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I stared dumbly for a few seconds, wanting to do something heroic like leap from the edge and to the battle below. But then I would be dead as soon as I hit the ground, and what good would I be to Eric then?
I took a deep breath and pulled out the phone, tapping my way to the Quick Escape Spells at a Glance. Aarantha was at the top of the list, but I wanted a way down, not a tornado to do even more damage to the top of Eric’s poor, sentient house.
So, I scrolled down, hoping a spell would look right. Escata. The word jumped out at me like I had known I was looking for it. Like I knew the description was a speedy decent with relative assurance of survival before I read it.
I climbed up onto the brick parapet. The giant shadow was gaining on Eric. It was now or never. I wanted to look
