Book Five: Chapter 125

I think you’ve got it. Opal relaxed and slid most of the way back into her tub. Whatever you decide to learn from that book may change you. But you won’t know until after it happens. Lily wasn’t prepared to learn a Word of Creation and look at what it did to her.

“You’re right.” Beth contemplated the book again. It was a decision that warranted some thinking. The spell she had cast in the basement had been easy enough, and she didn’t doubt there were hundreds more. It was a book capable of opening right to the spell you needed, the ultimate shortcut. She could see why the Society and the shadow had wanted it. Immense power waited for any who were ready to seek it out.

She bit into her frozen Eggo and blanched. Even with peanut butter, it didn’t taste great. Contemplating her meal, her gaze slid over to the Grimoire. Would there be a spell that could cook her food? Surely a spell that low-key wouldn’t extract too big a toll.

Five minutes later, Beth st