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“That’s not the point!”
“You saw what being involved with this group made our father
do. Why would I want to have anything to do with them?”
“But —”
“He’s not the right one,” Mary said, standing with her back to
them and tracing her finger along the carvings etched into the
wall. “He’s not angry.”
Thom looked to the girls, but Cora was focused entirely on
Minnie, and Minnie was staring at Arthur with a frightened look
on her face.
Thom turned to Arthur, who met his eyes. He walked to the
other boy, leaned in as close as he could to Arthur’s ear. “We trick
her. I’ll tell her it’s for me. We get the spell and then we do it on
Charles.”
“Charles doesn’t want it.”
“I don’t care what he thinks he wants! If I can save my brother,
I’m going to!”
Arthur leaned back, then shook his head. “No.”
Desperate, Thom turned to Minnie. He knew Charles was in
love with her. If anyone could convince him to take a chance, to
accept this altered life, she could. “Minnie.” He begged her with
his eyes, and she looked from him to Charles. “Please.”
“Would it be so bad?” she whispered, putting her hand on
Charles’s cheek. “It couldn’t change who you are. You’re not your
father.”
Charles looked uncertain. Thom seized on the moment. “I’ll
do it,” he said, holding out his hand to Mary. “Give me the spell.”
“No,” Arthur said, his voice cold and determined. “Don’t give
it to him, Mary. He wants it for Charles.”
“What are you doing?” Thom turned to him, horrified.
