“Should I have brought catnip?” Jinx rubbed at her temples like she was elderly and not twelve years old as John glared at her with distrust. Malum moved toward Sadie, and she let out an ear-splitting roar that shook the floor while she kneaded her hand-length claws in and out of Scorpius’s back. Everyone winced. As my body vibrated with the aftershocks of a predator’s warning, it clicked in my brain that this was really happening. Sadie and Jinx were really here. And from the flames spreading off Malum’s skin, across the floor, she was about to be set on fire. “STOP!” I leaped to my feet.
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