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worried,” Steve said.
                “But I’m not sure it helps us,” Kevin replied, shaking his head. “I was hoping for something that would tell me how to get back into Palisor without a dragon.”
                Steve looked puzzled. “I thought shifters could go through?”
                “Only one at a time,” Kevin said.
                “Like kids in a store?” Maisy said. “But that’s…”
                “I guess werewolves are too powerful,” Kevin said. “That, or maybe even the Hugtandalfer are worried about what would happen if the thing that could destroy the vampires were unleashed. Take another look at the fragment I got from Josh’s place. Is there anything about getting around the restriction?”
                Steve shook his head. “There’s just what Maisy read out.”
                “So I can’t get in?”
                “Not unless you could get Josh to come out,” Maisy suggested.
                Kevin nodded. “You’re right. But what could get Josh to come out of Palisor willingly? What would make him give up everything there? Give up Briony?”
                “His kingdom,” Jake said. “You know how much Josh likes being in charge here.”
                Kevin took a deep breath as an idea hit him. “You’re right. He’s always so careful about reminding people that he’s in charge. Even when he left me here, he made such an effort to say that I was only filling in. If he thought I was taking over here, then he’d have to come back to try to reassert his claim.”
                “And try to kick your ass,” Jake pointed out.
                Kevin shrugged. “He could try. Right now, I’d like a chance to get my hands on him. He tricked all of us.”
                “So how are you going to take his kingdom off him?” Maisy asked.
                “Well, for a start, I’m going to declare myself king,” Kevin said. “The first of a whole new line of werewolves. He’ll hate that when he hears about it.”
                “If he hears about it,” Steve pointed out. “He’s on the other side of the gate, remember?”
                Kevin shrugged. “They found out about Briony even while they were over there. They can see here a lot easier than we can see there.”
                “Okay,” Maisy said, “maybe he’d find out. But why would the werewolves accept you. I mean, I know you’re alpha, but can you just declare that you’re their king? Don’t you have to have royal blood, or something?”
                “Or he could marry into royalty,” Jake said, with a thoughtful expression.
                Maisy and Steve both looked at him, smiling as they obviously caught on to whatever idea Briony’s brother was having. It took Kevin a moment longer.
                “What are you three… on no. No . I am not marrying Carol.”
                “But it’s the perfect solution,” Jake insisted.
                “Perfect for whom?” Kevin demanded.
                “Well, for all the vampires who aren’t a threat to humans,” Maisy pointed out. “I mean, if there’s genuinely something out there that can destroy all vampires, do you want it here? It could kill Jake.”
                “Even so…”
                “And he’s protective of his sister,” Jake added. “That alone might be enough to get him to come back here.”
                “It would be if I were going to marry her,” Kevin said. “But I’m not. Do you think I’d betray Briony like that?”
                “You’d be doing this for Briony,” Maisy said. “You heard what we translated. Josh is probably in Palisor even now, trying to find a way to get her to marry him.”
                Kevin shook