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It only took us ten blocks in traffic to work out a plan. It wasn’t the best plan, but I had never been a part of a magical hostage situation before. Devon and Elizabeth agreed with everything I said. I don’t know if it was because I had suddenly formed a commanding personality, or if I just looked that close to the edge.
“Neither of you has to do this,” I whispered when the cab was only a block from where I asked the driver to stop.
Elizabeth said, “We know,” at the same time as Devon said, “Yeah, we do.”
“We’re not letting you go in there without backup, Bry,” Devon said.
“And we’re too far in this thing to back out now,” Elizabeth murmured as the cab stopped.
I let the man swipe the black card. He kept it in hand until the others climbed out. “Listen, kid,” he said, “I don’t kn
