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should have gone with her.
     
    The morning light does not bring a lift to my mood.  It darkens it.  I am ready to tear someone apart.  Literally.  I get great pleasure from imagining this Angel of Death that took Xandra and ripping her wings and limbs off.  Then pulling her hair out strand by strand.  From her nose.  If I can find a way to get to her…
     
    The darkness on my heart is lifted when Xandra is suddenly in front of me.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 7
     
    I have her in my arms in an instant.  I want to hold her and never let her go – but I put my arms through her brother’s spirit who is clinging tightly to her and that does not feel right.  I step back and put my hands on her cheeks.  “Are you okay?  Have you been injured?  Your aunt and brother are well?”  I am spurting out questions faster than she can answer them.
     
    With a hand on my cheek she stops my mouth.  “We’re fine.  I’m sorry I worried you.  All we need to do now is get them back to their bodies.”
     
    Not to be insensitive, but the faster they are taken care of, the faster I can have Xandra all to myself to make sure she came back no worse for wear.  “Can you feel the presence of your bodies?” I ask the two spirits.  “Are you able to return to them on your own?”
     
    Xandra brings my attention back to her again.  “Um, Kallen, we’re inside of five circles.  I bet they can’t feel much of anything.”
     
    Okay, my mind is not functioning properly.  “Of course, I forgot.”
     
    Xandra looks closer at me.  “Were you really that worried?  I’ve only been gone for about an hour.”
     
    My face becomes the picture of incredulity.  Perhaps her mind is not functioning properly either.  “An hour?  Xandra, you’ve been gone for a day and a half.”
     
    She is skeptical.  “A day and a half?  Really?”
     
    I shake my head in disbelief.  She says this as if I have not been counting the minutes since she left.  “Yes.  And it has been the longest day and a half of my life.”
     
    An expression of awe washes over her face.  “You’ve all been waiting here that long?”
     
    I laugh.  “Of course.  Did you think we would say ‘it has been too long, we should just leave her there and go for dinner’?”
     
    Xandra’s cheeks pink as she smiles.  “No, I don’t think you’d do that.”
     
    Pulling her in my arms again, with her brother at a safe distance so I do not make that mistake again, I kiss her.  “Forever.  I would wait for you forever.”
     
    The darkening of her eyes tells me she would like me to prove that.  In private.  Soon.  Once again I find myself counting minutes.  “We should get them to their bodies,” she says pulling me back to reality.
     
    With a sigh of severe disappointment, I say quietly, “Later.”  I can safely say she agrees.
     
    Walking to the edge of my circle, I release it.  My extremely frustrated and angry Grandmother greets us.  “Finally,” she growls but then pulls herself together to say calmly to Xandra, “Everything went well?”
     
    Xandra nods.  “Yes.”
     
    With a nod, Grandmother turns to take down her circle and in less than a minute, they are all down.  All of us look like we have spent a day and a half on the beach.  We are a sad looking bunch.  A shower is definitely in all of our plans.
     
    Regardless of my need to freshen up, I follow Xandra and the two spirits upstairs to see them reunited with their bodies.  The reunion of the two lost ones with Xandra’s parents is emotional to say the least.  Xandra eventually has to break it up.  “Um, Mom, we should probably…”
     
    After enjoying the only true hug she has been able to give her son since she died, Xandra’s mother is reluctant but she does let him go.  “Of course.”  I know she is debating not letting him return to his body.  I can see it in her eyes.  She can protect him if he is a spirit.  Ultimately,