far away, future reality, hopefully forever, but if not forever, at least for a long time. You can see it now; the Caliph is almost ready to start.”

Fearing that she might see a gory picture that would give her nightmares forever, Donna almost refused to go and see what happened. But then she decided that imagining it for the rest of her life would be worse than the truth. She got up, settled Gilbert on her head, and went with Jaafar.

The monster deer was standing, unhurt, under the many nets that trapped him. Facing him stood Haroun-al-Rashid. A flying carpet descended to the ground, and Fatima and Helena stepped down and stood next to the Caliph.

“Yes, we asked them to come,” said Jaafar. “The magic will be stronger when they work together. I, unfortunately, do no...

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