The Night Circus- Part Two (Illumination)- Chapter Seventeen (Opening Night II: Sparks) -The Closest to Harry Potter We're Gonna Get

Before I begin this chapter, I have some news.
It is, of course, Spring Break, and I have found myself in Las Vegas. I only have my phone and Kindle for blogging, which will make it significantly more difficult to post, but I will do my absolute best to get in two posts every day- one for The Night Circus, and one for Shatter Me. Enjoy!

This chapter begins with Marco being all sneaky. He's been working more and more on the circus, now that he knows it is indeed the venue for the competition. During the bonfire lighting, he is watching carefully.
At the last chime of the clock, he focuses on the fire.

Meanwhile, Celia has just finished performing. Attempting to make her way to the bonfire, she is swept up in the crowd around the Murray twins.
When Marco does whatever it is he does, some sort of binding spell, she can feel it strongly.

"It courses though her body, sending an involuntary shiver down her spine, almost knocking her off her feet."

I'm going to choose to avoid the easy innuendo here, using every fiber of my decency.
Tsukiko cryptically soothes her, not letting on whether or not she knows what has just happened (I'm assuming she does).

I actually didn't remember this, but apparently Celia still isn't aware her opponent is Marco, which makes sense, because she hasn't seen him work his magic (literal or otherwise). Anyway,  this chapter ends with her knowing the binding spell is the work of her opponent, and being unsure of what to do.

Curse these short chapters. I always feel like I'm disappointing by not saying more, but there's not really any more I can say about four pages of content that can be easily summarized in a few paragraphs without spoiling more than usual.

Anyway, on to today's Shatter Me episode!
Chapter Eighteen and Shatter Me Chapter Four should be out tomorrow.