9 Ari went to talk our parents into leaving, which left Ro and me deciding what to do with the intruders so Mrs. Jepson wouldn’t return home and find two half-dead strangers in her backyard. As it was, her freak-out over her ruined rhodos was going to be epic. Ro talked me down from throwing the men in Mandelbaum’s abandoned warehouse and setting the entire thing on fire. Too bad. Sing some campfire songs, roast some marshmallows, obliterate some bad guys, I was really onto something here. Dragging the unconscious minions by their collars, I popped into the foyer of the Los Angeles chapter of the Brotherhood, startling a couple of witches talking at the reception desk. “Get Sienna.” They hesitated. I burst into full-body silver magic. “Now!” The two vanished. So many memories to rel

