squeeze hers back. “No. I’ll hurt you.” “You didn’t hurt Baz.” “Maybe I did—he’d never admit it.” “Maybe it didn’t hurt him,” she says, “because he’s already dead.” “Baz isn’t dead.” “Well he’s not alive.” “I . . . I think he is,” I say. “He has magic. That’s life.” “Morgan’s tooth—imagine if you could do it again. If you could actually control your power, Simon.” “Baz was the one controlling my power.” “It was like you were focused for the first time—directed. You were using him like a wand.” I close my eyes. “I wasn’t using him.”
