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Chapter 141

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Reston's call came on a Tuesday morning while I was at the healing center, halfway through treating a young witch whose corrupted ward had backfired badly enough to leave dark magical burns across her forearms. I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket three times in quick succession and ignored it until Sophie caught my eye from the doorway and mouthed Theodore's office with an urgency that made me wrap up the treatment faster than I normally would.

I called Reston back from the small supply room
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    Reston's call came on a Tuesday morning while I was at the healing center, halfway through treating a young witch whose corrupted ward had backfired badly enough to leave dark magical burns across her forearms. I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket three times in quick succession and ignored it until Sophie caught my eye from the doorway and mouthed Theodore's office with an urgency that made me wrap up the treatment faster than I normally would.I called Reston back from the small supply room off the main corridor, the one that smelled like antiseptic and stored bandages in quantities that would have seemed excessive before I understood how often supernatural beings needed them."We found him," Reston said, without preamble. He had a voice like gravel and a communication style that matched, short sentences, precise details, no decorative language. "Felix Harding. The last escaped Restored Order leader. He has been hiding in a fishing community on the Nova Scotia coast, living under

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