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"Okay,"relieved "So we have a plan I’ll speak to so and try to find so to turn soon and then half-turn you First, of course, you’re going to need to take the cure I think you’ll want to rest a bit before that though… you’ve heard all about how painful it is" She shuddered just at the thought

Yes, I’d been told how painful it was supposed to be But I illing to undergo any kind of pain if itmy problem once and for all

At least I had some peace of mind now that we had a plan, which was o Heck, more than I’d had since I left The Shade

Now that I was able to relax a littleon River’s lap rather than gripping her waist as I had been doing

"Where’s Rose?" I asked "And what’s been happening here in The Shade since I’ve been gone? The black witches? Are they still a threat?"

My mother smiled broadly at me "Rose is on her honeymoon"

I almost jolted River from my lap "Honeymoon? What! With whom?"

"With Caleb," my mother said

"Jesus They hit it off fast," I said

"Well, it had been a year… A very intense year"

Once the shock started to wear off, I was filled with a feeling of

I wondered what else I had missed

"When will Rose and Caleb return?" I asked

"They’re due back any day now They’re actually a little late… You have no idea how much Rose has oing to have a cousin soon," my father said "Or should I say, another cousin Vivienne’s pregnant It won’t be er before she’s due Claudia and Yuri are due for a baby too Liana and Carandfather hooked up with a olf"

My head reeled "My God I really have missed a lot"

"As for the witches," ed to finish them off"

"How on earth did you do that?"