CELESTE'S POV"Maybe you didn't say the words right," Sam suggested I repeat the spell, this time, pronouncing each word consciously and loudly. But that didn't change anything. "You need to put a little more meaning into it, maybe." He made another suggestion, but when our eyes met, we laughed out loud at the same time. How the heck was I supposed to put meaning into something that was strange to me? Well, I did try to act intentionally. For each strange word I pronounced, I made it sound like I actually meant it, but even that didn't work. We tried every other possible means to activate the spell, vigorously looking around for something we might be missing, but there was absolutely nothing to help with the spell—nothing at all. On the verge of giving up, I stretched and got up from the seat, ready to tug the book away so I could try again when we returned to our pack. The longer we stay here, the more prone we are to Kaiden's arrest. "Celeste?" Sam's voice was a mere whisper, l
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