Chapter 11
The Snake in the Grass
Katie finished a second wand with a deep-orange topaz while Penny searched the old book for the spell that had gotten her and her bicycle airborne the day before. She finally located it, a single page filled with writing surrounded by dozens of blank pages. Most of the pages in the old book were still blank. Still a lot to learn.
Bright light filled the hollow again, drawing Penny’s attention away from the book. She waited for the final echo of The First Magic spell to die out and the bright topaz glow around the hollow to dim.
“I bet that’s beautiful at night,” Zoe said, then joined Penny in regarding the page before them. She read, bending low over the page when she reached the invocation. “What does that mean?”
“I don’t know,” Penny said. “I
