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Kedie clenched its teeth and cranked up the temperature in its body. I yelped and was forced to release my sprite friend. Kedie flew out of my reach and spun around to glare at me. “That’s not nice!”
I pursed my lips. “Neither is what that dryad is going to do to Chris if we don’t stop it.”
Some of Kedie’s fury slipped away, but it still crossed its arms and turned its face away from me before lifting its chin. “Next time just ask nice, okay?”
I snorted. “I really hope there isn’t a next-” A noise in the distance made us both freeze.
Kedie flew onto my shoulder and scurried behind my head. Its tiny hands grasped my hair as it peeked out. “W-what was that?”
I shook my head, making the pixie swing from side to side. “I-I don’t know, but-”
A shout came from the distance but
