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"Neither do I," Casimir said "But I told you before, I don’t know a lot about obeah"

"So you’re saying this bitch hexed Daisy with a fucking toothbrush?" Jen asked in disbelief

"I’ it’s possible, Miss Jenny-bird," Casimir said to her "If you can take a DNA sample from a cheek swab, you can build a spell around a toothbrush"

All of this standing upright and talking was setting off fresh waves of agony inskull "So can you undo it?"

"Well, we’ll see, won’t we?" He beckoned, or at least the two overlapping blurred figures of Casi "Come into my altar rooetically to Jen "But there are soue and Occult Monthly under the counter"

She nodded "Thanks"

Casih the door at the rear of the shop into his altar room From what I could make out, it was a lot iven his relative flauided irl Now, just et everything ready"

Getting everything ready turned out to be a pretty co of a tasseled and knotted scarlet cord around the waist, the lighting of candles and incense, the consecration of water with salt, the blessing of various instru an atharinding of special ink in apain, it would have been fascinating I’d never actually seen the Fabulous Casimir--or anyone, fabulous or otherwise--perform a ritual like this before Under the circumstances, I pretty much just knelt quietly in front of the altar withht

"Okay, Daisy" Casimir knelt opposite me "I need you to hold still while I draw the seal"

"No proble a design onto my forehead "This is a seal of protection If it works, you’ll be protected for as long as the i as a henna tattoo"

Great, so I was going to look like a freak with a henna tattoo on ainst my skin "You’ll still need to find the charm and dismantle it to be safe"

"What char my head

"Whatever she used to fix the spell," Casimir said patiently "Hair, toothbrush, whatever It could even be a photo of you"

"Like a voodoo doll?"

"It’s the saic, basically You know, in your line of work, you really should invest in a high-quality amulet," he added "Or ideally, a permanent tattoo"

"On my forehead?" I said in alarht was a bit unfair under the circuienist asks you a question, then sticks an instrument in your mouth "No, it doesn’t have to be on your forehead, Miss Daisy Protection spells work a lot better if you eical attack"

I squinted at his blurred face "Cooper said she had a ward A powerful one Is that like a protection spell?"

"M drahat felt like a couple of circles and a series of straight lines, Casilier bits "Who’s Cooper?"

"A ghoul," I said "He wouldn’t touch her"

"Really" Casimir’s hand went still "That would be a powerful ward," he mused, more to himself than ly drawing "Cowry shells have a long, rich history of occult association"

Tooto a fresh crescendo I squeezed e in the darkness I couldn’t let h "Cas?"

"Hmm?"

"Would a powerful ward protect dear Ehtest," he assuredsounds as Casi to invoke the spell Try to keep your eyes open"

I cracked e as he took up the black-handled athamé blade

"Bound be all powers of adversity fro the blade lightly around me "Bound be all ill-wishers and those who practice violence against the bearer of my seal! Bound and sealed by my hand and name shall be all who to seek to harainst the center of the seal etched onto le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>