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her slowly; the last thing he wanted to do was hurt her with his big bulky body. If he hit her too hard, he was convinced she would break. But as he lunged at her, she sidestepped quicker than he anticipated and he went sprawling to the floor, overbalancing before he could right himself.
    “Listen, Fin,” she said, holding her hand out to help him up. “I am not going to face them in slow motion. You have to take this seriously. I am not playing at protecting myself.”
    He heaved himself to his feet, not needing the help of her hand, but taking it all the same. The feel of her soft skin on his sent waves of confusion through his body.
    “I’m sorry. I just don’t want to hurt you.”
    “But you’re teaching me how to defend myself against creatures who want to kill me. So you have to teach me properly.”
    “I just hoped you would never have to face them, that I would be capable of protecting you always.”
    “Fin,” she said, standing on her tiptoes and placing her hand on his cheek, spreading fire through his body. She had no idea of the effect her touch had on him. “I know that is what you would do if you could. But you cannot be by my side twenty-four hours a day.” She leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. “But I appreciate the thought that you would be, if you could. But sometimes we have to accept that what we would like to happen isn’t what will actually happen. If my dreams show me one thing, it is that things happen outside of our control. Whether we want them to or not. Because we do not control other people. One wrong turn on a busy street can cause death and destruction, a pilot may choose that he wishes to die and take everyone else with him. Wrong place, wrong time, there is nothing to be done to prevent it.”
    “Have you ever tried?”
    “To prevent things I see?” She nodded. “Yes. No one listens. No one wants to know.”
    “The vampires do.”
    “Yes. And the dragons.”
    “Will you tell me what you saw?” he asked, ready for her to refuse him again.
    She went to the veranda and sat down on the swing seat there. He followed, sitting close to her but not daring to touch her, although he wanted to, so very much.
    “The vampires are split. One faction is going to move against the other.”
    “What happens?”
    “Bad things.”
    “Can you change the outcome?”
    “What if I do and worse things happen?”
    “Surely your gift is sent to you for a reason.”
    “I used to believe that. But when no one listens, what is the point? And then people began to think I was mad. My mom even had me exorcised.”
    He frowned, not really knowing what that meant. “I’m sorry,” he said anyway, because by the look on her face it was not a good thing.
    “I was six years old. At that moment, I decided it was best to lie. To say they never happened anymore. But then the weight of those lives you could have saved start to weigh upon you. That’s why Spellholm is such a perfect place for me. I have no TV, no radio and never look at a newspaper. So I began to persuade myself that these dreams are just that. Dreams.”
    “And now this vampire had made them real again.”
    “Yes.” She stood suddenly. “Let’s fight.”
    “Very well,” he said resignedly.
    They sparred for an hour; he had to admit that she moved quickly and surely on her feet. Her aim was true and her courage strong. His fears for her began to fade. But then, he didn’t know what she had planned. How could he ever think that she would be brave enough to walk into the lions’ den?
     

Chapter Twelve – Sybil
    She let him lie with her, hating that he would be left defenceless outside. When he lay next to her, she turned and kissed him once more. Wanting more than anything to make love to him, to tell him what was about to happen was not his fault. But she couldn’t. Instead, she kissed his lips and told him, “I want to thank you for everything you have done.”
    “I only want you to be safe.”
    “I understand