"Dawn," a voice called from behind me. I whirled and found Seph standing outside the History of Defense classroom next to the gym. "You all right?" Nodding, I started toward her, and when I was close enough for only her to hear, said, "We need to do a séance for Vickie, but there's a black moon tonight so we need to do it early." She stared at me and then swallowed hard. "So lunch while séance-ing?" "Yes. Can you ask Jon to come? I'll ask Morrissey in gym class, see if she can slip away from Echo's guard for like ten minutes." She arched one brow. "And your shadow? The one named Ramsey? He'll be there too?" "He's not my shadow. He's just..." The words stuck in my throat because I didn't really know what he was anymore. An ally, I thought. Maybe a friend. "Uh-huh." Seph clicked her

