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should thank you.”
    I chuckled. “Feel free.” Of course I said that not expecting him to take me up on the offer, but this was Scrum after all; I should have known better.
    He smiled. “Okay. Thank you, Jayne, for constantly putting your life at risk and making me work so hard to keep my job and not die.”
    I had to bite my lip to keep from responding to that. The kid’s heart was in the right place, and I couldn’t fault him for that. Jesus, I hope he finds a girlfriend soon. He needs a distraction.
    “What’s up?” Tim asked, flying up to meet us. “Why do you look like you just bit into a lemon?”
    “I’ll tell you later. First, I have to talk to Sam.” The witch was standing off to the side of the van, trying to pretend she wasn’t staring at Jared as he was examining an unfolded map spread out on the windshield.
    “Are you sure you want to do that right now?” Tim paused. “Why are your shoes making that sound?” He dropped down to fly next to my feet, and it was very tempting to punt him across the rest area, but I resisted the urge. Angry pixies shut up in enclosed areas were never a good idea, and that van was small.
    “Your shoes are soaked through.”
    “Tell me about it.”
    “What happened?”
    “Sam happened. And now I’m going to happen to Sam.” I lifted a hand, ready to give her a little zing.
    “Wait!” Tim flew up into my face.
    I had to stop suddenly or risk pixieman-parts to the nose. “What?!”
    “Something’s wrong. Something’s … off.”
    “It’s the smell of toilet water all over my feet. Now get out of the way.” I tried to lean to the side, but Tim was too fast for me, jigging left and keeping his junk right in front of my face. I had to close my eyes to keep them from crossing and giving me a headache.
    “What’s going on?” Tony asked, walking over to join Tim in his harassment of me.
    “Nothing yet,” I said, my rage simmering.
    Tim left me to fly to Tony, gesticulating wildly to get his attention. “She’s possessed! Stop her!”
    “What’s he saying?” Tony dodged a little to the side, trying to move around my roommate.
    “Listen up, Gray boy! I’m talking right in your face, I know you can hear me! What are you, deaf?!” Tim ran to Tony’s ear and grabbed hold of it, swinging left and right as Tony tried to dislodge him. “She’s going after Sam! Stop her!”
    I frowned at him, my hand still partway up in the air. “Stop being so dramatic. I’m just going to give her a little zap to show her how much I appreciate wet shoes and overflowing toilets.”
    “What are you talking about?” Tony asked, finally dislodging Tim and sending him flying away with a swat of his hand.
    Sam caught onto my mood and started walking over, and Felicia appeared at Tony’s side the second she realized she was being left out of the conversation. Foiled again. I narrowed my eyes at my cousin. I’ll get you later, Sam .
    “What’s up?” Sam asked, looking from me to Tony.
    I said nothing, just stared her down. She was doing a pretty damn good job of looking innocent, I had to give her that much. I leaned my weight onto my other foot, which had the unfortunate effect of letting out a squish of water and air. Everyone looked down at my shoes.
    “What happened to you?” Sam asked.
    I scoffed. “As if you didn’t know.”
    She looked up at me with a dead serious expression on her face. “I don’t. Really. What happened?” When her hand moved to rest on the small wand I knew she kept in the folds of her shirt, I knew she wasn’t messing around. Sam did that when she sensed danger near, and she didn’t fear me in the least.
    Jared’s head popped up and his map slipped off the windshield a little. “You guys all right?” He let the map fall the rest of the way down by his leg when he saw the expressions on our face.
    “I think we should go,” Scrum said, putting his hand on my back and pushing me toward the van. “We can talk about it in the