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several large rocks around here.  I wonder which would be the easiest to
crawl under.
    Color floods into Xandra’s
face, which hopefully draws attention away from mine.  “Dad, really?  Aren’t
you supposed to be talking to Mom and Grandma?”
    That sobers him up.  “I
don’t believe this is a good idea.  I’m worried about letting that woman into
your life.”  I wish I could reassure him, but I do not think he would believe
me without an explanation, as Xandra has chosen to do. 
    Xandra looks as thrilled as
he is at the idea.  “Yeah, me too.  But it doesn’t seem like we have much of a
choice.”  I half expected her to push for more information from me again, or at
least let her father know that I am holding something back, but she does not.  I
would smile, but I would probably look like an idiot for doing so at the
moment.
    “That may be true, but I
still think it’s wise to take precautions.  If trusting Athear turns out to be
a mistake, I don’t know that your mother has it in her to stand against her own
mother.  She has always clung to the belief that her mother had not agreed with
your grandfather and his lackeys, and Athear played right into that.  But even
if your mother could stand against her, I’m afraid that she doesn’t have enough
power to hold both of us in this plane, and still wield enough magic to fend
off an attack by a Witch who she believes is more powerful than she ever was.”
    “That’s not very comforting,
Dad.”  I do not believe she cares for his brutal honesty.
    He is resigned.  “I know.”  Looking
at me, he says, “That’s where you come in.”
    There are a whole gambit of
things that he could mean by that.  Anything from chasing the Angel off to
killing her.  I am not sure how curious I am to hear what he wants me to do.
    Clearing his throat, the
spirit says, “If someone had told me an hour ago that I was going to say this,
I would have pronounced them insane right on the spot.”  What a great lead in. 
I am even less thrilled to hear what he is proposing, now.  “I want you to be
glued to Xandra’s side.  Every minute of the day.”
    It is impossible that I
heard him correctly.  Xandra seems to be suffering from the same deafness as I
am.  “Every minute?” she asks.  That brings to mind images I would not care to
share at the moment.  But, I would certainly like to carry them out.
    The look on his face
expresses how difficult it is to answer that question.  “Yes, every minute.”
    I believe Xandra is
dumbfounded.  I do not hear her objecting, though.  “Oh, okay.” 
    Her father says stiffly, “I
heard what you said this morning.  You said that your grandfather’s magic
didn’t even show up as a blip on your radar when you forced him to leave the
house.  But, you said that Kallen’s magic is strong enough to at least give you
a challenge.  If he’s truly that powerful, then he just became your own
personal bodyguard.”
    Guarding Xandra’s body.  If
I do not relax, everyone will be able to tell how I feel about that.  Not
trusting my voice at the moment, I nod my head in agreement.  To my
consternation, Xandra still looks dumbfounded.
    Her father tries to smile.  “Humor
me, kiddo.  I’m worried about you, and it would make me feel better knowing
someone powerful is watching your back.”
    She nods.  “Okay, I get it.”
    Her father turns back to
me.  “I’m assuming this is okay with you?”  Again, I do not trust my voice, so
I nod.
    “And I expect you to be a
gentleman.” 
    I do know the spell to
exorcise a ghost.  And it is begging to come out of my mouth.  How dare he
accuse me of using this as an opportunity to take advantage of his daughter? 
He knows nothing of me, or of the Fairy ways.  If Xandra was not present, I
would tell her father what he could do with his request.  Instead, I just do my
best not to exorcise her father.
    The spirit is not finished
offending me.  “Do I have your