I turn my head to look out the passenger window, even though there’s nothing there but blurs of twilight and trees. Hearing Logan’s words, a gust of emotion hits so hard, I’m afraid it’ll flatten me.

“Also, something happened I needed to tell you about in person,” Logan continues. “It’s about the hidden cards from before.”

I turn back, and from the look on Logan’s face, I can tell where this is going.

Back in Joshua Tree, I decided to give the Prince of Wands to Cain.

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Back in Joshua Tree, I decided to take the Prince of Wands with us.

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“When I got home I felt super restless,” Logan continues. “I needed to go somewhere, to do something. So I found Cain’s address and drove back out to the desert.”

Logan doesn’t say anything for the next few seconds. Instead, with his eyes still on the road, he reaches one hand into his pocket. Then he pulls out a plastic baggie, one folded over to protect…

The Prince of Wands.

“Cain said he was going to get it back to us soon, so he was happy to return it when I showed up at his door.”

“Logan, that’s—” Amelia begins, finding herself speechless.

I feel the same way.

“I guess we’ll never know if Cain would’ve returned the card if I hadn’t found him first,” Logan says. “But I think he would have. See, what you put out into the world comes right back to you.”

Logan holds the card out to me and I take it, this precious artifact I once gave away. Without hesitation, I then turn and hold the card back out for Amelia, returning it where it belongs.

Amelia’s eyes raise from the Prince, and I can see it written all over her face. She doesn’t believe in karma, not the way Logan does—or the way, on some level, I suppose I do. Still, she accepts the card with a meaningful nod. In this moment, all that matters is that our resident Magician found our missing Wands card.

“Did Cain say if the card helped him?” Amelia asks, choosing her first words quite well.

“He didn’t. And I didn’t ask,” Logan says. “But it must have helped him one way or another, if he was willing to part with it.”

Amelia stares down at the Prince of Wands then, as if still wondering about its truest power.

That’s when I notice Amelia does not hold the King of Pentacles.

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“I guess we can add the Prince back to the deck, along with the King of Pentacles,” I say, seeing that Amelia grips the new card a little too tightly.

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