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But I sure wasn’t going to be the first to bring it up

"I thought that would just wear off," I said instead

"Yes, well, that’s e told hier on hu up here" He raised an eyebrow, his eyes going around the group

"Caleb came at my request," I told him, "to reverse a hex And the coven leaders areuh Helping hiht it, although the Valkyrie did lower her wand thing I still didn’t get a good look at it; it disappeared inside her coat faster than a cell phone in the hand of a teenager Which didn’t ain just as quick

Caleb, on the other hand, looked visibly relieved

At least until the little witch caht But despite the wall incident, he wasn’t the target "Jonas Marsden! Just the

"I want to knohat you think you’re doing, letting this girl go untrained!"

"We are training her," Jonas said patiently "But there are priorities--"

"Priorities? Like allowing her to go about couards, as you can see And wards And norned to her, as well--"

"None of which kept us fro in here--"

"Yes, well, your skill set is so the lobby apart! Where the girl wasabout, completely alone, and completely defenseless--"

"She isn’t as defenseless as she appears, as I believe you discovered And in any case, ould you have me do? Lock her up?"

"I would have you show so before this Old rivalries are well

and good, but when lives are on the line--"

"You think I would deliberately endanger--"

"I think you have endangered--"

I stopped listening I wasn’t interested in hearing a bunch of people debate ain I wasn’t interested in hearing them talk at all

I was interested in Jules

"Can you remove the hex or not?" I de at Jonas Now she turned the glare on me For a second, before her eyes softened "Yes, yes Well, probably," she hedged "But it’s hardly worth the effort--"

"Not worth the effort?" I stared at her

The roorew suddenly quiet

"She didn’tat me with pity in her beautiful eyes

"Then how exactly did she mean it?"

"You e that it was designed to do Re it noill prevent more, yes, but"

"But what?"

"But it cannot reverse that which has already been done," she toldthat can"

Chapter Twenty-five

I don’t knohat happened then I wasn’t hearing the Jules I took care of you Take care of me

I knelt on the floor beside him