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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  13. - ELEVEN -
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  20. - EIGHTEEN -
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  22. - TWENTY -
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  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gabriel laughed. “You really do remind me of my little brother, Fort. Listen, I don’t know what you’re doing, and you don’t need to tell me. But if I were you, I’d find a good, solid hiding place for that book, and stop throwing it in corners if you don’t want to get caught.”

Fort swallowed hard. “That’s… good advice.”

Gabriel nodded and turned to go, then paused and looked back. “Just in case you were here for some other reason, I’m going to help you out. Dr. Oppenheimer doesn’t have anything on dragons, not in his office. So don’t bother breaking in there, I already checked. Now, I’ll see you at dinner, yeah?”

And with that, he walked out, leaving Fort more confused than ever.

- TWENTY-THREE -

FORT AND GABRIEL DIDN’T TALK about what had happened in the display room at dinner, given how many other students were around. But Gabriel didn’t mention it later that night, either, and Fort couldn’t figure out a way to just bring up Gabriel’s dreams. Hey, roomie, you’re not having nightmares about huge tentacle monsters from beyond all space and time, are you? Weird, me too!

Instead, he waited until Gabriel was asleep, snuck into the bathroom, and retrieved the book of Summoning from where he’d hidden it after the whole dragon conversation. Then he teleported back to the display room, and practiced the spell until he couldn’t keep his eyes open any longer.

Before going to bed, he touched the amulet around his neck, wondering if what Agent Cole had told him had been true. There was no way Sierra had actually rigged the thing to knock someone out if they took it off. Why would Dr. Opps ever want an amulet that could do that? The situation wouldn’t have ever occurred to him.

Still, he found he was so nervous about actually removing it that he had to wipe the sweat off his hands just to get a good grip.

Here’s hoping I don’t get knocked out, he thought, then quickly yanked the amulet off.

Nothing happened, and for a moment he shared a few choice thoughts with Agent Cole. But not wanting to waste any more time, he called out for Sierra.

An hour went by, with him calling her name in his mind, but no response came. As more and more time passed, he grew more concerned. Maybe she was just asleep? Or trying to lie low, if the TDA agents were still after her?

Eventually, even his worry about Sierra couldn’t keep him awake, and he fell asleep, the amulet on the bed next to him.