Chapter 9Rhea held onto the file until 8 P.M. It was superstitious, she knew. There was no point in arresting her now, even if she still had one minute before the true statue passed. Early on in magical lore, especially when some witches were good at manipulating light and dark by way of confusing police records, a rigorous time-stamping procedure had been implemented. The statute of limitations always passed on the direct hour of the first arrest. For Tonya Byrd, aka The Conjurer, aka Mrs. Nobody, she was arrested at 8:01 P.M.
Rhea looked at the clock. She watched it until 8:01 had passed. She let out a breath. The weight of seven years flowed off of her.
She rose from her desk, the file under her arm, and went to the roof of her building. The Neon City that she’d called home for so lon
