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“It’s part of
the unspoken agreement she has with the Elder. She stays out of
heku business but involves us in important things, and we let her
do what she wants.”
    “I wasn’t aware there were specifics,”
Richard said.
    Chevalier chuckled, “There are no specifics.
I don’t even know when it happened. All of a sudden, Emily started
listening to me.”
    “Growth spurt,” the Chief of Staff said,
smiling.
    Chevalier glared at him, “It’s not a growth
spurt.”
    Silas cleared his throat.
    Quinn looked up at him, “I don’t think it
matters who she tries to turn to ash. I don’t believe Megara can do
it.”
    “You don’t?” Chevalier asked.
    “I think she would have shown it before
now.”
    “She’s never been threatened.”
    “Maybe we should set up a mock threat,” Kyle
said. “That’d let us know, one way or the other.”
    “Is it worth scaring her?” Chevalier asked,
frowning.
    “To know if she has the ability… maybe.”
    “I’ll talk to Emily about it. I’m not sure I
like the idea of scaring Megs.”
    Silas smiled, “So I can tell her to pick a
prisoner?”
    “Yes,” Kyle said. “Then let us know how it
goes.”
    Silas nodded and disappeared. He met up with
Emily, just as she was getting off of the stair lift that took her
from the second-floor to the first-floor. The first-floor guards
were talking to her about it.
    Silas cleared his throat, and both
first-floor guards spun suddenly and faced forward, standing
straight at attention. Emily started to explain that they weren’t
hurting anything but thought twice about it and hobbled toward the
prison.
    “The Council said you can ash any heku you
want in the prison,” Silas told her.
    She nodded, “Do you have a preference?”
    Silas smiled, “Yes.”
    “Who?”
    “His name is Wallace, and he was a serial
killer a few years back.”
    “I didn’t hear about him,” Emily said,
looking over at Silas.
    “He wasn’t in this area. When it was
discovered he was Equites though, Damon caught him.”
    “Why isn’t he dead or banished?”
    “The Elders wanted him to stay above ground
in case more bodies were located by the mortal police.”
    She nodded, “Take me to him.”
    Emily looked down the long flight of stairs
leading to the prison, and then winced when Silas picked her up and
walked her to the bottom.
    “Captain,” the two Prison Guards said when
Silas entered. They bowed slightly toward him and then looked at
Emily, shocked, “Lady Emily! You can’t be…”
    “Enough,” Silas snapped. “She’s with me.”
    “But… Miss Megara too?” one of them
asked.
    Megara smiled, “I’m with them.”
    Silas led them over to a cell on the far end
of the prison. He and Megara waited for Emily to arrive, and when
she did, Silas had a chair for her.
    Two hours later, Emily was thinking of how
else to explain the ash process, and Megara was obviously
frustrated with the entire process. The prisoner hadn’t felt so
much as a burn and was calmly sitting in his cell watching
them.
    “I hate this!” Megara yelled when she tried
again.
    Emily took her hand, “Just give it time.”
    “No! It’s not fair… what am I? A blood
drinking mortal? I can’t turn a heku to ash. I'm not as fast as a
heku. I'm not as smart as a heku.”
    “It takes time to see what abilities you
have…,” Emily started, but Megara ran out of the prison.
    Emily looked up at Silas, and he shrugged,
“The Council wonders if they need to make her feel threatened to
bring out the ability.”
    “Threatened? Like someone attack her?” Emily
asked, getting slowly to her feet.
    “Yes, but no real threat.”
    “I hate for her to feel that. It’s
horrible.”
    “I know, but it could bring out her
ability.”
    “I’m not sure she has one. She’s always taken
more after the heku.”
    Silas nodded and then carried Emily up the
stairs to the lobby. He looked over when Horace walked up, “Miss
Megara is in your Jeep.”
    Emily frowned,