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was
really stuck. The ghost moved in what looked like a belly
laugh.
    Tanesha was about to say something sassy to
the ghost when the ghost became very still. Alex’s attention turned
to something down the hallway.
    “ Serpents!” Abi yelled.
“Fairy corps!”
    Alex Hargreaves gave a low whistle and, as
if by magic, ten men appeared in the hallway. Alex’s eyes were
locked on something at the end of the hallway.
    “ Gino,” Alex
said.
    “ Sir?”
    “ Drop,” Alex
said.
    Gino threw himself at Yvonne and Dionne.
They tumbled to the ground.
    “ Fairy corps!” Abi
yelled.
    Alex started pointing and moving.
    “ Sir,” a young man said.
“I don’t see it.”
    Alex pointed to her nose. He took an
exaggerated sniff and nodded. Tanesha suddenly remembered that Alex
and her team had been there right after they’d killed the serpent.
She wondered if the serpents planned to take them to the Sea of
Amber as well.
    “ Fairy corps!” Abi
yelled.
    “ Hang on, Tanesha,” Alex
said under her breath. “It’s going to get interesting.”
    Alex pulled a handgun from a holster near
her belt, and started running down the hallway. Tanesha grabbed a
tuft of hair and held on for dear life.
    “ Ow,” Alex said under her
breath. “Maybe not that tight.”
    Alex had just passed the hallway they’d come
down when Tanesha saw it. It was a serpent in the shape of a man.
Without hesitation, Alex raised her handgun and shot him in the
forehead.
    “ You need fire,” Tanesha
yelled. “That’s the only thing that kills them.”
    Alex clapped her hands and two men appeared
with actual flame throwers. The serpent-man was on fire when Jeff
entered the hallway.
    “ You’re next,” the
undercover bodyguard said to Jeff, who started screeching with
fear.
    “ He’s still going to
blow!” Tanesha yelled loud enough for Alex to hear.
    “ He’s going to blow!” Alex
repeated.
    She turned in place and started running down
the hallway. Her team helped pick up Yvonne, Dionne, and Gino.
They’d just made it to the doorway when the man started to
swell.
    “ Fairy corps!” Abi yelled.
“You know what to do!”
    The fairies circled the man with their wands
out. They created a clear barrier made of energy around the man.
The man exploded in a massive fireball held in place by the
fairy-made container. Tanesha watched in fascination as the man
exploded in yellow fire and burned with dark smoke, all held inside
the fairy magic. When the man was gone, the remaining immature
serpents burned in yellow and orange flames. The fairy energy
barrier held in all of the fire and smoke.
    When all that was left was smoke, Abi flew
in front of Alex’s face.
    “ Anything else, sir?” Abi
asked.
    “ Thank you for your help,”
Alex said.
    “ Any time,” Abi said.
“We’ll keep an eye out in case they sent someone else.”
    Alex gave her a curt nod to dismiss her.
    “ Yvonne?” Alex led Yvonne
and Dionne away from Gino. “Sorry about all the drama.”
    “ What was that?” Yvonne
asked.
    “ Nothing now,” Alex said.
“Let’s get you cleaned up.”
    “ What
about. . .” Yvonne pointed to where Jeff was sitting. “He
said he was already starting another site.”
    “ Wasn’t that nice of him?”
Alex asked.
    “ Nice?” Dionne
asked.
    “ If he hadn’t, we wouldn’t
have been able to track down every single person he works
with.”
    “ And all his money?”
Yvonne asked.
    “ And all of his money,”
Alex said with a nod. “There’s an interagency argument about who
gets him first. Of course, we transferred every penny out of his
accounts about an hour ago. I’d be surprised if he survives the
day. Of course, we’ll do our best.”
    With a smile, Alex took Dionne and Yvonne by
the arms and led them away from the people and the mess. Just as
they were turning, Tanesha saw another serpent coming out of the
ether to attack them. The fairy corps and Alex’s team responded.
Alex watched for a moment before leading the women out of