“This is a most peculiar thing,” Yokel said. “And you say the ring unlocked it?”
“Yes, Po said it was a key…”
And right there and then we put the puzzle pieces together. The magical key in the Narrows that had caused the death of Roc’s parents was the same key I held in my hand at that very moment. The key was to unlock a book, and from everything I could tell, a magical book.
Yokel looked at me. “Who is Haralabos?”
“I have no idea.”
“What does this mean on the second page, ‘Find the Knight Angel’?”
Roc walked to the edge of the roof, peering out along the buildings. “I think it means exactly what it says. We find the Knight Angel, and maybe we find a way to destroy magic, and this key. No one else gets hurt because of it.”
“But where would we start?” Yokel asked.
“Oliver, where di
