My love for Morgan grows stronger by the second. If only she'll believe that I've come back for her, my murn beatha dan. I must gain back her trust. Selene is going to come back; she wants Morgan too much to let her go without a fight. Certainly there will be hell to pay when Selene comes back looking for me also. There's no doubt that she knows where I am. I may be able to hide good enough to escape the seeker, but not Selene. That seeker will catch me sooner or later if I don't get Morgan's help. I feel drained from not being under Selene's power anymore. I think she may have put a spell on me.

~Sgath

Did you have a good night's sleep?

Cal! Leave me alone.

I love you. Please. I need your help. The seeker is after me. Don't you remember how happy we were together when I gave you my pentacle? You loved me. I gave it because I loved you. And I still do.

I can't trust you. Please, leave me alone. You almost killed me. I don't want to hear anything else. I've got to go to school.

I quickly got ready. I couldn't fell Cal near by. I figured that I could scry when I got home from school. It was already getting late. I knew I should call Hunter, but I still don't feel comfortable around him.

"Morgan. Get down here. We're really late," my sister called up to me.

"Hey Mary K." I took a swig of Diet Coke. I felt my brain slowly start to function. I still was feeling lousy. Well, what could one possibly expect after almost being burnt to a crisp in their boyfriend's pool house?

The day went by extremely slow. Finally, I made it to the house. Thankfully Mary K. went to the mall with her friends. I settled myself in my room and started a circle. I looked into the bright flame of the candle.

Fire trucks…Sky, Hunter, me, Robbie, Bree…a fire…gold explorer turning around…Selene sending witch fire at Cal as he ran into the forest while her coven talked her out of following him…the old cemetery…Cal outside my house, his face full of longing and pain…

A change of scenery…

Me walking to the cemetery on a sunny day talking to Cal…witch fire again…Hunter crashing against a tree while Cal was bloody, lying on the ground with me in-between the two of them…Cal lying on the floor of Selene's library…my powers being stripped from me…my powers being stripped…

I ran to the bathroom; I felt sick, dizzy. I ran into the sink and hit my head and it was dark around me as my head pounded with pain.

~*~

I was in a dark room lying on a bed.. Where am I? I thought groggily my head was pounding. Then I remembered what happened. I looked around and spotted a familiar face.

Someone help! I was terrified.

"Morgan, before you say anything…please, don't leave!" Cal begged as I started to get up. "Morgan, shh. Everything is going to be okay. I love you. We will destroy Selene. I'm not with her anymore. I came back for you. Please. Believe me."

I looked into that face that I adored so much. Maybe he's telling the truth…or not, the other side of me argued. Finally, I sighed and asked, "How can I trust you Cal? And how did I even get here? Don't you think that there's a problem with you coming in my bedroom at night? I didn't even feel you presence last night. Did you put a spell on me?" I suddenly became angry, and stopped being terrified. How dare he!

"We're murn beatha dans, Morgan. We know when our other half is in trouble. No one was home, and I knew you were hurt badly. I was only trying to save you, trying to undo the pain that I've caused you. If I could take yesterday night away and all the other pain that I caused I would do it in an instant. You're all that I can think about. I respect what you say, and I would never put another spell on you. I'm done being under Selene's influence."

I was growing frustrated with him. Why couldn't he see that I couldn't trust him? His words were not enough for me. "Cal," I sighed, "stop fooling yourself. Selene is stronger than us. You will easily be under her power again. I don't want to practice dark magick. I'm Woodbane; it's bad enough that I'm part of that clan, but I don't want to follow in their footsteps. I will practice light magick, Cal. It's not that simple to just give up dark magick. I may know very little about my heritage, but that much I know Cal. It's difficult to give that sort of thing up."

"Give us some more time. I'll let you go for now. I love you so much. Beware of Selene. Be careful." He looked sad as he led me towards the door. I must have fainted again because that was the last thing I remembered before waking up in my room again. Cal's pentacle was on my neck this time.

I fell asleep that night wondering what Cal was doing and thinking whether I should tell Hunter or not. Then I remembered what I saw when I was scrying. One thing I knew for sure: I didn't want my powers being stripped from me, not when I just got them. Once again I thought of my potential as a Woodbane. They were strong, but they practiced dark magick. Would I become a true Woodbane?

I had dreams of the fire. That was only two days ago, and today was a mess. Who knows what miseries tomorrow would bring me?