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adorable to be afraid of. Almost being the operative word. He came to a stop about six feet in front of them and held up his hands in a gesture of peace.
    “I don’t mean you any harm,” he said, reiterating the gesture. “I’m only here to set up a meeting between you and Sabine,” he said as he nodded his head in Jilly’s direction.
    “And what if I don’t agree to this meeting? Will you mean us harm then?” she asked as she slowly rubbed her palms together. She felt the familiar reassuring tingle in her fingers.
    “Sabine doesn’t want you hurt. She just wants to talk, but if I have to hurt you I will.” He walked a step or two closer. The look on his face was anything but friendly.
    “I’d stay where you are if I were you,” Jilly said forcefully. “You really don’t know me.” She rubbed her palms faster. Her palms and fingers were glowing by now.
    The man looked at her and shrugged before charging toward her. Jilly put up her hands and grabbed his arm; he went down fast. She kept a hold of his arm until she felt the warmth in her hands start to fade, and yelled for Caroline to make a run for it.
    “No, I’m not going to just leave you here with him,” Caroline yelled.
    “Does it look like I’m helpless?” she shot back. Caroline looked at her with narrowed eyes and Jilly said, “I’ll be right behind you, just go!”
    Caroline nodded and took off running as Jilly started to rub her palms again. She shocked the man once more to make sure he stayed down for a while and took off after her sister.
    She caught up to Caroline a little ways off from the house. They both ran at full speed the rest of the way back and up into the house. Caroline slammed the door and threw the deadbolt.
    “Right,” Jilly said sarcastically, “do you really think something like a locked door is going to stop them if they really want to get in?”
    “I don’t know, it just seemed like the right thing to do,” Caroline said in a nervous voice.
    “I need to call Emily; I’m going to need help strengthening the protective wards on the house.”
    Caroline nodded numbly and collapsed into a chair.
    First, Jilly shot off a quick text to William telling him what happened in the woods, and then she dialed Emily’s number.
    Adam answered the phone on the first ring, sounding completely disoriented. “Jilly? Is everything ok?” he asked.
    “No, it’s not. I need Emily to come over if she can, and soon. I need help with the wards on the house.”
    By this time Adam was fully awake, and he sat up in bed, nudged Emily awake, and passed her the phone. “Jilly?” she said sleepily. “What’s wrong?”
    Jilly filled her in on the events of the morning and told her to come over as soon as she could and hung up the phone.
    Caroline was sitting at the kitchen table, staring at the floor. Jilly walked over and sat next to her.
    “Look, I’m sorry that you were with me today; I know that must have been scary for you,” she said as she put an arm around her sister.
    “Scary? Yeah, I think that’s a bit of an understatement. A crazy man comes after us in the isolated patch of forest behind our house and you call it scary,” she said a little too loudly. “Is this a normal occurrence for you?”
    “No, this is very out of the ordinary for me. I guess you chose the wrong time to come home,” Jilly replied with a weak laugh.
    “I’m going upstairs to take a sleeping pill and pretend this never happened,” Caroline said as she got up and left the room.
    There was a knock at the back door and Jilly jumped a little at the sound. She walked over and saw William’s face looking in the window as she opened the door. He rushed in and hugged her close to him, cradling her head against his shoulder.
    “Are you ok? Is Caroline ok? You didn’t say either way in the text and I’ve been frantic all the way over here.” He crushed his mouth against hers, relishing the warm feel of her against him.
    She pulled away slightly and