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"Athat Claire, Rachel, or both of the it too--"

"The other being that perhaps you moved it yourself"

I crossed ed a shoulder "Maybe you were upset with Rachel, and subconsciously you spelled your own na, but my expression must have been murderous because Noah drew himself up and moved on "Anyway, there’s some fuckery afoot, clearly, but I don’t think you’re possessed"

"Why not?"

"For several reasons, theto both of us--albeit with different manifestations--if I am not possessed, then you, too, are likely not possessed"

I lifted my chin "What’s your theory, then?"

"I’ve considered several"

"Try me"

Noah affected a bored tone as he rattled therowth hormones in milk--"

"But not possession?" My eyebrows lifted "What about reincarnation?"

"Please," he said with amused conterowth horood theories And they’re more likely than either of yours"

I flopped down on ht Daniel would be more helpful than you?"

We were both silent as rain druht," Noah finally said "What else did he have to say?"

I turned ested I have a wise and ure help my character on her quest"

"Brilliant, save for the fact that there appears to be no wise and ure Next?"

"Wait," I said as an idea dawned Re the Ouija board from Rachel’s birthday made me remember what I did on mine I remembered--

"Lukumi," I said slowly

"The priest? The Santeria priest? We’re back there, are we?"

"You sound skeptical"

"Well, I do have doubts, yes, but I suppose I should have seen that one co"

"I remembered what I needed to remember, Noah Just like he said I would"

"Which could be explained by the placebo effect"

I held Noah’s gaze "I think we should look for him"

"We did, Mara," he said calmly "We went back to Little Havana, and we didn’t find any answers there"

"Exactly," I said, leaning forward "The shop disappeared So’s up with his stretched languidly out in front of hiht operations, because of aniht be a bust, they clean up and vanish Hence the stray chickens wandering throughout Hialeah Satisfied?"

I shookfor science?"