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time. Someone has released the Book’s magic,
James.”
    James’s eyes widened.
He instantly knew who was responsible for releasing Lunaria’s
magic; his sons were in big trouble when he woke up. But, because
he was also worried for their safety, he asked Akilah, “What will
happen to them?”
    Akilah briefly closed
her eyes. “They will join you on your quest to save Lunaria,” she
said. “And... I believe you know the young teenagers that released
the magic, don’t you, James?”
    James closed his eyes
and scratched his neck. This was something he couldn’t deny.
“...Yes. They’re my sons.”
    Akilah shook her
head. “I don’t believe it’s just your sons,” Akilah said. “There
were five hands required to release the magic. There were two girls
and three boys, James. Your friends’ children will be involved in
this too, I am afraid.”
    James stared at
Akilah; his mouth was open, and he couldn’t bother to close it.
“...Can’t you protect them?” he said slowly. “Like – can’t you
grand them clemency? They’re just kids!”
    “ I’m sorry, James,”
Akilah said. “I can’t. They released Lunarian Magic, and now they
will have to fight for their freedom, just like you and your
friends once had to. I can’t change anything about
that.”
    James bit his lip.
“Alright then...” he said. “How much time have we got?”
    “ Twenty-four hours,”
Akilah said. “You have twenty-four hours until the magic brings you
to Lunaria.” She paused and nodded. “Good luck, James. Until we
meet again.”
    James bowed down in
front of Akilah. “Until we meet again, Akilah,” he said – the last
thing he could say before waking up.
    *
    When James opened his
eyes, he instantly heard the tantrum going on in the other room. Of
course Anna had found the teenagers messing with the book, and she
wasn’t very happy about it.
    James quickly made
his way to his sons’ bedroom, and found Anna scolding the seven
teenagers – Emma and Mia were wise enough to stay out of this one.
Ian and Theo were pleading innocent, but obviously, their mother
didn’t believe them. Her main target appeared to be Luke,
however.
    “ Your father put that
book away for a reason! We don’t want you to get hurt, Lucas!” Anna
scolded her son, who was sitting on the bed in front of
her.
    The guilt in Luke’s eyes was
clearly visible – he didn’t know the full story behind the book, of
course – but it didn’t matter anymore now anyway. The magic had
been released, and they were in this together. Whether they wanted
to or not. “I’m sorry, Mum. I didn’t know.”
    James, however, didn’t react as
angrily as his wife had. When he walked into the room, instead of
scolding Luke, James stood in front of his son, and grabbed his
shoulders.
    “ Luke,” he said, “I’m
sorry. We should’ve told you about the book, and the mysteries
around it. I thought I was doing the right thing by not telling
you, but...” he sighed. “Maybe telling you would’ve been a better
idea.”
    “ It’s okay, Dad,”
Luke said. “We were being little pricks for getting the book from
your study, anyway. Aside – if it hadn’t been for that ‘explosion’
just now -” he made quotation marks in the air with his fingers as
he said the word – “we probably wouldn’t have believed
you.”
    James nodded at Luke, and then
looked at his wife.
    “ ...I think I still
don’t believe you, honestly,” Luke mumbled quietly, but James
wasn’t listening.
    .“We’re going back to Lunaria,”
he said. “Akilah needs our assistance.”
    “ You’re going back?”
Anna said, her voice filled with surprise and worry. “What about
the kids? Samira? Your friends?”
    “ I’ll have to discuss
it with them today,” James said slowly, while thinking out loud.
“I’m not happy with it either. But Akilah believes the Master is at
large, and we’ve got to help the Spirits to destroy him once and
for all.”
    “ Alright then,” Anna
said,