The Book Witch

The Book Witch

Author: Meg Shaffer Listening Length: 10h 7m

She can hop into any novel, but she just can’t stay there. Come along with the Book Witch in this magical and inspiring love letter to reading from the USA Today bestselling author of The Wishing Game. Rainy March is a proud, third-generation Book Witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginar...

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Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Two

Anton Chekhov, the legendary Russian short story writer and playwright, had a famous dictum about plotting. One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.

This is known as Chekhov’s Gun or, in our case, Chekhov’s Security Guard. Duke had brought up the possibility of security guards, and lo and behold, here one was, like we’d summoned him.

“Not moving,” Duke said to the guard.