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    “Huh?   Why wouldn’t they be there?” Gabe asked.
    “Wait, you didn’t hear about what happened last night?”   Sophie said with a smirk curling at the end of her lips.
    “Last night?   What are you talking about?” Gabe felt completely lost.
    “You really don’t know?   I thought everyone heard that drama.   It pissed Michael off something fierce.”   Sophie continued.
    “What did?” Gabe asked, starting to get frustrated about being kept in the dark.
    “Apparently a lover’s quarrel.”   Sophie explained with a grin plastered from ear to ear.   Gabe felt unnerved by her reaction to their friend’s dilemma.
    “Raimie and Dina?”   Gabe asked in disbelief.
    “Oh yeah.   They went at it pretty good in the cleric’s garden last night.   Apparently it wasn’t long until tempers were heated and accusations were not the only thing being thrown around.”
    “Wait, no!” Gabe gasped.   “They cast against one another?”
    “Oh yeah!” Sophie exclaimed.   “And there were no safety spells on.   They meant business.”
    “That makes no sense,” Gabe said, shaking his head.
    “Maybe Dina thought Raimie was being unfaithful.” Sophie’s words almost sounded like a warning to Gabe.
    “So what happened?” Gabe asked, trying to steer the conversation in a different direction.
    “I guess they had banged each other up pretty good by the time Michael got there.   I don’t think I have ever seen Michael that angry.   He took them both back to his chambers and last I heard, nobody has gone in or out of his office since.”   Sophie took a step forward and punched Gabe lightly in his arm.   “Crazy, huh?
    “Yeah, I guess.”   Gabe replied, still puzzled by Sophie and now his friends’ behavior.
    Just before they parted ways, Sophie leaned in for a kiss, but all Gabe could think about were Dina and Raimie in trouble and the red flicker he had seen earlier in Sophie’s eyes.
    “I better get going,” Gabe said as he turned to walk away.
    “Ok, bye sweetie,” Sophie said waving cheerfully.   Gabe wondered if he were in an episode of the Twilight Zone.

CHAPTER TEN

    Gabe walked to class.   The entire way his thoughts were consumed by what Sophie had just told him.   Raimie and Dina had one of the closest and well-functioning relationships he had ever witnessed.   Prior to the last couple days, he couldn’t recall a single argument they had had in front of him.   The idea of them actually engaging one another in a magical battle was inconceivable.
    Gabe’s thoughts shifted to Sophie and her reaction as she told him the story of Raimie and Dina fighting.   She almost took pleasure in it, he thought.
    Coming to a stop outside of the classroom door, Gabe glanced in and saw that indeed, Raimie and Dina were nowhere to be found.   Looking up and down both halls, he huffed when he realized Sophie might have in fact been right about what had transpired the previous evening.
    Shoulders slumped, Gabe entered the classroom and took his seat at the empty table.   The next three classes dragged on.   What was only a few hours, felt more like ten.
    Gabe was consumed by thoughts about his friends.   He also didn’t dare speak to Neru after Sophie’s reaction.   Avoiding her had proven somewhat easy.   Gabe waited until just before each class was about to begin before sneaking in and sliding into a seat near the exit.   Neru had attempted to get Gabe’s attention at one point, but he pretended not to hear her.
    At last, he decided he was not going to another class until he got some answers.   He wasn’t sure what was going on, but it was evident by the behavior of Sophie and his friends that something was in fact not right at Rampart Manor.   As the professor dismissed the students, Gabe scooped up his books and bounded from the room on his mission.
    “Gabe!”   The tiny voice called out behind him.
    Gabe’s thoughts were still filled with worry over Sophie and his