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stood and held out one
hand.   “Come.”
    “Where are we doing?”
    “Outside.   I want you to see
this world of mine.”

Escaping into the outer realms captured her attention and Skye
leaped to her feet, but ignored his outstretched hand.   “Lead the way.”
    Rane stood still.   “You will
walk with me or we do not go.”
    Her jaw clenched but she allowed him to take her hand.   “Has anyone ever told you that you’re very
arrogant, stubborn and dangerously close to rude?”
    Rane put his hand at the small of her back.   “Wizards are not so different from humans.”
    “Except for that little immortality aspect,” she offered with a
slight smile.
    “There are some witches who have achieved immortality.”
    Skye shook her head vehemently and walked out of the room with
him.   “No, thanks.   I’m not interested in living forever.   I just want to make it through this week.”
    Rane walked toward the outer portal and stopped, realizing he
couldn’t leave the house without magic.   He cursed audibly and spun around.   He took two steps and bumped into his brother, Jaxon.
    “You are going somewhere, brother?”   Jaxon queried smoothly.
    Rane gritted his teeth.   It
was just like his older brother to gloat.   “I would like to show Skye our home.”
    “Excellent idea,” Jaxon agreed.   He waved a hand toward the solid wall and it dissolved instantly.   “Take care that you both come back in one piece.”
    Rane didn’t express his gratitude.   Instead, he tightened his fingers around Skye’s hand and stepped out
into the mystical world of the wizards.
     
    ***
     
    Emily faced the witch defiantly, her head tilted back and her eyes
blazing.   “I’m not answering any of your
questions.”
    Sabrina laughed without mirth.   “Of course you will, my child.   You know I have the ability to kill you.”
    Emily smirked in spite of her fear.   “But I also know that you won’t until you know that Skye has killed the
wizard.   You need to know she’s sealed
her own fate.”
    Sabrina shot forward, coming to stand inches away from Emily’s
upturned face.   “You mock me.”   Her hand curled around the teenager’s
throat.   “You take great chances with
your own life.”
    Emily thrust out her chin.   “I
know you can’t kill your bargaining chip.”
    With a low curse in an ancient language, Sabrina released her.   “Why hasn’t your sister contacted me?”
    Emily folded her arms in a typical rebellious stance.   “I don’t know, but I do know that she’s not
going to kill that wizard.   Skye isn’t a
killer.   You would have done better
finding someone else to do your dirty work.”
    Sabrina tapped her lips with one, long fingernail she’d painted
onyx.   “I wouldn’t be too sure of that,
my pet.   Your sister knows what I’m
capable of.”
    “But you don’t know what she’s capable of.”
    “Silence.”
    “Sabrina.”   A soft voice spoke
from just over Emily’s shoulder.
    “What is it?”   Sabrina wasn’t
happy at the interruption.
      “You are wanted at the
runes.”
    Fear flashed in Sabrina’s eyes but she quickly turned her head.   “Take the girl back to her room and make sure
she’s locked inside.   No one talks to her
or goes near her until I return.”
     
    ***
     
    Skye could never have imagined a world where the trees whispered
against her skin as she passed and the ground beneath her feet rolled with each
step she took.   Everywhere she looked,
there was magic, and not the dark, intimidating kind of magic Sabrina reveled
in.   This was pure.   Ancient and as powerful as its keepers.   They crossed a stream and a fish jumped out
of the crystal blue depths and lingered in the air, before diving back down
into the refreshing water.   Skye held her
breath.   Beauty surrounded her and not
just the vivid colors of Mystique.   As
they walked, dwarves and giants came out to greet Rane, secure in their own
environment despite her