Five
It was almost five o’clock by the time we got back to the precinct. We hadn’t spoken most of the ride. I’d been trying to figure out if there was any way I could use magic to manipulate the video footage and restore what had been blacked out. As Vinnie had said, the cameras had still been recording they just captured nothing. I’d never tried to use my abilities for such a task, but it shouldn’t be too difficult. For a fleeting moment, I considered reaching out to the Authority. They’d have someone with this particular skillset. But the moment passed and the anger that had been building for a decade washed over me again. I would not give them the satisfaction of crawling back to them in my hour of need when they weren’t there to help a grieving teenage girl in search of answers.
“You
