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Maybe the kid called Hawk—Gavin Hawk, apparently, though he adamantly refused to respond when addressed as Gavin—was more than he appeared, but Kim still found it a little bit odd that a spotty, belligerent teenager was allowed to sit in while two of the world’s most powerful wizards were in negotiations.
Maybe negotiations was too strong a word. Jeremiah Reed and Callum Galbraith stared at one another over the scarred IKEA desk and exchanged bland conversation that failed to conceal the threats beneath.
“As always,” Galbraith was saying, “our way of life is in danger. But as belief in magic wanes, our position becomes ever more precarious. If there is one thing mankind hates more than a direct threat, it is being proven wrong. This makes secrecy more essential than ever, and secre
