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eyes. He backed off of her a bit and closed his eyes for a moment, taking deep breaths to regain his composure. He motioned her to a table nearby. She walked over and saw a silver bracelet at the bottom of an open velvet satchel. It was decorated with such fine details one would almost say that the maker twisted real vines together and somehow turned them to a metal.
    Celina reached for the bracelet and Maligo quickly slapped her hand away. "Ouch!" Celina cradled one hand in the other and took a step back. "Why did you do that?" Celina snapped. Maligo moved to stand where Celina had been, keeping her from seeing the bracelet.
    "You will not touch this. This bracelet is for your Prince. You will give this to him, and" Maligo was cut off again by the annoying tone of Celina's voice.
    "I am not a messenger. If you want to give him something, you can give it to him yourself!"
    Maligo's rage grew. He reached into the satchel at his waist and dusted his hands with what seemed to be a whitish translucent powder. Quickly, he thrust his knarred hand towards the girl, just barely missing her throat. "Levictum Thrownas!"
    Celina's feet lifted from the ground, and she was thrown against and then pulled up the wall. She felt his hands crushing her throat, but when she looked at him she saw that Maligo was about six feet away from her. She struggled to look for the ground with her feet but to no avail. She felt fingers tightening around her throat as her eyes began to water, and she began gasping for air. Maligo walked over to her, and in a calm, yet threatening tone he spoke. "I don't need you. So if you interrupt me again I will kill you." He said, dropping his hands and turning away. He made sure that she could not see him as he shook his hand and tried to regain the energy that spell took from him.
    She fell to the floor grasping her throat, and coughing hysterically to pull air back into her lungs. She slowly stood to her feet and walked over to Maligo, who was again in front of the bracelet, marveling at his own work.
    Maligo did not take his eyes off the trinket as he began to speak to her. "You will give this bracelet to the prince and be sure that he is the only one who touches it. This bracelet has been drowned in a potion that will enter the prince's skin on contact and help him to forget all about the princess. Giving you an open opportunity to swoop in to her place. I will need an ally on the throne one day."
    Celina opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She thought of the fingers around her neck and kept her thoughts to herself. I would not help you once I am princess. In fact, I will have you killed for what you have done to me today . She thought calmly, trying to form a plan of her own.
Celina turned her attention back to the bracelet ,daydreaming about her own plans to rule and claim the prince's heart.

~ Chapter 7~
     
    The sky was the lightest blue they had ever seen. Thin clouds drifted by as the winged horses flew as high as they were able. As far the girls knew, only Dragon's flew this high.
    Alannah’s arms tightened around Kaleb’s waist as she brushed her face against his ear, to ensure she would be heard. "This is amazing.” She whispered in the quietest of tones. The usually loud, excitable girl was almost silenced by the awe of the site before her. Her attention was drawn to the horse that pulled up beside her. She looked at Evyette and smiled. They had never ridden on such magical steeds, or ever been this high in the sky going so fast.
    "Where are we going?" Evyette asked Tristan.
    Tristan twisted his head slightly to ensure she could hear him. "You will see."
    The smirk on his face made the girls all the more curious. They continued flying for quite some time, high over tree tops, and then over the clearing toward the great towering Southeastern mountains.
    The horses approached the mountains and began to search for a place to land. Alannah realized that Kaleb and Tristan rarely had to speak