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"I was assigned here by ed phone nuet rid of Bigglesworth Call "

"Take care, lad" MacLean paused "And thanks for the rescue I owe you one" Before I could answer, he closed the door

I retraced , and swooped over the balustrade toward the main floor far below My head spun with new information Illu it on--gross!

The rug jerked to a halt Unprepared, I tumbled over the side, hts had so absorbedattention The breath sla on the cold led

"Why, bro-bro, what are you doing here?" asked asped for breath, I frantically rolled to the side before Ivy could do anything horrible to rinned with a to do anything bad to you in front of all these nice people"

I noticed students staring ath it up," I gru I climbed to led again "It was pretty funny"

My jaent tight "There’s nothing funny about trying to kill someone, much less your own flesh and blood, Ivy"

"But, you’re evil," she said, batting eyelashes over large innocent eyes

"And I don’t appreciate the little gift you left for Elyssa"

"Oh, Mr Bigglesworth got the doll to her?" She clapped her hands "I’ll bet Nightliss was so shocked"

"She didn’t see it" A htened aroundup my neck and into my forehead My sister was so messed up Was she beyond hope?

Ivy’s mouth fell open, and her eyes ith disbelief "But, why? I worked so hard on that" She narrowed her eyes "Are you lying to ht? I’ll bet she freaked"

"No, she didn’t," I growled "It’s not nice to threaten people"

"She’s not a person" Ivy crossed her ar"

"Yeah, yeah, a horrible agent of darkness" I held host andto get you"

My sister’s blue eyes went hard "You are beyond hope, Justin"

"You’re the one beyond hope," I shot back "And your Bigdaddy tried to suffocate round lair Who’s the evil one now?"

"He did?" For the first tilesworth tried to kill me today, too Stick that in your pipe and smoke it"

Ivy quirked her ht! look "I’e to grab her by both ar in, a snarl on my face "Nobody deserves cold-blooded murder, especially not fa froy coalesced in her paler transforht back sudden moisture and backed away from her "You’ve already hurt me, Ivy" I wipedin a deep breath to ward off the pain, I gave my sister one last look, turned, and walked away

"Where are you going?" she said, her voice full of surprise She ran ahead of me and held out a hand "Justin, coive you, and we can fix you Mommy is there, and I’ll be there, and you can be a part of a happy faether in supplication "Please? Pretty please with sugar and ice creadaddy he can convince you I prouys"

"You’re not," I said si you to take over the world"

"No, no, no, the Brightlings are good, Justin" She grabbed my hand "Please, come I promise you’ll see!"

I actually considered it for ato Jereht helping Daelissa was a good thing Had she brainwashed them? Promised them power? I couldn’t think of any other reason why they’d want the Seraphiain "Ivy, do you knohat Daelissa and her people did the last time they ruled this world?"

"Oh, they didn’t rule it," she replied "The Darklings invaded and alht back and al up the Grand Nexus"

"No, it’s the other way around," I said