Chapter 29
George stopped in mid-bite. “Are you crazy? You don’t know what might happen if you do that.”
“ ‘Spell to increase one’s power,’ ” said Thomas, quoting the title. “It increases your power.”
“How?” demanded George. “What happens to your power? How does it increase?”
“It doesn’t say,” said Thomas. “It just gives the instructions.”
“And you want to try it anyway?”
“Aye. I need all the power I can get to face down the bishop.”
“If it works,” warned George. “What if it causes you to turn to ash instead?”
“It won’t do that,” said Eileen.
George raised his eyebrows at his sister. “And how are you so sure?”
“Well, the person who wrote it down probably did it.”
“So?”
“So if he did it, how could he have turned to ash?”
George’s eyebrows came down, and his eyes narrowed. He st
