D
EBY
L
INDEE AND
S
USAN AND
J
OHN
R
ACCA
,
for housing us on our many Southern field trips
. B
ILL
Y
OUNG AND
D
AVID
G
OLIA,
for being our knights in shining armor
. I
NDIA'S AND
N
ATALIA'S DADDY,
for helping us when we were supposed to be helping him.
S
AUNDRA
M
ITCHELL,
for everything, as always.
O
UR READERS, TEACHERS, AND LIBRARIANS, THE
C
ASTERS AND
O
UTCASTERS
,
who discovered Beautiful Creatures and loved it enough to take another trip through the Tunnels with us. Without you, they're just (so many) words.
O
UR MENTOR
, M
ELISSA
M
ARR, AND
O
UR
T
HERAPIST
, H
OLLY
B
LACK.
They know why.
D
R.
S
ARA
L
INDHEIM,
our Keeper, who knows our Casts better than we do.
And Finally
, M
ARGARET
M
ILES, LIBRARIAN AND YOUTH SERVICES DIRECTOR AT THE
N
EW
H
ANOVER
C
OUNTY
L
IBRARY, IN
W
ILMINGTON
, N
ORTH
C
AROLINA.
Because Marian Ashcroft isn't the only Caster Librarian, after all.
6.18: Through the Looking Glass
BEAUTIFUL
DARKNESS
BY
K
AMI
G
ARCIA
&
M
ARGARET
S
TOHL
LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY
Boston
♦
New York
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