Book Four: Chapter 179

“Well, I think that’s what’s happening,” Quetzalli said, her voice calm but tight with concentration as she adjusted the strap over her shoulder. “They came out of the gate, but they aren’t fully here. That’s why they can pass through everything. The house can’t properly kick them out because they aren’t fully inside it. When I zapped that one,” she gestured toward the lingering spark marks in the air from her horn, “it was forced to absorb all that energy, which made it manifest the way Jenny did. Once it was fully here, the geas booted it out.”

“I didn’t see Jenny manifest,” Dana admitted, frowning slightly, her brow furrowed. “But I’ll take your word for it.” She turned to Quetzalli, her eyes narrowing with curiosity and hope. “Do you think you could do that again… but on a bigger scale?”

Quetzalli shook her head, the movement quick and decisive. “Not with my horn busted. I can manage sho