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Grimoire, can even open it. Clara might have a spell holding it, but with strong enough magic, we can get it back.”
    She has my full attention now. “Then what are we waiting for?”
    Cassie’s eyes shift to everyone in the room, and then hesitantly land on me. “It’s uh—it’s not that easy.”
    “What do you mean?”
    She exhales. “I mean, there are setbacks, Faye. Consequences. When you cast a spell of that magnitude, it leaves a trace. A trace that a seasoned Witch could easily pick up on.”
    Weldon flicks the side of his glass for attention. “Can I take this one?” he asks Cassie.
    Her eyes scrunch at him and her mouth moves to speak, but Weldon doesn’t wait for her approval.
    His gaze cuts over to mine, and he says, “What she’s saying is, Clara, of the many qualities she’s unfortunately good at, happens to also be a well-seasoned Witch, with or without her powers, mouse. Though, using such a mediocre method of entrapment is quite beneath her standards.”
    “Because her ‘standards’ are so high,” Jezi snorts out.
    Cassie scoots closer. Touches my knee as if this solitary move will help soften the blow from whatever she has to say next. As if it will help ease the fact that what I’m basically hearing is that Clara always wins, one way or another. That I need to up the ante if I’m ever going to be a step ahead of her.
    Murder lives in my fingertips, and they itch to seek solace. To reap the soul they almost had.
    “Putting all of that aside, the point is, after everything that has happened,” Cassie continues, searching my face, “we can’t just rush into anything anymore. Not with the Priesthood looking for us, and Bael and his army waiting for our next move. We have to think smart if we want to survive.”
    I take in a steadying breath, trying to absorb her words. Trying not to jump to any conclusions that could result in an argument. “I get what you’re saying, but we can’t leave it with her,” I say determinedly. “If the roles were reversed, you’d do the same.”
    Cassie shakes her head. Purses her lips as if I’d just slapped her. “You’re not hearing anything I’m saying, are you?” she asks incredulously. “You’d actually risk our safety for this?” The accusation embedded in her tone stings and scrapes like small rocks thrown my way. “Just like that?” she continues. “Because if the roles were reversed, I wouldn’t put everyone at risk. I wouldn’t have left my Grimoire unspelled either.”
    It takes me a second to process the very real anger radiating off her. Off the one person who has always had my back. Who has never scolded me in such a way.
    “Gavin,” Jaxen says warningly, his gaze sharpening on him.
    “Don’t Gavin him. If you have a problem with me, just say it,” Cassie says, her anger rearing its ugly head. “I’m trying to make a point. This isn’t to hurt Faye. This is to protect her. There’s nothing we can do at the moment, and rather than letting this turn into something ugly, why don’t we change subjects and get back to the real matter at hand? What’s next?”
    “Where’s this anger coming from?” Jezi asks her. “You were fine just a minute ago.”
    “Yeah, that was before she decided to throw all of us under a bus,” Cassie says with a nasty glare in my direction. “I won’t stand for it. End of discussion.”
    Tension strikes me like a whip.
    Every muscle in my jaw clenches. “Okay,” I say as calmly as I can. “I don’t know what’s wrong with you, but I’m not done discussing this,” I say murderously low. “Just because I don’t know the spells you do, doesn’t make me any less of a Witch. I’m a quick learner. I can guarantee that we won’t be found out. My magic is strong now, Cassie. I’ll make sure it’s done quick and clean. Just teach me how.”
    “I know this isn’t easy for someone like you to accept,” she starts to say.
    “Someone like me?” I ask.
    She looks at me pointedly.