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“Is it still far, Mazoi?” Eric inquired, feeling uneasy. “We’re almost there. It is like the resting house we paid earlier,” Mazoi explained. “I often go there whenever I have a mission given by the Scorpion King. The owner is an old woman who is a mute.” After Mazoi was silent, Elise saw some people challenging them in her mind’s eye. She read that they were not as powerful as them in terms of magic or normal people’s physical abilities. However, they were a band of vicious people.

The ink on the book’s pages twisted, spinning like a tiny whirlpool. Then, out of the black ink, a single drop of gold floated up. It hung in the air, letting out a high, awful scream. “That’s him!” Gabe shouted. “That’s the soul of the Auditor!” The gold drop didn’t run. It stretched and grew into the shape of a tiny child, all gold. It looked just like any child, except its eyes were spinning clock faces.

Now I knew he'd been bleeding me dry for Riley Anderson, his childhood sweetheart. "I want to refinance the house, too," he added. I stopped what I was doing, my hands frozen in the sink, and turned to stare straight at him. "You really want your four three-year-old sons to end up homeless?" This house wasn't much, just a small three-bedroom, but it was ours—the one we'd fought for, saved for, and sacrificed for. The mortgage wasn't even close to being paid off. His name was on the deed because when we first bought it, I had been out of town on business. He'd told me it would be easier that way, with him making the payments.

And spoke to me. With the future. With everything. I wanted to walk to them. But I couldn't move. I was just a voice. Just a look. Noah slowly lifted his head. Saw right where I was. Like he could really see me. “The house listens,” he said quietly. At the same time the sea moved. Not the waves. Something underneath. A huge shadow. Too big. Too deep. The voice of the house came out of the water. Not loud. Almost kind.

If only it worked that way. As my consciousness faded, my soul felt yanked back—to that Halloween night that changed everything. Lights strung like jack-o'-lanterns, crowds surging like a river. I was gripping my little brother Matthew Duncan's hand—warm and soft—terrified that if I let go for even a second, the tide of people would swallow him up. But in the blink of an eye, a puppet-maker's stall caught his eye. He pointed at a fierce general figurine, bouncing with excitement. "Eli! I want that one! The general!"

I almost laughed at the thought, but the sound died in my throat as my gaze landed on the open book before me. Bruja. Only I could see the book and how its pages flipped on their own, fluttering like wings, stopping abruptly at a single page. I could see it clearly in my mind even though the book wasn’t near me. “Frosndomd Dexali Hippocampus,” I whispered, not even realizing I was chanting a spell. The rock glowed violently and then everything pulled. It was like my soul was being sucked into it. “Every element on earth holds memories,” a voice whispered in my head.

Then, a rasping voice, laced with a hint of madness, emerged from the darkness beneath the hood. "I… I was a scholar," it croaked, "driven by a thirst for knowledge forbidden. Now, I am… trapped, consumed by the whispers." A wave of empathy washed over Maya, the tracker known for her keen senses and compassionate nature. "We can help you," she offered cautiously, "but you have to let go of the book." The figure clutched the book tighter, its knuckles turning white. "The power… it promises freedom," it rasped, the whispers intertwining with its words. "Freedom from pain, from fear… from everything."

And no doubt, have hot dreams about it. It’s another book suggestion from her. I’ve just finished the last one she recommended, and honestly, I shouldn’t dive into another. Once I start reading, I lose myself completely. But this time, she’s telling me to listen to it. Audiobook. That’s new. Before I even realize what I’m doing, I click the link she sent, and in a matter of seconds, the book is purchased and playing through my home speakers. I settle back in bed, letting the narrator’s deep voice wash over me, and within moments, I realize Lucy’s sent me a stalker romance. Great.

His forehead was warm, and I knew it was a call of distress. Audrey soon returned with a book. She opened a page and looked at me. "Soul Cry," she said, and I frowned. "It is a god's ability. You can hear his soul crying," she said, and I did not know how that was going to help. "If you can hear him, then you can reach in and wake him up. " She said, and I frowned at her. "How?" I asked, and she flipped the pages quickly. Audrey had always been a bookworm. After living over four hundred years, I wouldn't be surprised if she had read and memorised all the magical books ever written and printed. She was a walking library.

Blood Enchanters. The sun is rising, casting a stunning hue throughout the room, and I was just reading the biography written by Cortez Santiago Escarra’s great-grandson, Estephan. It’s hard to read at times. The words faded at times, but it was a compilation of his great-grandfather’s life. And as it progressed, it became manic and incoherent. He spoke of his own experience, how he was being driven mad. But the first half was clear. It records how the Djinn was summoned, and made the events that led up to what would happen in England fourteen years ago make more sense.