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“Banks Marjorie Banks And I’ht on and I just thought—” She paused, and then continued in a desperate sort of rush, “I just thought you hter”

A runaway, Belle said That’s hardly dangerous

Maybe

Well, if you wanted to avoid any chance of the past repeating itself, we should be running an ordinary café rather than playing about with psycho charms

Psychoic And it wasn’t as if the charreater chance of collecting good fortune rather than bad

But those charic, even if we don’t advertise it, Belle said And it’s a sad fact that those without psi skills often align the are your only skills

No, but it wasn’t like I was much ical strength was one of the reasons behind ement from my family

That, and my sister’s death

Cat’s death, Belle stated, mental tone tart, was hardly your fault

But it was, if only because I’d tried to save hermy parents

Your parents would not have listened

But I could have at least tried If we’d both insisted, Moated—

My input wouldn’t have made any difference I’m your familiar, and one of the lowly Sarr witches besides

Unfortunately, there was a bitter edge of truth in that statement There were six lines of witches—three of ere considered “royalty,” and three ere rather disparagingly described as “commoners”