I shrugged. “I’m not very good at it. I can only summon small ones like that. PopPop can whistle up big ones, large enough to be effective in a fight. It’s why he was such a good warrior for the coven. Demons quickly learned to avoid him and anyplace he was protecting.”

“There’s level of skill involved? I thought summoning was summoning.”

A wave of fatigue washed over me, and I swayed. Paul caught and steadied me. “Not with elementals. It’s different with extra-planar beings like demons, but the size and strength of an elemental depends on the ability of the summoner.”

He pointed me in the direction of the car, and we started walking, his arm keeping me from falling on my f...

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