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"We probably won’t be there until elevenish," Jade told Megan "I want to go back to the shop and try to find out what else I can"

"Sure" Megan s to dress up? You should, you know It’s fun A lot of Morwenna’s Wiccan friends frown upon the ghoulish costumes, but to most of the people, they love the chance to be fa or dead, and monsters"

"Maybe, we’ll see"

"You could do Frankenstein’s an said

"We could," Lucian agreed

"Hey, he’dhis arms around his wife’s shoulder, as he, too, sers--and yet, a very sudden and odd lifeline as well

"A vampire Hm," Jade murmured "Maybe we’ll just come as Wiccans We’ll see"

"Coan said She hesitated, then gave Jade a quick, fierce hug

"Thanks"

"It’s our pleasure to be here," Lucian assured her

Finn thought there was so in the words, what, he couldn’t tell

"Sohtly "Hey, we’d all better get going"

She waved, and turned with Lucian back toward the direction of the bookstore Finn led Megan down the street, since they were several blocks from the coan

She looked up at his I said to him"

"Oh?" Finn queried, startled by a sudden little jab of jealousy

"No, I ht I was crazy Wait--do you think they ht be crazy? I mean, you say the word ’deive so erous theicians, or… or… I don’t know! Maybe they’ve been doing occult articles and have begun to believe in their own fantasies

Maybe… Finn,on"

Finn didn’t answer her right away Her fingers cinched around his "Finn?"

"Let’s hope they’re legitiot"

She walked along in silence beside hiainst his neck and he suddenly stopped, turning back

"Megan"

"Yes?"

"Don’t look now--I uy behind us in a long brown duster who just stopped to light a cigarette"

"So… ?"

"I think he was standing outside the coffee shop"

"I’ll pretend to fix ain, linked her ar

"Well?"

"I don’t think I’ve ever seen him before"

"You sure?"

"Pretty sure He’s not as tall and dark as you and Lucian, but… pretty darned cute I’d have noticed"

"Oh"

She laughed at his tone

"Don’t tell iveHe was glad she could still do so, and startled when she said, "Maybe we’re beginning to get the entire trust thing right again"

"Maybe"

She grew serious "Honestly, I don’t think I saw that ain, I wasn’t really noticing people"

The car was right ahead of thean had said, he had noted thefollowed

"Finn," Megan said suddenly, pulling back

"What?"

"I want to… I want to stop by the church down the street for ato the churchup time he wasn’t sure that they had "You want to see Martha--but you want to stop by the church first?"

"Finn, please, it’s i with or without you"

"You know I’o anywhere alone"

She sht up with her