have to hurry.” He lifted Lakyn over his shoulder as if he weighed nothing at all, and Kat ran to join her friends.
    “ Are you okay, Josh?” she asked.
    “ Yeah, I’m okay now. Thanks.” He managed a smile while rubbing his sore neck. She helped him to his feet, and they followed Jacob.

    “ You’re helping me? How are you helping me by keeping me tied up? And who are you people?” Scarlett demanded
    “ We are a special sect dedicated to helping Angels with a true calling, like you,” replied Abel. Was he serious?
    “ Look, I don’t believe you. And if you don’t let me go, you’ll have to deal with Dyston. He’s coming.” She struggled again, but this time she felt hot. She was burning up, and they would have to deal with it, she thought. She sent a silent prayer to Dyston.

    Dyston flew over the city tirelessly searching for Scarlett, but there was no sign—until he received a message.
    “ Dyston, please help. I’m being held captive by a sect who says they help special angels.”
    He immediately knew who it was from.
    “ Be strong,” he told her. “If they touch you, fight back. I believe in you.”
    “ They have me shackled, and I’m burning up…”
    “ Keep calm, breathe. Do you notice anything about your surroundings? Can you see a window?”
    There were a few moments of silence, in which Dyst on grew increasingly impatient. He wanted to murder the people who held her. He was thankful when he heard her again.
    “ There’s one window. I’m surrounded by buildings.”
    “ Describe them,” he asked her.
    “ Three buildings, almost joining, made of bluish glass. The smallest one has a tree on the top.”
    Dyston flapped his mighty wings once and sped up, flying towards the main part of the Central Business District.

    Jacob carried Lakyn down several flights of musty, dark, concrete stairs.
    “ Where does this lead?” Kat asked. She stayed close by him.
    “ To the cells. Long ago, they were built to hold angels who rebelled against the Realm of Fire, and who then decided to follow Lucifer,” Jacob told her. “Listen, you