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“Tricia called me,” Angela said briskly, once Levi and Hayley were seated on a couch facing her and Connor. “She told me what happened. But I wanted to hear it from you, too. Are you absolutely sure the wards will protect us now?”
Levi wanted to shrug, although he knew such a gesture would only make it appear as though he was not terribly concerned about the situation, and nothing could be further from the truth. It was more that he couldn’t tell Angela with any confidence whether or not the town was safe. Yes, he’d put everything he could into those wards, and with Hayley’s extraordinary gift lending them strength, they certainly were an order of magnitude beyond anything that had protected the town before now.
Even so, he didn’t know whether it would be enough.
It was hard not to
