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also used an enfolding enchantment on it so even Morri couldn’t
see it. Then she sat at her desk and opened the diary Morrigan had given her.
She paused and studied the maze spell, wondering if it could hurt anyone else.
Then she wrote:
*******
April 9
A lot has happened the last two days. Yesterday,
we talked to Lance. I don’t know if he has forgiven me, but at least he liked
my idea. He even smiled at me before he left. Today we found the perfect spot
to hide the canoe. Morri’s so smart! Since we don’t want him to know we’re
witches and that we’re going to use magick to hide his canoe, she told him it
would help his “acting” if he didn’t know where we had put it. He agreed.
It’s a good thing I have kitchen duty until the
end of this month. He wants me to sneak out things like candy and chips, and
other snacks, and tuna, rice—if I can get some—cereal, and large garbage bags.
I don’t know what the deal is with the garbage bags, but he wants me to get as
many as I can. Oh, and 2 or 3 small empty plastic juice containers.
He passed Morri a note this afternoon telling
us to also get some of his camping gear and hide it in the canoe. We still can’t
talk to him much because Kelile is with him most of the time. Morri can’t stand
it. I want to talk to Kelile. But she told me Lance would get mad. Why? I won’t
tell him. I don’t know why Lance doesn’t trust me. And why doesn’t he want Kelile
to go?
Morri asked me if I wanted to get my box when we
get the other things. I said no, that we needed to figure out how to get the
curse off my things first. I’m glad she agreed. I don’t want her to know I
already have my amulet.
*******
Wednesday, April 10
“Hey, girl, wait.” Kelile caught up to Aishling
after classes.
She checked to see if anyone had seen them. Though
happy he was finally talking to her again, she didn’t want Lance to get mad.
While smiling at him, she grabbed his shirtsleeve and pulled him behind
Anderson House. “Hi.”
“Why are you draggin’ me over here?”
“I just wanted to talk to you.”
“Girl, I’m not stupid. You don’t want your prissy
queen to see you talkin’ to me. Don’t shake your head. I know what you’re
doin’.”
Her stomach flip-flopped. What could she say?
“You’re right. I don’t want her to see us. But, I want to tell you something.”
He raised his eyebrows. “Go ahead.”
“I’m sorry about what happened to you.”
“What was that? Why did my eyes
bleed? Explain that for me.” He nodded his head and kept his squinted eyes
fixed on hers.
“I don’t know.”
“And I should believe that. Right.”
“Kelile, I didn’t know that was going to happen.”
“Then why did you say, quote, ‘Kelile, stop
reading it now!’?” He moved in on her. “What was that? Even the doctor couldn’t
figure out what had happened. It was like some voodoo or something. Tell me.”
She backed away. “I told you to stop reading it
because it wasn’t yours.”
He made faces and mouthed her words back.
“I did!” She huffed. “Look, if you don’t want to
talk, fine. I’ll leave you alone.”
“Wait just a minute, girl. You keep sayin’ you’re
sorry. I don’t believe you. You knew what was going to happen. I know you did.”
“No. I had had an awful nightmare that night, and
I was kind of dazed. I would never want you to be hurt. Honestly. Can’t you
believe that?”
He stared at her a moment before nudging her on
her shoulder. “Okay. We’re good.”
While shaking his head, he grinned. “Girl, was
Lance mad at you two, fighting mad! I felt a little bad about snitchin’ on you.
Just a little.” He chuckled. “Listen, I think he wants to run away now. He
hasn’t said anything yet, but I think I could convince him. If I do, do you
wanna come?”
Heat moved across her face, and she felt herself
blush. “Uh … Let me think about it. Okay?”
14
*******
April 10
Kelile finally talked to me today. He seems to
see it. Then she sat at her desk and opened the diary Morrigan had given her.
She paused and studied the maze spell, wondering if it could hurt anyone else.
Then she wrote:
*******
April 9
A lot has happened the last two days. Yesterday,
we talked to Lance. I don’t know if he has forgiven me, but at least he liked
my idea. He even smiled at me before he left. Today we found the perfect spot
to hide the canoe. Morri’s so smart! Since we don’t want him to know we’re
witches and that we’re going to use magick to hide his canoe, she told him it
would help his “acting” if he didn’t know where we had put it. He agreed.
It’s a good thing I have kitchen duty until the
end of this month. He wants me to sneak out things like candy and chips, and
other snacks, and tuna, rice—if I can get some—cereal, and large garbage bags.
I don’t know what the deal is with the garbage bags, but he wants me to get as
many as I can. Oh, and 2 or 3 small empty plastic juice containers.
He passed Morri a note this afternoon telling
us to also get some of his camping gear and hide it in the canoe. We still can’t
talk to him much because Kelile is with him most of the time. Morri can’t stand
it. I want to talk to Kelile. But she told me Lance would get mad. Why? I won’t
tell him. I don’t know why Lance doesn’t trust me. And why doesn’t he want Kelile
to go?
Morri asked me if I wanted to get my box when we
get the other things. I said no, that we needed to figure out how to get the
curse off my things first. I’m glad she agreed. I don’t want her to know I
already have my amulet.
*******
Wednesday, April 10
“Hey, girl, wait.” Kelile caught up to Aishling
after classes.
She checked to see if anyone had seen them. Though
happy he was finally talking to her again, she didn’t want Lance to get mad.
While smiling at him, she grabbed his shirtsleeve and pulled him behind
Anderson House. “Hi.”
“Why are you draggin’ me over here?”
“I just wanted to talk to you.”
“Girl, I’m not stupid. You don’t want your prissy
queen to see you talkin’ to me. Don’t shake your head. I know what you’re
doin’.”
Her stomach flip-flopped. What could she say?
“You’re right. I don’t want her to see us. But, I want to tell you something.”
He raised his eyebrows. “Go ahead.”
“I’m sorry about what happened to you.”
“What was that? Why did my eyes
bleed? Explain that for me.” He nodded his head and kept his squinted eyes
fixed on hers.
“I don’t know.”
“And I should believe that. Right.”
“Kelile, I didn’t know that was going to happen.”
“Then why did you say, quote, ‘Kelile, stop
reading it now!’?” He moved in on her. “What was that? Even the doctor couldn’t
figure out what had happened. It was like some voodoo or something. Tell me.”
She backed away. “I told you to stop reading it
because it wasn’t yours.”
He made faces and mouthed her words back.
“I did!” She huffed. “Look, if you don’t want to
talk, fine. I’ll leave you alone.”
“Wait just a minute, girl. You keep sayin’ you’re
sorry. I don’t believe you. You knew what was going to happen. I know you did.”
“No. I had had an awful nightmare that night, and
I was kind of dazed. I would never want you to be hurt. Honestly. Can’t you
believe that?”
He stared at her a moment before nudging her on
her shoulder. “Okay. We’re good.”
While shaking his head, he grinned. “Girl, was
Lance mad at you two, fighting mad! I felt a little bad about snitchin’ on you.
Just a little.” He chuckled. “Listen, I think he wants to run away now. He
hasn’t said anything yet, but I think I could convince him. If I do, do you
wanna come?”
Heat moved across her face, and she felt herself
blush. “Uh … Let me think about it. Okay?”
14
*******
April 10
Kelile finally talked to me today. He seems to
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