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"How did you create this spell?" The woer

I frowned at the e about, I could guess fro voice that I’d probably done soan" Leather Pants stepped into ht and stuck out her hand "And they are har that fire from before "Are you a witch?"

"No I’m an asshole It’s these two you want to talk to" She hooked a thu-willed," thecloser He stuck out a soot-stained hand to match his rumpled wardrobe "I am Desmond, but my friends call me Dizzy Nice to meet you We were about to head to our house for some dinner Would you care to join us?"

"I’ht we all had, we need a stiff drink"

"I don’t drink," I blurted, not able to get ical battle of soh the church, dead people littered the floor, and I was huddling in a broo this in stride, but I just couldn’t I probably needed therapy Lots of therapy "Myhard on er before, and if it did so again, that was it I was running

"Do you knohat’s not ladylike?" Callie grunted as she bent to get her satchel and then straightened up stiffly "Hiding in a closet when there is danger near That’s cowardly Real ladies aren’t cowards"

"Take it easy," Dizzy said in a low voice

"Take it easy my left foot" Callie turned and stalked for the door The word Savage cut through the faux-velvet across her butt "If she wants any hope of controlling her incredible gift, taking it easy is a waste of tiely clothed couple before following after them I could tell that was my invite

In a split-second decision, I hastened after the iven the coven directions to turn theood guys, but for right now, they were the best I had

They were also headed for the door If they turned into baddies, I hoped I’d be faster than Reagan Because running was about the only option I had left at this point

"They are the best in this area, and they don’t usually take on apprentices If I were you, I’d see what they have to say," Reagan said, sounding tired but completely at ease

Flutters filled my belly as alked past the coven I looked away, not able to bear it But as alked into the ered with shock I’d expected chaos, but nothing at this level Bodies littered the floor, along with great black scorchcolored textures and patterns like I’d seen boil out of the cauldron

"This isn’t norh the air, indicating theup the pace "This is et into skirmishes far more than is healthy"

"This is a skirmish?" I asked

"Well…no This is a clusterfuck But you knohat Ioutside open "So, what do you say? Fancy some dinner? You can ask questions"

I hesitated I’d ended up in the church because of unanswered questions I’d ended up helping with that potion for the saht now Call a cab, get in, and never disobey ed on my memory Plus, they’d talked about creatures out of fables as if they were real, and I needed to know if there was anything to it That wasn’t the real reason I followed theure out the piece ofele hollow my entire life

I wanted to know if there was a place I truly fit If I was at all like ed in the world of the ordinary