“Like if your father was granted a wish and your mother was next to him, all the magic the fairy summons isn’t used up, so some might leach into the buckle on his belt or her locket,” August said. Her locket…it was perfect for that. The rings, too, and the flowers Monsieur Allard had used were made of glass. Henry’s cane was wood, but the wolf-head grip was metal. The gloves didn’t make sense, though. They were leather. Still, though, this was at least something they could pursue, even if it proved to be a dead end. Nathalie might have sold or reworked a leached object accidentally and spread
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