Jinx

shouting each other down

way they spoke to each other. “Now put

hey moved toward Jinx.

He opened his mouth and said “Help.” It came out very quietly.

The werewolves barked bright red flares of greed and amusement.

And that was how Jinx came to live with a possibly evil wizard and twenty-seven cats in a huge stone house that stood alone in its own clearing, protected by invisible wards that kept monsters out but let some very strange visitors in.

You did rotten, but you meant well.”

lurch

You take things too seriously, Simon. Sometimes magic is just for fun, you know.”

wormwood

hoe

gobbled up