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    Trying to keep the peace between two queen bitches definitely kept Liam on his toes. And now that King Oberon had mated Queen Cassandra, things were going to heat up big-time. Neither Court was pleased with Oberon’s decision to take another bondmate, let alone a truebond. Liam was thrilled for Oberon. Cassie was a strong siren, and more than capable of standing at Oberon’s side and facing both queens down. Seeing Oberon actually smiling? Far more worth it to Liam than all the electrons in the universe.
    Titannia had to be peeing purple kittens over the whole thing.
    Speaking of Raven, the man was trying to contact him. Li concentrated, and Raven’s voice filled his ears before he could say hello. “I have a problem, Li.”
    “Raven, my man, my main dude, my Edward in training. What can I do for ya?” Red spun until his monitors were once more in front of him and cracked his knuckles. “Have you met your Bella yet?”
    “They’re sending in the big guns to get me, and I can’t leave Nebraska.”
    Liam winced. “Ah. I was gonna head there in a few days myself. Who are they sending?” He began tapping keys, looking for any sign of Black Court activity. One name popped up, one that had him shivering in his canvas sneakers. “Sayyid is already in the area.”
    “Shit.” Raven sighed heavily. “Trace this earpiece I’m holding. I want to know who was on the other end.”
    “Was?” Liam tapped into his powers and followed the signal coming from their connection to the earpiece Raven held. “Ew, you touched a redcap’s ear?”
    “Liam.”
    “Fine,” Liam huffed. He found the faint ozone traces left behind by the electrical signal and followed it to a little B&B right off of…
    “You have problems. Big ones. He’s closer than I thought.” Liam’s tone deepened to the more familiar tones he used when he became Big Red, the pet gremlin of Robin. With Raven, as with Robin, he spoke in his Seeming’s voice, but with all others he was Red, the deep, gravelly voice who helped them crack databases and track down baddies. Not many would recognize Liam Kang-Dae Kwon, the Korean-American computer expert with the tenor voice and thick glasses. Every Blade the world over, however, was familiar with the deep, resonant tones of Big Red. “Sayyid is commanding the redcaps from a B&B in Omaha.” He began typing furiously. “Damn it. Did the ladies go out tonight?”
    From the clacking sound Raven made, they had.
    “Yeah. He was in the nightclub with them.” Tracing the signal through its electronic signals wasn’t hard for a gremlin of Red’s power. His chair creaked as his increased bulk tilted backward. “Good news is, his ass stayed put while he sent those dead—I assume dead—redcaps after them.”
    “Track his movements. Robin’s mate may be in danger.”
    “Again?” Red switched back to Liam, his voice returning to its normal tenor. “Damn it. I lost a bet with Howard. I said it would take two more days before she got into trouble.”
    Raven barked out a laugh before cutting the connection.
    “Love you too, cupcake.” Liam was used to the way the other Blades would cut his connection to them. He was rarely in the field the way they were, and often cutting him off was to save their own asses, or his. The times he did go into the field…
    Well. None could track Big Red if he didn’t want them too.
    “Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work I go,” he sang softly as he began tracing the locations of the Black Court heavies tracking Raven into Soybean Land.
    And if he happened to find them on their cell phones?
    Zap. One less bug to worry about.

Chapter Four
    Duncan and Jaden had taken one look at Aileen Dunne’s face and decided they really needed to visit Shane in his workroom. They’d left the women alone to face the wrath of Leo’s tiny, adorable mother, running so quickly for Shane’s converted silo they actually kicked up dust. Robin and Michaela laughed as they watched, but the