CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
FAMILY, DON’T YOU JUST HATE THEM SOMETIMES
Without the ability to teleport, it took us three hours to reach the loft.
I pinched my nose as we walked, in order to get the inflammation that would make it seem like I had the flu.
“Remember to speak through your nose, Chas,” my mother kept reminding me.
I hoped it would work. Fooling someone like Lord Crane wouldn’t be easy.
Lord Crane was quite surprised when he opened the door. It was as if he knew something was up, that we were planning something dangerous.
“Sorry we’re late,” my mother apologized.
“Not at all. You are just on time.” He stepped out of the way and let us enter.
“What’s wrong with Chastity?”
“She’s got a cold,” my mother answered on my behalf. “It doesn’t surprise me. She was dead on her feet afte
