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The next day, Cass and her mother did not speak. Cass, because she didn't know where to begin. And her mother, because she was so furious that she just couldn't speak to her.

Of course, her mother did manage to get the words, "You're grounded," out. Cass was laying on her bed, staring at the ceiling that afternoon.

All of a sudden, her phone rang. It was definitely the most exciting part of her day. She picked it up to see who it was.

"Yo-Yoji," she read aloud. She slid the arrow to unlock the screen.

"What's up?" she asked. Her heart pounded. Even after they had gotten things worked out, she was still nervous around him. She was afraid of saying something stupid around him. And sometimes, she didn't even know what she was afraid of. She was just afraid in general, which really sucked.

"Terces meeting at midnight. See ya there!" he said. Cass could hear his voice shaking. So apparently it wasn't just her.

"Wait, what?!" she said, startled by the news. She thought the Terces was over ever since... Pietro died. Or at least disappeared. Still, nobody knew where he had gone, and Cass' heart was breaking more and more each day. Everyone just assumed he was dead. They even had made him a gravestone, right next to his twin brother, Luciano, better known as Dr. L.

"You heard me!" replied Yo-Yoji. "We're going to vote for a new leader tonight!"

A new leader?! Nobody could ever be as good as Pietro. It just wouldn't be the same. Her chest felt heavy, and she sighed. She wondered if maybe she could nominate herself...

"Wow..." That was all she could say. "Oh, and um, where is the meeting anyway?" she said just to break the silence.

"Magic Museum. The usual."

Then Cass remembered something. She was grounded. This was really bad.

"I can't go."

"What? Why not?"

"I'm grounded."

"But I was really looking forward to seeing you- and Max-Ernest," he said quickly.

"Yeah, well, a grounding is a grounding, and I'm just going to have to deal."

She could hear Yo-Yoji take a deep sigh.

"Sneak out," he said. "You can't miss this meeting." Cass knew it was about more than that though. He wanted to see her. And she wanted to see him. She still hadn't, and it had been a week since summer break started.

"Okay," she willingly agreed. "See ya there." And she hung up without another word.

...

So there they stood, Cass, Max- Ernest and Yo-Yoji. Everyone was there. Mickey, Mory, Mr. Wallace, Lilly We, Owen, everybody. Except for Pietro. Cass' heart fell when she saw his empty chair. It was the chair that he usually sat in when he played cards with Mickey and Mory.

"Take a seat everyone!" called out Mr. Wallace who was standing in front of the room. The trio sat together and noticed the worn out cow boy hat in the center of the table.

"As you all know, we have come here today to decide on a new leader. This society will never be the same without our beloved leader Pietro, but I can assure you he would have wanted this society to go on. So, if you would like to be the leader, stand up please, and we will take a vote!"

Cass stood up immediately. Lilly We stood up across from her, and surprisingly, Mickey stood up too. And then she heard the sound of a chair scooting out next to her, and saw the spiky hair rise up before her. Max- Ernest?

Why would he want to be leader? Did he really think he could beat Cass? Max-Ernest was smart and all, but she was the Secret Keeper.

"Okay," began Mr. Wallace. "These are your options," he said, waving a hand in front of them. "Please pick up the pen and paper you have in front of you and write down the name of the person you think should be leader. When you're done, put it into the hat."

For a few moments, everyone was furiously scribbling. When Yo-Yoji leaned his arm across the table to stick his piece of paper in, Cass couldn't help but try and read what was on it. She made out the first letter, which was a C. It had to be her. Nobody else started with a C did they?

Cass had voted for Max-Ernest, even though he was competing against her. She didn't think Lilly We was going to be a good leader, and she definitely didn't think they were going to benefit from Mickey.

After waiting for what seemed to be forever, Mr. Wallace finally took the hat and started counting.

"Cass! You have 3 votes!"

Three out of seven? It wasn't bad, but that still left one for someone to have more than her.

"Max-Ernest, three! And Lily, one!"

Great. Now she and Max-Ernest were in a tie. Just freaking great.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to vote again, only this time, using Max-Ernest and Cass only. Everyone write down your vote again!"

She waited. And waited. And waited. It was like the two minutes it actually took were a million years. She tried to be patient, but that almost seemed impossible.

"And your new leader is..."

Cass couldn't breath.

"Max-Ernest!"