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CPOV

This was not the offer I was expecting at all. I was expecting, "I'll dump Hunter for you," or something really interesting…

I always had wanted to join Kithic. It was lonely doing circles with your mother. I really wanted a coven of my own, a coven where I could express my magick with others instead of Starlocket. It was an interesting offer, even though it wasn't the offer I was looking for. I was thinking of bringing it up, just to make things interesting, but I decided it was best not to do anything irrational without Courtney's approval. She may have been an amateur, but without her I would have to kidnap Hunter myself, and if he somehow escaped I wouldn't be able to cover for myself. So I said,

"I'll think about it," Morgan looked relieved, as if thinking about it meant I would do it. There was no guarantee of anything, but I wasn't going to tell Morgan that. I still had time, after all. I could still convince her that Hunter wasn't such a good guy after all and she would come to me. Maybe if I joined her coven, I would be able to convince her. After I did that, I would somehow get Hunter to go away, tell him Morgan liked me now, or something.

"Thanks," Morgan said. I guess she thought she wouldn't get this far or something. "You're the best." She gave me a quick kiss on the cheek before running back to her house.

I just stood there a second, awestruck. Did Morgan Rowlands just kiss me? Sure, if you call a thankful gesture on the cheek a kiss. But it meant Morgan didn't hate me. Suddenly I wished Hunter wasn't kidnapped and that I could talk to him. It was something I had never thought before. I just wanted to know if Morgan talked about me, even a little. Even if all she said was, "He deserves everything he gets." Even if that's all she said.

Sure, I could go in and visit him. But then I'd be back to the problem that if he escaped, he'd rat me out, and since Morgan likes him and not me, she'd believe him. So what could I do? Disguise myself? No, Hunter would recognize me by my eyes. He always does, if not by my magickal vibrations. No, Hunter knows me way too well for disguises. Send him a witch message? But Courtney has an antimagick field up. No witch message would get through.

Maybe I could simply ask another one of Morgan's friends…but who? Bree? No, Bree likes me too much. Weather Morgan liked me or hated me, she wouldn't tell Bree. Robbie? Yeah, right. Like she'd tell a guy about me. The only person she'd talk to about me was Hunter. And maybe…

SPOV

I was freaking out about Hunter. Where was he? Who had him? I regretted breaking out of scrying before I found out. I had to know! Hunter had a lot of enemies, and although he didn't hate any of them like he hated Cal, they all hated him. Dina, for instance. Dina hated Hunter.

All I know is that it was somebody female, so it couldn't be Cal. Maybe it was Selene. It was very possible.

Suddenly I sensed someone coming up the walkway. I hurried outside before he could get inside.

"What do you want, Cal?" I snarled.

"I just want to talk," Cal said honestly. I looked at him a while. Cal gave me a sheepish grin. My eyes narrowed. Cal's grin faded and he looked at me with innocent golden brown eyes. Finally, I sighed.

"Fine," I said. "But you're not going in my house."

"Thanks, Sky," Cal said, probably for the first time, with a grin that could melt hearts. "So where?" I almost changed my mind, but Cal realized that I might do that and turned his eyes on me again.

"Ugh," I complained. "Stop with the eyes!"

"Sorry," he said quietly, turning his eyes on me then realizing his mistake. "So can we go somewhere privet?" Obviously he didn't like the fact of standing out in front of my house with all the world to see. I rolled my eyes.

"Fine," I said. I led him to the edge of Widow's Vale's forest. He seemed uneasy about this place. "What?" I asked. "Too green for you?" He shook his head.

"No," he said quickly. "It's fine." I stared at him a minute.

"Well?" I insisted, throwing up my arms.

"Oh, right," he said. "Um…Sky…"

"That's my name," I said impatiently. Cal just continued like I hadn't interrupted.

"Am I the first person to talk to you?" I glared at him.

"As in…speak to me or talk to me about…stuff," I asked.

"Just ask to talk to you," Cal said.

"Well," I said slowly, choosing my words carefully. "People have talked to me before. If you mean, like, give me lectures, yeah. If you mean the casual 'hi', duh. But why do you care?" Cal shook his head, trying to keep his cool.

"No," he said. "Does Hunter talk to you about things? His personal life? His thoughts?"

"Of course," I said. "We live together. And sometimes he has to tell me these things so I can help him figure things out. Everyone needs help." I glared at him. "Why?"

"What about Morgan?" Cal continued as if I hadn't asked.

"Sometimes," I replied. "Not much, but sometimes. Now tell me, why?" Cal knew that he shouldn't stall anymore.

"I'm just wondering," he said. "What they thought of me. I mean, Hunter's gone. We don't know where he is. Not like he would tell me anyway, but suddenly I had this urge to know. What did Morgan say about me?" Of course. It was about him.

"Nothing," I lied, and tried to turn away.

"Sky," Cal called. I looked over my shoulder. "There is one thing you should know by now."

"Yeah," I shouted. "What's that?"

"Never ever lie to a witch."

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