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In the house, Keeva grabbed the rifle and walked toward the door. Jane banged at the door of her room and shouted for Keeva. “Keeva, let me out. I won’t tolerate this.”
“She’s really mad, Keeva,” Noah said. The kitten, Aris, sat on his shoulder, giving Keeva a disapproving look.
“Now, for you two, I’ll lock you in your room, too.” Keeva picked Noah up. Noah wriggled and protested.
“I can do magic, Keeva. Orla taught me. I can help.”
“I can’t let a kid fight.”
“Let me down. You just wait here. Father will be back. He always keeps his promises. If I let you go out there and you get hurt, he’ll be mad.”
“Stop wriggling. I’ll wait if I can. I thought we had a wolf to use to bargain with the shapeshifters. They lurked around for hours and didn’t attack because we had the wolf. It’s on
