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I exhaled with a sigh and took hold of the snake again using thoughts of Morgan’s war and innocent children being killed to bolster my determination. I imagined my parents, helpless to defend themselves, and the devastation that would occur if creatures like the Lambton Worm, the Red Caps, or even the Nuckalavee ended up on Earth. Crackling power sizzled in my veins and I isolated the dark, malevolent part of that magic. Stoking it like a fire inside me, I drew the thick power toward the tips of my fingers and pushed it inside the snake. Both of the snake’s heads reared backward against Fenodree’s hold and its body started to seize as its scales around my hand grew darker. Once the circle of black emanating from my hand extended about three inches in all directions the snake went limp. My
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