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The spells were going to be a, she could tell--but what she wanted most noas the history And the Book of Shadows had it

"One cup of Aztec hot chocolate co … up" Mateo stood in the doorway that led fro at her with an odd expression on his face

"Does the Book of Shadows look incredible to you?" vzyl She could only ih a Steadfast’s eyes Maybe this book could even teach her hoas possible for a guy to possess that kind of power

"I--uh--yeah"

Nadia suddenly realized howhe could see with her knee bent like that, and she tugged the robe around her snugly as she sat up and accepted the cup of hot chocolate The water’s chill still clung to her despite the nearness of the fire, plus chocolate was always a good idea--but this stuff was a There was a spiciness to it that ed as he sat cross-legged in front of her; the warht painted his dark brown hair "Aztec by way of er to add some heat--well, people at La Catrina like it" His hand rested on one of the fluffy towels still wrapped around her foot "This book--this is i to find?"

"And then so She has a lot of history in here, too; I’ht now If she was a witch here when Captive’s Sound was founded, then there’s no telling what she ht you said this was a book of spells"

"It is," Nadia explained, "but she has journal entries in here, too Some witches only put spells in their Book of Shadows; others use them like diaries Soht way Luckily for us, Goodwife Hale was heavy on the diary entries See, this talks about her fleeing Salem--this one , which I definitely need to know--"

Nadia straightened Her hand froze at the place where she’d been scanning, and her eyes read the words over and over without being quite able to believe them

"What is it?" Mateo leaned forward to look, which spared her having to say it aloud

Together they read the nao

"So her faoes ay back," Mateo said, which seemed obvious, but Nadia could tell even he was freaked out by finding the saain "Well, what does it say?"

"Let’s see" Quickly Nadia skireat power; led the coven here--I knew there had to be a coven once, but then--oh"