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“I’m just thinking.” I turned to look at him. “If I will be that dangerous, wouldn’t it be better if you lock me up?”
“Those spells can’t be done from a distance. That means we will have to lock ourselves up with you. And then, believe me,” he chuckled, “none of us is coming out alive.”
“Then chain me.”
“With what? A rubber chain? You’re going to grow. The small handcuffs would keep your paws from extending, causing you even more pain.”
“There are too many things that can go wrong in this crazy plan. I can’t let you two risk your lives to save mine.”
“So you expect me to do nothing but sit and watch you die?” Mom burst out. “I would do everything in my power even if I had to die twice.” She shook her head with irritation. “We don’t have time for this. We have work to do.” She turned on her heels and marched back to the library.
“She’s right.” Finn pulled me into his arms. “We have no time to waste. We wouldn’t be able to do anything if we don’t find those two spells.”
“Even if we do, she alone can’t do two spells at once. Like I said, it’s nuts.”
“And that’s another thing we’ll need to figure out. Go on.” He turned me around, put his hands on my shoulders, and pushed me before him, leading me toward the library.
* * *
We spent the whole day in the library, and for dinner, we had a frozen pizza.
We found the spells we needed. One that would more or less weaken my magic, and another one to channel Finn’s power. The problem was that both of them were supposed to be performed non-stop at the same time, and Mom wouldn’t be able to do it alone.
It was nearly midnight. Mom was now perusing Finn’s father’s grimoire, which had a few records about werewolves. Finn was searching for spells in old witchcraft books. And I, after checking out a couple of grimoires, went back to the one with the image of my enchanted bracelet.
“Mom, when you said you were planning to put the symbols on something big, what exactly did you have in mind?”
“Finn said that during the shift, the bracelet will go to pieces, so I thought maybe a large necklace will do. But, honey, I told you, to make it work, I have to prepare the necklace ahead of time so you can wear it before you start turning. And since the spell must be cast at the full moon, I don’t think we can use this option.”
“No. On a necklace, we can’t. But I have another idea.”
Finn looked up from his book.
“What is it?”
“We need to paint the symbols on the ground around me. That way, their power will be much stronger, and when the moon is full, the symbols will charge from it constantly during my transition.”
“What about the spell? I'll have to cast a spell to activate the symbols, and before I’ll be able to do that, you’ll already be in excruciating pain, turning.”
“Mom, I’ll be in pain anyways. For now, that’s the best option we have.”
“Clare, she is right,” said Finn. “In the beginning, she’ll be able to fight the pain. How long will it take to cast the spell?”
“I’ve never done this before. But I think it’ll take a few minutes. I’ll have to repeat the enchantment until it works.”
“Mom, after you cast the spell, I want you to put a barrier around me before you start channeling Finn’s powers. That’s when I’ll get stronger—”
“You’re forgetting one thing,” Finn cut me off. “You will still be a witch. And when fully transitioned, the most powerful one. You could knock that barrier off with one punch of your paw.”
I looked at my hands, imagining them as paws, then I turned my pissed-off look at Finn.
“Seriously, I’m gonna kill you. Stop ruining all my protection ideas.”
He chortled. “Sorry. But I had already thought them all through.”
“Okay,” Mom said as she looked through the bracelet spell again. “I think I can make this work.”
Finn got up, crossed to the window, and looked out.
