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Angela
My fingers clamped down tightly on my phone, even as Connor gave me an expectant look. “What did you find, Luz?”
“Well, I had an idea to look through my cousin Consuelo’s papers and notes. She was the clan’s expert in dark magic, but also arcane magic, the sorts of spells that have fallen out of use over the years.” A pause, and then Luz added, “She’s the one Escobar’s daughter murdered.”
“I’m so sorry,” I said, but it appeared that Luz didn’t want my condolences, because she continued without missing a beat.
“Everything is still something of a mess, but a few of the cousins had started to organize her work as best they could, had at least begun to separate her books and notes into categories. Among all that I found an account from before our clan even settled here in Arizon
