Jake rolled his eyes at Lisette’s statement, “Jeesh, Lisette, even Jack the Ripper had a clean record before he started his killing spree!” He spread his arms wide, “If I knew what you were doing, I wouldn’t have to ask you, would I?”

“Voodoo is dark and scary…”, he stated, “…zombies, voodoo dolls, curses…”, he sighed, “I’m Lutheran and our Pastor never did tell us to go out and butcher a chipmunk for the Lord!” Jake wasn’t a bigot or normally judgmental, being bisexual and a wizard, he knew what it was like to be different; it was just that he had no reference for Voodoo outside of scary movies. When Lisette threatened to summon a demon on him, Jake gripped his wand tightly, “Watch that talk, Lisette. You call a demon and it will end up with your soul!”

Jake listened to her words; she did sound convincing, but a practiced evildoer would. “I don’t know what you can do to convince me!”, he answered honestly, just coming to that realization himself. Suddenly, his mind raced, trying to decide what to do with her. “Yes, yes! I feel the air…but there is still more outside.”

Did she just tell me to go get Ms. Pendragon? Oh, shit! Jake realized that he couldn’t actually go get the Headmistress, because then he’d have to explain why he was in the House Lalaurie Owlry. “Ummmm…No…I’ll tell you what…I’ll let you go this time…but you have to promise to straighten up!”

As a show of faith, Jake put his wand back inside his hoodie, “You can be mad at me all you want, Lisette, but I’m only trying to protect the school”, he rambled, as he petted one of the owls. He cocked his eyes sideways at her and added, “I’m like a hungry wolf, darlin’, when I sink my teeth into somethin’, I don’t let go.”