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"You see today, Mr Lynch," Whelk said

"You knohat they say about s," Ronan replied "Ostendes tuum et ostendam meus?"

Gansey had no idea what Ronan had just said, but he was certain from Ronan’s smirk that it wasn’t entirely polite

Whelk’s expression confirmed Gansey’s suspicion, but he merely rapped on Ronan’s desk with his knuckles anda shit in Latin isn’t the way to an A," Gansey said

Ronan’s solden "It was last year"

At the front of the rooan class

Adam never showed

Chapter 13

"Mom, why is Neeve here?" Blue asked

Like heron the kitchen table The moment she’d co the bulbs in the badly designed stained-glass creation that hung over the table The complicated process required at least three hands and tended to be left untilShe needed so appointiving hihtless and uncertain

"She’s faripped the fixture’s chain as she wrestled with a stubborn bulb

"Faht?"

Maura shot Blue a dark look "You were born with larger ears than I re while she’s here"

The front door opened Neither of the of it, as both Calla and Persephone were about the house somewhere Calla was less likely, as she was an irascible, sedentary creature of habit, but Persephone tended to get caught in odd drafts and blow around

Adjusting her grip on the stained glass, Blue asked, "What sort of so?"

"A someone," Maura said, finally

"What sort of someone?"

But before her mother had tie way to run a business"

They both turned slowly Blue’s ar they felt rubbery when she lowered them The owner of the voice stood in the doorway to the front hall, his hands in his pockets He was not old, maybe mid-twenties, with a shock of black hair He was handsome in a way that required a bit of work from the viewer All of his facial features seelanced at Blue, an eyebrow lifted Blue lifted one shoulder in response He didn’t seem like he was here to murder them or steal any portable electronics

"And that," her ht fixture, "is a very strange way to enter sothis is a place of business"

There was indeed a sign out front, hand-painted -- though Blue didn’t knohose hand -- that read PSYCHIC And, beneath that:

"By appointrimaced into the kitchen Blue had left a basket of clean laundry by the kitchen counter and one of her mother’s mauve lacy bras sat on top in full view Blue refused to feel guilty It wasn’t as if she had expected h the kitchen

The man said, "Well then, I’d like to make an appointment"

A voice from the doorway to the stairsfor you," Persephone said

She stood at the base of the stairs, sely of hair The h Blue wasn’t certain if this was because he was considering Persephone’s proposal or because Persephone was quite a lot to take in at first glance

"What," the man asked finally, "is that?"

It took Blue a " rather than Persephone Maura julasses in the cabinet rattled Blue cli a box of lightbulbs

Maura explained, "It’s when three of us -- Persephone, Calla, and I -- read your cards at the same time and compare our interpretations She doesn’t offer that to just anyone, you know"

"Is it e that one stubborn bulb," Maura said, wiping her hands off on her jeans