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Finally, the others settled on the coraphy of ould do what and when All that was left was to set it up and see if the bad guys illing to play along "Mr Wainwright," Merlin said to Ethan, "you will contact Miss Meredith in the e Make it sound like your client is planning to give in to her dee Meanwhile, I will go to the Spellworks store and give thee for Mr Idris Someone at the store has to kno to contact him, and under the circumstances, I’m sure they’ll do so"

I’d have loved to be a fly on the wall for Merlin’s visit to the store I the real Merlin walk into your store It would be like Elvis walking into a neighborhood record store

"What about Geure out they have the wrong person, she could be in danger"

"We already have her guarded," Merlin said

"She’ll be worried sick, though She’s probably called the police by now"

"Why shouldn’t she call the police?" Rod asked, his voice and face hard and grier"

"I have onemy hand "When do we deal with Ari?"

"After everything is secured, ill get you to a safe place where we knoe can retain custody of her, and then ill suodroan at i any more time spent with Ari in my head

Once everyone had synchronized their watches and verified their parts in the plan, the others went home I helped Owen clear away the remains of the mostly uneaten Chinese food "Do you think we have a prayer ofthis work?" I asked

"We’ll find out toht up in this" His voice had warmed a little toward me since our earlier conversation, but I still felt a bit of a chill

"It’s Ari’s fault, really," I said, forcing a light tone into my voice in an attempt to ease the aardness "She was the one who broke the spell on Philip in the first place, which left hiing in the park on Saturday ood way toin my power to make sure your friend is returned safely" He said it like he meant it as a soleh that he wasn’t swearing anything lightly

"Thank you," I whispered He just nodded in response I could have really used a hug, but he didn’t look like he was in the mood, and I could practically feel the barrier between us

Before we headed to bed, he gave o through ical drugs I was taking

I wasn’t sure if it was the potions orheavy and lethargic When I’d showered and dressed, I found Owen in the kitchen, estured to the two glasses that sat on the table "Ah, yes, thedoses," I said

"Drink those, and then you can have some coffee" He looked evenslept at all He certainly hadn’t shaved, and he still wore his glasses

I drank the fairy sedative first, then chased it with the tea-flavored potion As I put the second glass doen put aa good, long s

He dished up scras, bacon, and toast, and we ate in near silence I didn’t feel , and he wasn’t one to talk just to fill silence, whether or not he washim wash dishes after breakfast, but this time I sat there and let him clear the table "You know," I mused out loud while I watched him wash dishes, "when this is over, I think I want a vacation I want to go somewhere quiet and lie in a ha, juicy book--and have no no at ical people would be okay," I assured hiic And it’s not that I have anything against all the other species It’s just that they reet while I’m on this hypothetical vacation"