Callie
THE SPELL BOOK LAY on the ground at the base of the stairs, its cover bent back. We all peered through the banisters at Ben and the others. They were locked in battle, their focus firmly on each other. Mosby cowered in a corner, alive but terrified.
“What’s the plan, Reactive Girl?” Toby asked.
“Yeah, I mean if this is all you got, I’m going to be pissed,” Zo added.
All around us, I could see the threads of magic. Everything we did, even if it was to fight Ben, it just gave him more unstable power.
Be silent.
Be small.
“No magic,” I said. “Just force.”
Surprisingly, it was Julianna who nodded first. “He’s weak physically. We just have to get close enough.”
“No heroes,” Miss Trager said. “We only have to distract him long enough for Callie and Toby to get to the book.”
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