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Meg flew back, and this ti

where she had previously found safety She saw stars and the world

started to go dark around her

You stay awake The voice was ferocious now It slapped at her

o under

Liadan fell on her She sat on Meg’s waist, holding her doith

the bulk of her body and wrapped her good hand around Meg’s throat

She tried to struggle, but Meg couldn’t get her legs to move under the

heavy weight of the witch

“I need

erected,” Liadan explained with a ghoulish grin

Meg felt for the cool num She’d dropped it

when she hit her head Her fingers clawed through the mud,

desperately trying to find it Liadan’s hands were choking the life out