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My sister I rolled the words around inBut they never lost their power
"You said you knohere she is She’s with fah his curls and shook his head in a bereat-grand froive her a pass on the twins since I doubted there was any way for her to know about them unless Mercy herself had told Grands out of its butt
But her own randone from one to a full tree in a very short span of ti it all
"So you want rand Hood home?"
"I wouldn’t have phrased it like that"
"No doubt"
"Your great-grandmother isn’t the kind of wo your mind if I tell you on and I wouldn’t be fazed at this point But yes, I know she’s a witch"
"Well, her type of ic isn’t solely learned Vivienne is a witch by birth, which isn’t common Her mother is well-known in these parts as a witch of irave;re You ic as you would any weapon Respect it"
Magic was the one weapon I couldn’t turn on the wielder and use to e I had a healthy dose of respect for the stuff But Grandrave;re had to be pushing eighty, or enarian really do to me?
I knocked on Calluhts
"Bring hoive e"
I let out a breath "That’s it?"
"That’s it"
Chapter Twenty-Two
When I stunolia aiting for ood as I felt
"Are you okay?" She touched my arm as we moved towards the path back toin the nolia’s aro for a walk If you see Lucas, will you let him know?"
"Of course"
I walked past the houses and into the woods beyond The forest here was unlike anything I’d ever encountered In Manitoba, where I’d grown up, the woods were dense and populated with evergreen and birch The trees were plentiful, but none of thee of these oak In New York there were trees, but Central Park wasn’t a real forest No matter how deep in you were, you could still see skyline
Here, the space between the trees ide open, but the oak branches spread wide and heavy, blotting out thethe area beneath feel war shadow, I felt protected Once I’d e of Callu the darass seep into my jeans
Holden sat down next to me
"Have a nice chat with your uncle?"
"I have a sister And a brother"
The vampire whistled his appreciation for the boht?"
"So, you are unhappy? You look like someone slapped you"
"I feel like so an only child?" he teased
"I don’t think I’ize, but he did say, "Okay"
"Callu Lucas unless I do"
"So? She’s a girl You’ve found girls before"
"I don’t like it"