4. Of Broken Things, Cripple Things and Spells That Don’t Work

EJ was glaring at them from behind the counter. Squid held his arm and let her other hand hover above the inside elbow. He was a fragile human – barely surviving after he took a tumble off a building’s roof. Screws, plates, pins and rods were the only thing keep him together. [Unlike Humpty Dumpty.…