ELOISE I had decided not to wait any longer. Last night, I had used my magic to affect all the phones in the citadel. I made it so that no phones would ring. I also put a block on mind linking. This way, if someone needs to communicate with anyone else, they would need to go and find them, giving me extra time. It also meant that no one would be able to warn anyone else once I began. I wanted to take as many people by surprise as possible. I walked over to Ally's house and told Jamie that I needed a quiet word with him. He agreed to come over to his house and see me once he had taken some breakfast up to Ally. He said that she was still pretty weak, so he had told her that he expected her to rest up today. I left him to it and went back to his to pack my things. It had to look like I had

