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“She uses the blood to strengthen her spells” Dante leaned close

There was a shiver in his voice “I wish she would use a spell to make

her not look like that”

Daes of her

public persona Her face ithered and cracked Her hair, though

still blonde, was gnarled, as though rats had nested in it She had long

fingernails, and she used them to extract the blood she needed

The hag began chanting so didn’t

understand After a longthe

sanctuary retreated Now Meg could begin to see the walls of the

structure The ed to unveil the door, she would

be on the kings

“She’s been doing it for days,” Dante explained “She’s getting

close”