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The headston furrowed his brow at me in a what-the-fuck expression Cassandra was the school nurse and a siren More than that, she was Toland’s ations

“And Charles” I sighed “And Devra”

Toland’s eyes widened as I listed the other two e who specialized in spell detection and looked like an aard TA, complete with elbow patches Devra was an empath and the school’s psychic advisor, who looked randmother

It took a few ather the three staff members, as well as his assistant, Vesper They all seeht a few surprised looks when I suddenly took the lead

“We have to go downstairs,” I said Then I shuddered “Down a lot of stairs”

“You say you folloen down here?” Toland

sounded nervous, his voice bouncing off the stone walls as we descended the steps “All of you?”

“No” I shook aze trained forward—Oas dead, but that didn’t stop an irrational part ofhe’d jump out of the shadows any uys came down later”

“And how did you knohere to go?”

The question seeeneral, so I keptsomeone else take that one

“I heard her screarimly

“You couldn’t have” Toland glanced at him sharply “If you were in the classroom as you say—”

“In our heads,” Xero chi of a scream She drew us down here”

“She’s a strong succubus,” Cassandra put in drea me an almost impressed look “It isn’t impossible”

“All right,” Toland said begrudgingly “Then what?”