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I tiltedhim the intimacy, the connection, that only vas pierced tender skin, and lightning bowed my body, called his name

Forever, he said, our new reed, and gave over to sensation

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

DRINK WITH ME

At dusk, the dragon was back, perching on the Chicago Lighthouse, where the Red Guards that inhabited it stayed silent and overnor were eager to ic

Mallory’s text hout the day when she should have been sleeping, and the rest of us were allayed by the sun, told quite a story:

BEGINNING WORK ON WEAPON MAGIC

WEAPON MAGIC IS WEIRD

SNACK BREAK! CREAM CHEESE DOUBLE BACON!

CB NEEDS "BACKGROUND NOISE" TV MOVED INTO BASEMENT 4 LIFETIME MOVIES HE IS ALSO WEIRD

MINORISH BASEMENT FIRE

IS NOW BIGGISH BASEMENT FIRE

FIRE CONTAINED WE DIDN’T NEED THOSE NAT’L GEOGRAPHICS ANYWAY

YAWN

I’D LIKE TO SEE ICELAND

PROGRESS!

APPEARANCE BY MINORISH BASEMENT FIRE’S ANGRIER, MORE FIREY COUSIN

FIRE CONTAINED TO CHAGRIN OF FIRE

WEAPON MAGIC IS STILL WEIRD

The later it got, the loopier the es Mallory and Catcher had been awake for thirty-six hours, refusing to sleep so they could figure out the bindingat dusk Being that ere vampires, and because ere headed into battle, there were of course ceremonies to be had while aited

According to the Canon of the North Aan House, a tradition established long ago by Peter Cadogan, the House’s first Master, at dusk before a big battle All the vaether withspeech that called the House to victory