"Let him go or she dies," came a voice from the other end of the room, as Terzin appeared, one hand grasped around Mandi and Clint's mother's neck, a knife in the other. "You may not care, but Mandi will."<br/><br/>"Mandi," Valerian said, sensing her lover standing up. "Don't react, that's what he wants." She sent Geri a telepathic message. "I can't attack him, not without risking hurting her in the process. I'm not suggesting we surrender but...we need a plan." She felt her grip on her blade tighten. "What about my brother? What about Duncan?"<br/><br/>"The other fairies are unharmed," Terzin replied. "But my guards are keeping them sufficiently...busy."