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witch, that's kind of a big deal," she looked pointedly at Zac, who glared at her in return.
    "Is there anything else about them?" asked Sam.
    "Not much, but this spell was written in 1542. It's one of the first in the book and one of the only ones I can read," she said, not mentioning that she thought it was an omen. For good or bad, she didn't know. "The story goes that the church and crown in Wales passed through a law naming witchcraft as a felony and those found practicing would face punishment of death. The first law of its kind. The witch who wrote the spell was accused, having been framed by another witch, who was using her power for evil. Exploiting the townspeople, summoning devils and monsters. This is what drew the Witch Hunter to the village. They formed a tentative alliance and under the cover of darkness the Hunter tore the devils to pieces and stole the evil witches light."
    "What does that mean?" asked Sam, intrigued by the story. "Stole her light?"
    "They probably took her power. Anyway, the Hunter left a trail of mutilated bodies in their wake, horrifying the good witch. The next morning some angry townsfolk, who had been spying on them, tore her from her bed. She had no trial and was tied to a wooden pole at the centre of the village. They intended to burn her for the crime of witchcraft and murder, for they believed it was she that had summoned the devils. As the flames grew around her, the Witch Hunter came back and saved her from the fire and took her far away from the angry mob to live out her days without fear of exposure. She married and had a family and passed the grimore to her daughter."
    "It seems that the Hunter has a heart, at least," Sam said absently.
    "If you call tearing apart devils, mutilating their bodies and stealing witches power, having a heart , then we have a serious problem," Gabby exclaimed, snapping the grimore shut.
    "Pfft, it's just a story," scoffed Zac.
    "It's meant to serve as a warning," Gabby scolded. "One you would do well to heed."
    "Do it," he said. "Damn the consequences."
    "No," Sam said warily, shaking his head. "Rushing headlong into situations like this is what got us into this in the first place."
    "Can you banish a founding witches spirit for eternity, let alone find her?" he asked both of them. When they remained silent he said, "Thought so."
    "I'll do it," Gabby sighed. "Just know that I'm reluctant, but I'm helping you anyway. You owe me, Zac."
    "And we thank you for that," Sam said pointedly, understanding what Gabby was sacrificing to help them. Witches and vampires had been at war for hundreds of years; that they had become friends in the first place was a miracle.
    "What do you need to do for the spell?" Zac asked, interrupting Sam.
    "It's part potion and incantation," she replied, reading through the pages again. 
    "Okay, so it's an outdoorsy thing," he said.
    "If you want. The spell will leave a calling card of sorts, attached to the place it was cast. It would lead the Witch Hunter here, if here was the place we chose to do it," Gabby explained, leaving the choice up to the brothers.
    "The old cemetery," Zac said. "I don't want any witchy residue in the house."
    "I have to go get a few things. I will meet you there in an hour or so." Gabby slipped the grimore into her bag and made for the front door, not waiting for an answer. She hardly believed that she had been roped into helping them. When Liz found out, she'd be furious.
     

     
    The cemetery was located on the edge of the main manor grounds, off to the side of the original plantation. Over one up hundred and fifty years, the land had been reclaimed by nature, the swampland encroaching back to its original form. 
    Most of the cemetery itself was overgrown; falling out of repair as the locals began to forget it ever existed. It was full of people who had died over a hundred and fifty years ago, many Degaud plots among the headstones, their family having been one of the first families to have