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Eoin closed Alice's bedroom door and let his magic flow around its frame, locking her in again.
“What was that all about?” asked Max, studying his grandfather's face. He had lost some color and deep wrinkles creased his forehead.
“I do not know,” he muttered.
They reached the top of the stairs in time to see a rush of activity below. Nodrik and his brothers ran by, then Fuster. Milly Marietta shuffled by faster than they'd ever seen her move.
“Milly, what's going on?” asked Eoin.
Her cane thumped and clunked against the wood floor. “Put your big boy pants on. We've got an ogre infestation,” she called over her shoulder.
Eoin and Max glanced at one another, then hurried down the stairs and out the side door as fast as Milly would allow. The pixies had mounted the birds. Analea and
