Chapter 18

We immediately agreed that, before anything else, we’d work out a plan of rescue for Geo. Once he was safe and free, we’d focus on what to do about Charles. It took the better part of the morning for emotions to settle down enough for us to come together as a team to decide on a plan of action.  At one point, an enormous tug of wills took place as Luthias and Gwendoline insisted I stay hidden in the cottage under the shield of protection for the sake of my unborn child. I struggled to get them to under-stand that, between the magic in me and years of intensive self-defense instruction, I was well equipped to hold my own.  I reiterated the dream I had and how I felt it was a symbol of truth. Gwendoline said I had magic in me from the start that just needed to be pulled forth and expounded upon.  That magic had to be inherited from someone and I was banking that someone was Sybil. If I had magic, then so did she. If Sybil truly was the one who broke through