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Jesus Twenty-four? Why couldn’t it have been one? Nice and simple

“What do we do with them?” I asked

“They need to be replaced in the rooinal ones were There should be a schematic in the school’s secret files Toland will knohere to look The iet the stones back to the school There’s a decent chance the original owner enchanted the rooe the stones in the correct order autoht into the space”

“And the spells?” I asked

“Worry about all that later,” Dru said sharply “I’ll keep looking for inforure out a way to get your hands on those stones Nothing else matters until you have them”

“We’ll get theston promised with a lazy wave of his hand “There are rocks for the taking around here”

“They aren’t just any old rocks” The Custodian sounded like he wished he could step through the phone and shake Kingston

“Don’t worry about hi it a little closer to hisfor”

“Good Then hurry up It’s getting crazy here on earth Things are… well, we need all the backup we can get Call me when you procure the stones”

Dru hung up, and as soon as the line went dead, every eye turned to Xero

“So? What are we looking at, Xero?” I asked, unconsciously fisting my hands as I braced for the answer

He shook his head and ran a hand over his short hair “I’ve heard of them When I was in Gavriel’s army, I heard that name mentioned The Temple Stones of the First Order They’re incredibly powerful, which uarded At least, the ones above ground are”

“You knohere to find theht?” Jayce asked worriedly

“Ehh—I kno to find clues on where to look I worked in the mines for a while when I first came here Gavriel likes to break his new recruits with hard labor and promises of food Hit a little too close to home for me”

Jayce winced “I bet the cave we transported into isn’t one of those uess”