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"Your father said I should let you in here when you were ready I don’t think you’re ready, but we’ve run out of time" She stepped out of the way and held up her hand to stopat E "That is all Penny’s, so if you steal anything, I’ll hunt you down and cut off your ar, ave me a hard look, clearly a little too worried aboutinto the hole in the wall

"Okay" My -ars alive, which is not impossible, they know you’re here So we need to hurry Soon they’ll drag Veronica out and do a de you trade yourself for her"

"They are going to cut off her finger"

"I wouldn’t put it past therants But now they’ll do it on our lawn So let’s get cracking"

My ain took up residence near the door The shouting had died down, and I looked out the o cars stopped in the es hopped out of each Just beyond them, I sais at his

"Why doesn’t Lewis call the police?" I asked

"He probably has But the guild has the Magical Law Enforcement office in this town in their pocket, so they can detour the huuild owns this town"

"For now," I said, because this had gotten personal, and the guild would not retain its hold over Seattle forever Not if I had anything to say about it

The inked into view--one ain I told my mother what I had seen

"They’ve taken down one of the roots," E into the rooround "I have no idea how old these spells are, but I wouldn’t want to chance using them"

"Probably wise" My mother pointed at the books he still held "I know you can use those But I don’t think Penny is ready"

Ehed in that humorless way of his "Don’t you?"

"Don’t sass ain "Sorry,one of the books

"Then you’ll need a stand," my mother said "Your father always used stands Very practical, your father It drove me batty" She stalked farther into the house

"There isn’t a lot that terrifies me, but that wo out the"We have ten o" Myup a handy little stand that held the book and even had a shelf for the necessary ingredients "There is only one, though"

"Take it, Penny" Ees of the one he held