The ninja was fast, grabbing for Revel’s jacket, but another faerie dropped from the sky, slashing at his hand and wrist. Jac took several deep cuts, but would not be deterred, struggling to pull Revel from the vehicle.

“No! Not you!” Revel yelled in terror. Jac saw the driver smile at the recognition, a bald, broad shouldered man with a bushy red beard. Then the driver elbowed Revel in the back of the head, and leveled a double barreled sawed off at Jac, pulling the trigger.

The blast hit the ninja in the chest, knocking him back, gasping for breath.