I'm sorry, I had to publish this chapter again, I'm not sure what happened to it.

Chapter 4

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3 years later

Dawn closed her eyes and squished Melissa's hand when the plane started to land. This was the second time when either of them had been in an airplane and neither of them had particularly liked the experience. Still the last two weeks had been amazing; Dawn, Jo and Melissa had been in Miami. Uncle Joshua's sister Jocelyn lived there and she had insisted of taking the girls with her when she had visited her brother's family. Jocelyn didn't have any children and she had wanted to spend some time with her nieces.

She had called Dawn her niece as well. That had made Dawn very happy and she was more than grateful for all the new experiences. Jocelyn, or Auntie Josie, as she had wanted to be called, was few years younger than Uncle Joshua and very different than her brother, babbly and lighthearted. She was also a very talented witch and she owned a small herbal shop. All the girls, especially Melissa, liked her very much.

"Best summer vacation ever!" Melissa announced as soon as the plane had landed. "All my friends are going to be so jealous!"

Jo didn't really share her enthusiasm; she had felt guilty for leaving her father and brothers.

"I can only imagine what the house looks like," she murmured.

"Come on," Melissa snorted. "I'm sure they all survived two weeks without you." She paused and looked at Dawn. "At least you and I had good time, right?"

Dawn nodded.

"Yeah."

She had truly had good time, she had felt…What? Free? That was probably the best word she could think of to describe it. Two weeks without Malachai. She had been able to sleep peacefully when she didn't have to worry about him coming to her room. Still a part of her had sort of missed him, as twisted as that was. The whole thing between them was nothing but twisted. For almost four years he had kept taking her magic whenever he had felt like it and she had simply allowed that.

Obviously she understood now what he was doing and why and yet she had done nothing to stand up for herself. No, she had just let him use her. Not anymore. The last two weeks had somehow opened her eyes; she was going to tell him that she didn't want him to take her magic anymore. Still she couldn't deny that she felt sorry for Malachai. She had learned some things about him during the last four years. The most important thing was probably his ability to absorb magic, but she had also seen his bitterness towards everyone who possessed magic.

The Parker family had led the Gemini Coven for generations and when the oldest son didn't possess any magic of his own… It certainly wasn't easy for Malachai. He wasn't always that bad; he had helped her with her magic studies, talked with her and gave her gifts. He could be very nice and… No, she wasn't going to do this. It was time to tell him no. She was full of determination when she followed Jo and Melissa to the terminal.

"Jo!" Patrick cheered and ran towards her.

"Hey," Jo said warmly while wrapping her arms around her youngest brother. Joey had also come with Uncle Joshua to pick the girls up.

"I'm so glad you're here," Patrick said. "It was so horrible. Horrible, I tell you."

"What was?" Jo asked, she was immediately concerned.

Patrick pulled away and looked at her.

"Dad…He…he…tried to cook."

"Very funny," Uncle Joshua snorted when both Patrick and Joey burst into laughter. "My cooking wasn't that bad."

"Oh please, dad," Joey huffed. "Without takeaways we would have all starved to death."

Jo sighed and shook her head.

"Really, dad?"

Uncle Joshua cleared his throat and quickly changed the subject.

"How was your trip, girls?"

"It was amazing!" Melissa started eagerly. "Auntie Josie took us shopping and to a beauty salon, movies, restaurants, sightseeing…"

Dawn knew that she wouldn't be done anytime soon and it seemed that Uncle Joshua was starting to regret for ever asking the question.

"How's mom?" Dawn heard Jo whispering to her dad when Melissa was concentrated on explaining to her brothers how amazing city Miami was.

Uncle Joshua tensed immediately.

"She's…fine. Better. I think she'll be home soon."

Aunt Teresa had been in "a spa" for almost two months now after she had miscarried the second time. Jo had told Dawn about her mother's first miscarriage three years after Patrick had been born. Aunt Teresa hadn't been the same after that. Dawn didn't speak much on their way home; she was trying to prepare to face Malachai. For some reason she hadn't even considered asking for help. She wasn't really sure what was stopping her. Shame? Guilt? Fear? Some sort of twisted loyalty? Probably all of them.

She couldn't deny that she was afraid of him and she was afraid what would happen if she would tell someone that she had allowed this to continue for almost four years. Surely she could have made it stop if she would have really wanted to. Maybe she didn't really want it to stop… Of course she did. What she needed to do was focus. She would tell him no. No. No. No! She could do that. She had to.

Kai paced back and forth in front of the window, he was so tense that he had to clench his fists. What the hell was taking his father so long? Finally he heard a car. They were here. No, she was here. His little Dawnie and her freaking little magic. Two weeks… Two freaking weeks. At first he hadn't understood what the hell was wrong with him, but then he had realized what was missing. Her magic.

He wasn't addicted to it or anything, of course not. The whole thought was nothing but ridiculous. He simply wanted what belonged to him. Unfortunately he hadn't had time to find a way to stop her from going to Miami with his annoying aunt, but that didn't matter anymore. He looked outside and saw her; she had just stepped out of the car. Finally. He still had wait for couple of hours though. Hopefully she had enjoyed her trip because it would be the last one she would ever take. She wasn't going anywhere ever again.