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  “Your concern is greatly
appreciated.   Give my love to Mother.”
     
    ***
     
    Skye paced the bedroom, digging her toes in the plush carpeting as
she circled the bed for the fifth time.   Her arms folded over her breasts, she fumed with each step.   How could the wizard have known she was
coming to his bedroom?   He’d known she’d
been outside his house as well.   Sabrina
had assured her the spell would work to cloak her presence.   Either it hadn’t or the wizard was simply too
powerful.  
    Plopping down on the edge of the bed, Skye considered her
options.   Maybe things hadn’t been
falling into place as well as she would have liked, but she’d already made her
first move.   And Rane Hansen had been
none the wiser.  

She didn’t smile at her success.   She didn’t want to kill the wizard, but if she had to choose between his
life and Emily’s, well, there was no choice.  
    It didn’t matter now.   In a
matter of days, the wizard would be dead and she would reunite with her
sister.   Then, she’d leave the Craft
behind forever.
     
    ***
     
    “She won’t kill him,” Emily informed the high priestess in a haughty
tone of voice.
    Sabrina didn’t look over her shoulder.   She had little time for children.   “Your sister will do as she’s told.”
    Emily snorted and dropped her feet to the floor.   Sabrina heard the slap of bare feet over the
concrete and knew the child approached her.   “You think she doesn’t know that you’re setting her up.”
    Sabrina angled a look at the wispy thin teenager.   “I think I didn’t come in here to have a
conversation with you.”   The witch
whipped back around and studied the few items arrayed on the top of the
dresser.   Small mementos she’d allowed
Emily to keep reminding her of home.   Sabrina figured they might come in handy at a later time.   Like now.  
    Emily folded her arms and bumped one hip against the corner of the
dresser.   “What did you come in here for,
then?”
    Black-tipped fingernails slid over the gold-encrusted comb, the
sparkling barrettes before finally settling on a silver necklace with a
heart-shaped locket.   Sabrina hummed low
in her throat.   “This will do nicely.”
    Emily reached for the chain, but Sabrina held it high.   Her laughter rang out loud and clear.   “Give it back,” Emily demanded.
    Sabrina curled the cool silver around her hand.   “My darling, why do you think I allowed you
to bring your collection with you?   Your
sister gets easily distracted, I’m afraid, and every now and then, she needs a
reminder of her task.”
    Emily positioned herself in front of the door.   “You’re not leaving with my necklace.”
    Sabrina gave her a pitying look.   It wouldn’t take much to subdue the child .   A simple turn of her wrist,
really, but then, it was possible Emily’s death could get back to Skye, and
that would never do.   At least not until
Skye had completed the job.   “I don’t
want to hurt you, Emily.”   Sabrina said
the lie with smooth aplomb.  
    The teen squared her shoulders and tossed her golden hair back over
her shoulders and for a brief moment, Sabrina caught a glimpse of Skye’s fire in
the young girl’s eyes.   Emily might not
be aware of the abilities she possessed, but one day, she would, if Sabrina
wasn’t successful in eliminating the possibility.  
    “You’re lying,” Emily responded in a clipped tone of voice.
    Sabrina lifted one shoulder.   “Perhaps.”
    “Why are you even bothering to keep me alive now?   We both know you have every intention of
killing me once Skye kills the wizard.”
    Sabrina’s eyes narrowed.   How
much did the child know?   And even more
interesting, how did she know it?   Sabrina
thought it bore further conversation.   “What makes you think I’m going to kill you, my dear?”
    Emily leaned back against the door and pressed one foot behind
her.   “I don’t think it.   I know it.   I can see it in