At least this time I was expecting to time travel. Luckily, my backpack traveled with me. Unluckily, I hadn't made it to Travis's phone in time, which was a real bummer.

But like the old pro I was, I voice-to-texted Cass then Boxy and grabbed my levitating familiar from behind me in the first six seconds back in my apartment.

"Guess what, Studmuffin?" I said to him, hugging him close. "We're about to do a spell."

He wriggled in my arms while staring sternly up at me. ...