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"I thought you liked Finn"

"I do He’s gorgeous Sexy Talented He seean said

"He’s dangerous"

"To "

"You pointed out to h school, and that he’s taken all kinds of ether a streak of violence with soerous man

But it’s not… any of that"

"Then what is it?"

Morwenna hesitated "A streak of evil"

"You think Finn has a streak of evil?"

Morwenna sighed "I don’t want to think that And maybe… maybe it’s not really Finn with the streak of evil"

They were in the back of Morwenna’s shop Joseph, Sara, Ja the shop, and despite the insanity going on in the main part of the store--people suddenly determined that they had to have a "real" witch’s cape for Halloween night--Morwenna didn’t see tian de creepy Maybe not believable But then again, we all know that there’s good and evil So, if we believe in ic at all--"

"Morwenna, make sense"

"Okay, Miss Catholic," Morwenna said "You believe in God, right?"

"Yes"

"Then you must believe in the devil"

"Morwenna, I’m one of those people who happens to like church TheI don’t believe in every bit of doctrine, I think that ht are parables, and like many people believe, I think that, if there is a hell, it’s just the absence of God, or goodness, or peace, or whatever"

Megan spoke with assurance, fully aware that she was lying She had seen the creature in the unhallowed graveyard, and she had seen it again, in her dreams By day, all of it seemed silly But when the darkness caht… I was nearlylot, and he was there He didn’t insist on ton House, he just followed me back to Martha’s And he was the one who insisted on leaving"

Morwenna frowned "You were nearly uy?"

"No… he disappeared"

"Disappeared? Like--into thin air?"

"Alone"

"You saw him? You could describe hiht away They’re afraid that the guy who ht be a serial killer One of those lunatics who kills by the full ht, you know Were you able to describe the guy?"

Megan shook her head, feeling et to see hi was really heavy"

Morwenna stared at her a long tian insisted

"Are you sure soht to keep fro No, she wasn’t sure! She’d had her own fears the night before

But there had to have been She couldn’t believe that Finn…

"Why would Finn need tolot?"

"Maybe he was afraid that you were really through with him, that you would refuse to talk with him alone, be with him alone Once he pretended to save you… well, you’d have to trust in hi the most crossed vibes from you in history You like Finn You and Joseph are friendly with hi that he’s iht even have stopped by Boston on his way to reach ht out and commit a horrible murder!"

Morwenna looked distressed "That’s just the point--I’ the most mixed vibes myself--from Finn"

"Morwenna, you’re my cousin, and I love you But I love Finn, too So if you want to cast around unfounded suspicions, don’t do it with ht, sorry… it’s just that--"

"Don’t!"

"No, what I’ve been getting at in a roundabout way is that you both need to start looking into past history I mean, let’s face it, your lives--your dreaht, here it is--"