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Okay, that was disturbing Before Nadia could think anyof a gavel A half dozen people see Mr Prasad, which was probably why his fah Nadia couldn’t bla

"Why wasn’t there a fire extinguisher in the haunted house?"

"Well, if there was an extinguisher, why didn’t anyone use it? Isn’t that so from the sinkholes, and now this? What exactly is the city council spending the infrastructure funds on? We demand an audit!"

"All I know is my salary pays for the fire department of this city, and if the fire department can’t find a damn three-story house ablaze in the ot a problem!"

"For once," Verlaine whispered, "this is al"

Almost--but the novelty wore off fast Within a fewover her shoulder at Asa--at the demon--with the wo So much so that any real kid of hers would have been annoyed Mrs Prasad kept petting his ar

Mom had acted that ith Nadia and Cole so with the rest of his kindergarten class at their "graduation" cereh spell that day but Mo directly because Dad and Cole were around Instead she just did that thing Mrs Prasad was doing now, radiating pride, so much that you almost hated it but didn’t really

All at once Nadia couldn’t stand it any longer It rong--beyond wrong--for Asa to sit there soaking up love he didn’t deserve He orking for Jereo on any longer

She has to know, Nadia thought, looking at Mrs Prasad She has to at least understand that so with her son I want her to look at hiht

So A spell of revelation

Never taking her eyes froers found the pearl charm on her bracelet For a moment she wished Mateo were here with her instead of on shift at La Catrina; still, she shouldn’t need a Steadfast’s power for this It was a stronger revelation spell than she’d ever used before She’d never had the eredients for it until now