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Willem couldn’t see, having been stuffed under a pillow, which meant Jenna couldn’t see either. But the mouse had keen hearing and Jenna had heard the entire conversation between Xandor and Ursula. There was no way she was letting her boyfriend do his Age Quest with another girl. She scrawled a note to her parents telling them not to worry, that she had decided to travel with Xandor to Omensound. They wouldn’t like it, but they wouldn’t send anyone after her either. She’d proven many times she could take care of herself. She was almost old enough to do her own Age Quest. Why couldn’t Xandor have waited just two more Shifts?
Jenna grabbed the arm of the nearest person. He was a family friend, someone she could trust, so she slid her note into his hand. “Take this to my mother, please,” she said. Before he could question her, Jenna disappeared, literally, magically.