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10. Morgan

The first thing I noticed as I woke up was the gentle beep, beep. It took me a while to consider where I was. Then I remembered what had happened. I was alive. I decided to open my eyes, to check if this was real. I was dazzelled by the stark white of the walls. I looked to the side and there were cards, piles of them. There was even a bunch of flowers, tulip's, in a vase by my bed with a little note attached.

I tried to sit up to have a closer look, but a searing pain cut across my chest. My whole body ached. I groaned. Suddenly there was movement in the room. Hunter, my parents and Mary K. were all sitting there in the corner. They rushed over as soon they heard that I was awake.

"Thank goodness you're O.K. we were so worried. What happened sweetie?" My mum asked. Oh crap, what had Hunter told them?

"I don't really remember," I replied faintly, trying to look convincing.

"I found you by the side of the road," Hunter covered for me, "It looked like some guy had gone up and stabbed you. I never found him though." I nodded to him.

"Mmm, I remember now. It was some person wearing a black coat and covered up face."

"You poor thing," said Mary K. in sympathy, "It must have been horrible."

"I'm so glad you're alright. We were so worried. The nurse says that you'll have to stay in two more day's until you recover. You're very lucky to be alive, apparently, had it not been for Hunter, you would have died." My dad piped in and I smiled at Hunter.

"What are all these?" I asked them pointing to the cards and flowers.

"You've had lots of visitors." My mom said. "These were from Aunt Eileen and Paula," she said pointing to the flowers. "This card was from Bree, and another one here from Robbie. They were sorry to have to go back to school today, and they sent their good luck."

My eyes widened. "What day is it?" I asked. If Bree and Robbie were back at school…

"It's Monday honey, you've been here for three days." I had no idea that I'd been out that long.

"Now we should probably go for you to have some rest. Come on everyone." Mom ushered everyone out of the room. I signaled to Hunter.

"Can I just have a bit longer?" Hunter asked my mom politely.

"O.K. then," she said reluctantly, obviously pleased that Hunter had asked for her permission. Mary K. gave me a grin as they shut the door.

"Did I have to have been taken out by some thug?" I asked grinning at Hunter. "I'd like to think I'd get something a little more heroic."

"I'm sorry, I didn't really get a chance to work on some elaborate chase or anything." He smiled at me. "You nearly gave me a heart attack you know. I thought that you'd died."

"So did I," I replied. "Thank's Hunter. So what's been happening since Friday. Anything exciting?"

"Thank the Goddess, no, Da managed to close the Bith Mearc and Bethany did some deep healing work, that has been enough excitement to last a lifetime. Oh, this is from her and Alyce by the way." He handed me a pretty flower card. On it flashed the runes for health, recovery and protection, all shimmering over the picture.

"What about the others from Kithic? Do they know the truth?" I hoped he would have told them, for my prides sake that is.

"Yes, Sky told them at the circle on Saturday. The Seeker left yesterday. I refused to let him speak to you. They used to dagger to trace Amyranth's new leader. But we still don't know what actually happened. How did you end up with Ciaran MacEwan's dagger stabbed in your back?"

I told him everything, trying to keep myself under control. It hurt to remember how terrified I had been and how close I had been to dying, or worse to have been responsible for a new dark age in Wicca. "Then I decided it was probably best to just kill myself before I could be used to resurrect terrible Amyranth leaders. Hopefully the Goddess won't strike me down for attempted suicide." I was only half joking.

"No love, of course not. You had a perfectly good reason to do that. I'm sorry I didn't come earlier, I should have thought something like that would happen, I just wasn't expecting it so soon."

"None of us could have known. It was no-one's fault."

"I love you Morgan." He looked down at me with his clear green eyes. I smiled at him,

"You too." He bent down to kiss me, and I tried to lift myself up. I gave him a quick kiss on the lips, then fell back down onto the bed, smiling.

"Get some rest." He murmured, and quickly brushed his lips on my forehead. Then he left, closing the door quietly, as I fell once again into a deeper and happy sleep.

THE END

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