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“Alright,” she said. “Officer, you have anylegalways to break this time bubble?”
“Um…” Officer M shifted nervously.
Professor Halifax let out a frustrated breath. “I thought not.”
“Please tell me you can fix this,” I said.
“I can’t, but you can,” she said. “But in order to do that, your parole officer is going to have to turn a blind eye.”
“Absolutely not,” he said. “She is not going to break her parole on my watch.”
Professor Halifax folded her arms over her chest. “Fine. Then we’ll wait while you break the spell.”
“Can’t we catch whoever did this?” I asked.
“They’re probably outside the school,” Officer M said in a disgruntled tone. “There’s no way they stayed in here.”
“What’s the point of all this? Why would someone do this?” I asked.
“No idea,” Professor Halifax said. “But I’m sure we’ll find out what the next steps of their plan are soon.”
She walked over to one of the chairs in front on Dr. Green’s desk and took a seat. “Might as well get comfortable. We could be here a while. Who knows how long. Hours, days, years…”
“Years?” The word came out in a squeak.
“Imagine the story when it breaks. A whole school of the most important and well connected supernatural kids taken out. The plot thickens when they find out an officer of the guild was present inside the school during the attack.”
She leaned back in the chair, throwing her arm over the back. “Can you imagine what Ben Lucia’s father will do to your family if his son doesn’t make it out of here alive?”
“Fine. Do it. But not in here. And don’t give me any details,” he said.
She stood. “I need your word that you will not punish her for this.”
“You have my word,” he said.
“Swear it, goblin,” she said.
He spit on his hand and extended it to Professor Halifax. She spit on her hand and then shook.
My nose wrinkled in disgust. Gross.
