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It’s sad when the highlight of my day is listening to my boyfriend’s voice come out of an ugly bird’s mouth.
At least Kevin was delivering good news. An entire army’s worth of volunteers will be coming on the day of Mavis’s trial. If they can free her…
I stop that thought. If the monsters come through, I will cheer them on. But the only person I can truly count on saving Mavis is myself.
With the sword.
If only I could get it into one piece.
“This sword is killing me,” I cry out in frustration.
“At least it's not literally killing you,” Cassie replies.
It just doesn't make sense. It doesn’t even look like if should fit together, the teeny blade and the massive gem.
“I don’t know, Edie,” Cassie says, her eyes roving over the three pieces—hilt, blade and jewel. “It just won’t… st
