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Caleb glances at his aunt. “Come to think of it. Do we even know what this weapon is?”
Nobody answers.
“I see. So, we need to figure out what the weaponis, and we need to find it. Time’s ticking.”
Sierra turns another page and then another. Sometimes, she picks up the magnifying glass and sometimes she doesn’t.
Caleb exits to get coffee, and Maddy trails after him. Neither of them speaks. Time ticks by and Sierra keeps studying the pages. Finally, she tsks.
“I believe I’ve found three marks which correspond with one another.”
Caleb practically launches himself at the table. “Three marks?”
Sierra points at a corner of the page. “There’s a rune here,” she turns several pages, “here,” more pages, “and here.” She sits back in her chair. “I believe these are location points which should lead us to the weapon…” She pauses as though there’s something else she needs to say.
“But…?” Maddy demands.
Sierra taps the page. “There are three words under each rune. When I put them together, they imply that the only way to get to the weapon is with Fae magic?”
Maddy groans. “Of course.”
“Fae magic?” Caleb puts his arm around Maddy’s shoulders. “Where’s Sylvan when you need him?”
They all share a long and frustrated look.
“So, what do we do now?” Kenna presses her lips into a tight line.
Maddy gasps and points to the middle of the reading room.
A small glowing swirl spins in the air near the rear wall. Sierra freezes, and Cora charges at the magic. Nothing else happens with the swirling. But Kenna curses and exclaims, “Behind us!”
Everyone whirls as a hairy leg pokes through the door and then another follows. Everyone freezes as a dark, multi-legged figure gallops into the reading room.
“How did he get in here?” Kenna yells. “There should have been an alarm.”
Sierra gasps and shoves herself back from the table. Cora grabs the Fae book and spins away, clutching it against her torso like a football. Her gaze ping-pongs around the room as she searches for a way out.
Kenna and Caleb jump toward the eight-legged intruder with Maddy between them.
“It’s Spider,” Caleb roars.
Kenna releases a steady stream of curses. She pulls a dagger from somewhere and slashes at Spider, drawing blood along the hairy abdomen. Caleb suppresses a shudder. So many eyes on that thing.
Maddy leaps at Spider, kicking one of his legs out from beneath him. “Who?”
“I told you about Flea and Spider, back in the alternate realm!” He kicks another one of the hairy legs out from under Spider, and Spider grunts as he lurches to the side, falling against the door frame.
Spider tries to shove his way into the room, but Kenna’s slashing keeps him at bay.
Maddy’s face scrunches as she leaps up onto the hairy back of the beast, kicking and stomping. “What are you talking about?”
Spider lifts four legs and spins around, throwing Maddy off of his back into the room. She slams into the closest wall with a grunt, but jumps to her feet.
“Give us the book!” Spider growls, his fangs working like fingers on either side of his mouth.
“Us?” Maddy demands. “Who’s us?”
“They work for Orion!” Caleb yells. He tries to grab a leg, but Spider shakes him off easily. “And he must have found a way into our plane of existence to follow us here. They’ve got to be after the book.”
