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The scorched earth crumbled beneath my knees. Tears cut through the dust on my cheeks, bitter and hot. Marco and Buff Frog stood paralyzed behind me, their hope as shattered as the wand. Before us, Ludo's body hung in the air, twisted by Toffee's will. 'Give us back Star!' My voice broke as I rose, a queen refusing to kneel. He merely gestured to the space where his finger should be. 'Something that belongs to me.' My hand went to the jar at my side. I lifted it, the preserved digit floating within the glass. 'Take it,' I spat, the words tasting of ash. He extended his palm, the last wand fragment gleaming. I placed the finger upon it. A violent green light erupted, fusing flesh and bone. Ludo was expelled in a sickening gasp as Toffee—elegant, reptilian, in a perfect tuxedo—stood who…