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Silently they walked into the parking lot--where Verlaine leaned against Ginger’s car, slightly disheveled Theya disturbance As soon as the doors swung shut, she said, "What just happened?"
Nadia didn’t answer--she couldn’t--and instead turned to Ginger "Did you do soer shook her head no and shrugged
"It doesn’ther hair up into a tail with both hands, Nadia breathed out in frustration "Your spell shouldn’t have worn off on its own Even if it weren’t strengthened by his--by there being a Steadfast around"
The answer hit her in a rush: Elizabeth
He was her crystal ball, herto the future--she still needed hion claws had been sunk into his fao now?
And she was still so attached to hi about Mateo, that she’d sensed the spell without even being there
How deep did that connection go? Would Nadia ever be able to free him? Was that even possible?
Nadia took a deep breath, trying to clear her head She realized that Ginger had been scribbling soer finished and held up her note: You’ve broken one of the First Laws You have no right to the Craft
"We’ll have to agree to disagree on that," Nadia said, but she felt like she was dying inside It was like all the anger her h Ginger into her--like somehow her mother had left because she knew this would happen, which made no sense but at this moment felt horribly true She tried to stick to the subject "Elizabeth did this You know she did Just like she’s the one who cursed Mateo in the first place--and cursed you"
Ginger only stared, but Nadia knew that was the saed herself and watched the" Nadia stepped closer "Soht at the carnival I know you don’t approve ofawful but--it’s not like what Elizabeth does, you get that ht? You’re--" Her voice broke, and a flush of sha "You’re the only other nonevil witch I know right now My one Elizabeth’s a Sorceress If we don’t stop her, I think a lot of people are going to get hurt And I’ to be the first Please, tell er jotted one ot into her car The door was sla a ride back home
Nadia looked down at the piece of paper, which said only, RUN
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