“Well," a female voice said. "What have we here?""Here," Bethany said, responding to the woman's rhetorical question, "we have a teenager. And she's pissed.”

“It'll be okay," I said."We're here for you." Kelly said."I've decided to become a divorce lawyer," Amanda said. Well, we all have our own ways of showing we care.”

“Well then," Faye said. "Now that you've heard our story, we have just one question to ask you." She fixed Cassie with an odd half smile and said in a sweet, false voice, "Are you planning to be a good witch or a bad witch?”

“Skylar todl you to come here?" I asked dumbly."No," Bethany said. "Skylar told me not to come here. Same dif.”

“This was a kingdom.(“What?” Conor said, looking around his backyard. “Here?”)(The monster cocked its head at him curiously. You have not heard of it?)(“Not a kingdom around here, no,” Conor said. “We don’t even have a McDonald’s.”)”

“Well, well. What have we here? (Thief #1)Looks like we got some little pigeons just right for a plucking. (Thief #2)Well, well. What have we here? (Sin)Looks like a pack of fools wanting to die. (Braden)”