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Chapter 4, Will the spell work?

They looked at each other. Then they all looked at Senna. She didn't know what to do.

"Do you love him Senna?" Asked Chris quietly.

"I-I..."

"Let's try to find something else." Suggested April.

"But we don't have time!" Shouted Senna, and then realized that everyone looked at her seriously.

"We know that. But if you don't love him, we cannot use the spell, and then... he has no hope." Said David.

April had started to cry. Chris tried to comfort her, for nothing. Senna looked at the others, and they knew as well as she that Jalil was going to die.

Then she made her decision. Even if she hated Jalil, she still needed him. She took the book from her mother and walked away, the others looking after her.

"This depends on Senna now." Whispered David.

"What if she loves Jalil?" Asked April.

"Then he will be okay, I hope... and I think she won't be so cool and ignoring anymore." Answered David.

April looked at the temple where Senna was heading. She didn't know what to feel; she hoped that Jalil would be okay, but at the same time she didn't want Senna to love him... because she loved him too.

Senna walked in and kneeled next to Jalil. Then she checked his pulse again. It had got so weak that she could hardly feel it.

'I can't let him die. But if he awakes, it's the sign that I love him...' Thought Senna as she started to read the spell.

When she was done, the others came to the temple.

"Did it work?" Asked Chris.

"I don't know yet. We have to wait." Answered Senna.

April kneeled next to Jalil.

"Can you hear me?" She asked. No reply. "Please wake up."

She stood up and asked: "What if the spell won't work?"

They looked at Senna's mother.

"I don't know. Then he has no hope." She answered. They all looked at Jalil and hoped the best.

"Let's try to sleep now. Tomorrow we know more." Said David.

So they tried to sleep, thinking about what had happened. At the sunrise they all were awake.

"I think he's gotten better. There's no poison in his body anymore." Said Senna's mother.

"Thank goodness!" Sighed April.

"But he's still weak. The wound hasn't gone anywhere." Reminded David.

"We cannot stay here for a very long time. What if the amazons come back?" Asked April.

"I don't know. Then we're in trouble." Answered David.

"I'm hungry." Griped Chris.

"Let's try to find something to eat. Senna, you stay here with your mother now." Decided David.

"Why me?" Asked Senna, surprised.

"Because if Jalil awakes, you might help him with his wound. You're witches after all." Answered David.

April was a bit jealous, but went with David and Chris anyway. Senna and her mother stayed in the temple, without saying anything.

Finally her mother asked: "Do you love that boy?"

Senna looked at her. "What?"

"The spell worked. And it does that only when the person who reads it loves the wounded person." Said her mother.

"It's not your business." Answered Senna, without looking at her mother.

"I can see it Senna, and everybody else see it too... you know it." Her mother said, with a serious tone.

Senna didn't answer. She had tried to deny her feelings, but she couldn't. The others had realized that too, and now she had to accept it.

She loved Jalil.

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