twenty-eight

Not surprisingly, though there were only twenty-eight rooms to let, the hotel always had at least a handful of vacancies.

The law applied only to slaves over age twenty-eight, so Ona was exempt.

She ground her teeth, and a headache punched her temples as she messed up the charts for the twenty-eight lunar mansions in the Chinese constellation system.

And returned the next day with twenty-eight friends.

With a collective ruffle of fabric, the twenty-eight Witchlings pulled out their crystal amulets, which hung from black cords around their necks, and held them in front of their faces.