Amelia Friedman bustles from out of nowhere into the house of Linus Evans, who will be Mr. Enemy, producing a startled, hungry growl from his dread black dog. She ignores it. When you drink mercury every day, evil black dogs stop seeming threatening and start being a little fun.<\/p>\n
She squats down to look at Linus.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
He looks at her. She looks at him. He draws back, nervously.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re that antichrist kid,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201c. . . yes,\u201d he whispers.<\/p>\n
She straightens. She holds out her hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019ve pushed through an adoption.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
She gestures vaguely. \u201cI used a love potion variant,\u201d she says. \u201cTheir eyes got all starry. \u2018Of course you can adopt him!\u2019 they said. \u2018That\u2019s so sweet!\u2019 One or two of them even fluttered away to Heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUh \u2014\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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