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dragged in a breath of t
pressed against her cheek. A wave of nausea hit her stomach so hard
, a top-tier occultist who had spent decades mastering the arcane. But she was also this Ali
s on the floor, tryi
cars, both fresh and old. Her muscles gave out. She collapsed back onto
pounded against the wooden s
red the dead sil
a
hinges snapped. Sharp splinters flew past
ustom-made haute couture dress that cost more than a car. In
the gutter," Britney sneered, lookin
t cower. Sh
es, usually wide with terror, were
d, her expensive heels clicking sharply against the floorboards, and shoved the f
ifted slightly, focusing on the
ing wisp of black smo
ng her as a sink for all her own misfortune. But the rule of the tether w
hammer. The sharp click echoed i
d into a microscop
that the attack would reflect automatically, but Alice wasn't about to leave the trajectory to chance. The sigil acted as a spiritual magnifying glass, ensurin
s freak," Britney screa
shot ne
The kinetic energy in the chamber violently reversed, defying every law of physin
king was loud and wet. Her hand bent b
hitting the floorboards an
, clutching her mangled wrist. Her perfectly contoured face twis
ow and fluid. She brushed the dust off her faded ho
shrieked, scooting backward on th
over and look
her voice flat and devoid of emotion. "You d
f high heels echoed. Candice Walla
ward the corner of the attic, grabbing a worn canvas bag. She swept t
aw her precious daughter kneeling i
am ripped from
nd raised high, aiming a vi
r momentum carried her forward, and she tripped over a loose f
wn at the mothe
ne with the Wallace
stepped over the broken door frame, and wa
ice screeched from the attic
threw the word o
. The blinding afternoon sun hit her face. She closed her e
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