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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
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  95. EPILOGUE
  96. AGATHA
  97. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  98. Also by Rainbow Rowell
  99. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Shepard still has my chalk. He writes Where is Simon? and Does Baz need our help? on the right side of the blackboard.

I turn to face him. “You’re really extremely infuriating, do you know that?”

He smiles. Almost like he’s being patient with me. It’s infuriating. “Penelope, you’re honestly the first person to ever say so.”

I rub my eyes again and groan.

It’s dark when I wake up. I must have fallen asleep on the sofa. If I’m sleeping on the sofa, where is Shepard sleeping? There’s someone sitting near my feet. Something with horns and wings. It’s a demon, it’s the demon—

“Hey,” Simon says, grabbing me by the shoulders. “Hey. Penny. It’s just me. It’s me.”

I’ve sat up. My heart is racing. “Nicks and Slick, Simon!”

“I’m sorry.”

“I thought you were…”

“Shepard was sleeping on the floor,” Simon says. “I told him he could use my bed.”

I fumble around for my glasses. “Why aren’t you using your bed? Where have you even been, Simon?” My glasses are on the floor. “You won’t believe what happened with my mum. Also, you need to text Baz. I think he’s worried about you. He’s been stuck in Oxford all week…”

“Penny, I need to talk to you.”

Simon is sitting sideways at the end of the sofa. His wings are spread out behind the arm, so he doesn’t have to lean on them. It would drive me round the twist to have to sit on those wings all the time. I don’t know how he sleeps.

My gem is tucked into my bra. I fish it out and hold my hand out to him. “I’ve got a new spell to try, to take care of your wings around the house. I think it will only shrink them, but it takes less magic than the others—”

Simon closes a hand over my fist. “Penelope, no. I need you to listen.”

11

BAZ

Penelope Bunce isn’t making any sense.

I’ve come back to London, put on some decent clothes, finally, and headed straight to Penny and Simon’s flat. I’ve decided not to punish Snow for ignoring my texts. (Well, I’m going to evaluate the situation: If he’s a little sorry, then I’m going to punish him a little. But if he’s very sorry, I’m just going to pretend like it didn’t happen. I’ve got bigger problems than him being a terrible boyfriend.) (I’ve got more pressing problems, at least.)

But now I’m here, and Bunce is telling me that Snow isn’t here—that he’s left—and that we aren’t supposed to look for him.

“Have you been bewitched?” I turn to Shepard, standing in the kitchen doorway. “Has she been bewitched?”