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I cli at the botto as miserable as I’d ever seen him He didn’t even lick

“Sorry”

Butch stared up at me with liure it out,” he didn’t even dispute me Which was really, really bad When your Chihuahua stops arguing with you, you know you’re in trouble

“Magus trap,” Greydusk said finally

“How does it work?” Chance joined the I to take the demon’s word that there was no way out So I watched him mime his way around the square too God, this really was hell No wonder Maury wanted out so bad

Greydusk explained, “Magical lines are drawn, and when the desired target crosses, they snap together, creating an unbreakable casement”

“Shit,” I said “So we just sit here, waiting for whoever to collect us?”

If possible, its gray skin went paler, sickly green, as if it contemplated the surety of its own death “I know of no way to break this enchantment”

For sure,it “Cut it out,” I said to Chance “There are four walls…we get it”

Expression sheepish, he returned to my side and slid an arht?”

“Yep” I pointed at the carriage “Youup a lot of roooes both ways?”

Greydusk nodded Having so to do seemed to help it I held outfor griure out a way out of this before our captors arrived, I wanted to be ready I flipped open the blue book and started reading

Most of the spells weren’t helpful Myback to nature, so there were lots of char around in your garden If I wanted a life like that, I’d never have to worry about gophers eatingthat could get us out of a us trap

“Balls,” I muttered

Chance knelt beside me “No luck?”

It was fantastic that he sounded surprised, as if he thought enough ofthat would help Min’s abilities were quieter, though I did believe her salves and crea properties His mother went more for result than special effects, and Lily’s ability hadn’t been flashy either I mean, when she went astral, she just laid there Not exactly ostentatious

“Would youthe red one for me?” In my bones I knee had to hurry

“Of course” He took it and sank down beside me “Can you cast all of these?”

“More or less”

I didn’t adopher spells Glancing up, I had an idea, so I plucked a sround, stood, and threw it upward as hard as I could At twenty feet or so, it plinked into an invisible ceiling and came back down That was probably why the quasits weren’t inside with us and instead had to content the from outside

Then it hit round Picked up a rock Which hted inspiration, I ripped the red grietic look I flipped the pages hed in relief when I saw it had no herbal co the related sigils

It was risky as hell, but I ned to drive away gophers If I tweaked it and cast it backward, I ive us a way out, provided whatever I su out, but he didn’t ask He justin its expression, like it believed I ht be able to break us out of the indestructible snare Watch me try

I drew ick up, so that it flared in sparks froertips In the air, I etched one syy swirled aroundfelt different in Sheol, darker and more dire Would my halo show my trip to the underworld as well? I’d be lucky if I didn’t becoifted humans hereafter, but I couldn’t worry about that now The spell swelled to a crescendo, pain boiled up froh ertips

“Advenio,” I shouted as I released it

Arrive

And so far away and closing the distance with terrible speed Rocks trembled as the creature came, frantic to answerhole opened up in the earth An enor rose before me; it had a lizard’s body and a worm’s head, and no eyes, but instead, its mouth ran all the way across its face It turned its blind head towardat the creature I’d called

“The Gorder awaits your orders,” Greydusk said softly

In soons, only with a more reptilian body I had no idea if I had any control over this beast By reversing the charm, I’d called it, but my mother hadn’t written couess how to proceed Magick had drawn it to

I su it out as I spoke “Lead us to safety”