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lips.  She nodded, understanding I would tell her later, and continued with the reason she came to find me, “Dean would like to talk to you.”  “Let’s go in then,” I replied.
    The four of us entered the guy’s dorm room. “Anita said you could keep my secret Chloë.” I nodded yes. “If the girls are going to know then I guess I should tell you too Finn.” Dean took a deep breath and blurted out, “I am a shape shifter.”  “A what?  What the hell is a shape shifter?” Finn demanded.  The changes he had been going through, and hearing that his roommate can turn into an animal was driving Finn to his breaking point.  He was practically humming with fear and disbelief, while he listened to Dean’s explanation.
    “I have the ability to turn into a cougar.  I mean I have to turn into a cougar, during the full moon.  The rest of the time I can do it when ever I want.”
    Finn started to pace back and forth.  “I’m lost.  I don’t understand any of this.” Finn turned to me, “How are you taking this so casually?” “Finn, what have your parents told you about your heritage?” I asked.  “Really you want to know what ethnicity I am? Okay, I’ll play along.  I don’t see how this helps anything, but we are Scandinavian and German.”  I tried to touch his arm to comfort him, but he pulled away and continued to pace.
    “When was the last time you spoke to your parents?”  “I…uh…haven’t heard from them since the day I arrived on campus,” he replied.  “What are their names?” I asked.  “Hans and Eliana Christiansen.  Why?”  “I’m going to call my mother.  She doesn’t know shit about being a mom, but things like this she knows.”
    Today I sensed otherness in Finn, the fact that I hadn’t sensed it at first, means a very powerful spell had been placed on him.  It had to be a glamour, a spell to make him look differently than normal.  I had been studying my spell books, more intensely since Vanessa disappeared, I didn’t want to be caught off guard again.
    I pulled out my cell phone and called Marguerite, my mother. “Bonsoir maman, Can I ask you a question?” “Oui, bien sûr.  What do you want to know?” “Do you know Hans or Eliana Christiansen?”  “Chérie,” Marguerite said, “Are you consorting wit elves now?” Elves? I thought silently. “Have you heard from them?” I asked.  “No, chérie. Should I have?” she asked.  “Leur fils n’savait pas où ils sont. Can you look into it?” I requested.  “Mais oui chérie.  Eh, Finn does not know where his parents are?  Merde, there are others missing also.  Alors, I wouldn’t worry they are very powerful elves, oui.  Is there anything else?” she asked in her thick French accent. “No, rien.  You have answered my questions, mercí, maman. À bien tôt,” I said and hung up the phone.
    Finn was staring at me through the entire conversation with my mother.  “Okay, later I am going to tell you how sexy it is when you speak French, but I have to process all this other stuff first. So, why would your mother know anything about my parents?” I took a deep breath. I was worried how he was going to handle this.  “Finn,” I began, “God, there is just no simple way to ease into this. Well here it goes…I’m a witch.” I raised my eyebrow and tried to gage his reaction.  It seemed he was sticking with stunned silence, so I continued, “My mother said that…” Finn held up his hand and cut me off.  And stunned silence was over. “You’re a what?”
    “I’m. A. Witch.  Can you handle this, ‘cause it is going to get a bit weirder before we are done.” This was so not going well.  “Witches and shape shifters?  Have you all lost your minds?  Is this some kind of joke, I mean come on, this stuff doesn’t exist.”  He was going to need proof. 
    Hmm, what to do?  Then it occurred to me, a glamour spell kept all of this from him, it would only be right if I used