Shadowrun - Novel - 18 - Worlds Without End.pdf

Shadowrun Caroline Spector - Worlds Without End
your endless fascination with being involved in the
machinations behind things, you've missed the
point. As usual."
"You're jealous," he said.
"What?"
"You're jealous."
"Of what?" I was baffled at this sudden turn in
the conversation.
"Of me. Of my power. You couldn't stand it when
I surpassed your abilities."
"Don't be asinine."
"Oh, do you deny it?" he asked. He had a competitive,
smirky expression on his face that I wanted to
slap off.
"I won't even dignify that with an answer. The
things which you pursue, Caimbeui, are vainglorious
and, ultimately, irrelevant."
"That's something else you do," he said. "You always
call me Caimbeui. I haven't been called by that
name in three hundred years."
"Very well. Harlequin," I said. "But this is all beside
the point. The point is you think the Horrors
have returned and that you have beaten them singlehandedly,
don't you? Or at least once. I have no idea
what actually happened in Maui because you always
leave things out when it's not all about you."
He gave me an annoyed look.
"Very well, Aina," he said sullenly. "There was a
group of kahunas using blood magic on Haleakala.
They managed to open a portal—some of the Enemy
even managed to get through. But they were stopped
in time. They were sent back into the void.
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"See, nothing to worry about."
"Let's see. First, you encounter them on the
metaplanes. You manage to 'defeat' them there.
Next, some of them manage to breach this plane.
And you think they've been dealt with?
"Well, I've been having dreams lately and I think
you're wrong. I think you failed."
He laughed.
"Aina has a dream and we're all supposed to
tremble in our boots. Is that it?"
"I had forgotten this charming side to your personality,
Caimbeui. I've been right before."
"And you've been wrong."
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