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"Oh, back in the cage…this is a lot of stimulation for a snake, you know"

"I’ood wine…slinky pets!" Sary, are you? Your ry?"

Sahed "Oh, honey! You can’t be that naive Maybe he’s got the hots for you, but I’lad that the way the woh She probably couldn’t have said or done anything , and she knew it because Samantha’s face turned a mottled shade or red

"Sure," Jenna said "Excuse ?"

"Yeah Yeah You can get out of town All you’re doing is hurting a lot of good people!"

"Noted Nowto hed "I a under my belt," she said softly

Samantha et out of the state You need to be careful Whatever training you et hurt I saw your cards, Agent Duffy Actually, you could get dead"

"Are you threateningyou what I saw in your cards!"

Jenna continued toward the drink line She was stunned when her as blocked again

Not by Samantha

By a peacock

Cindy Yates stared at her with teary eyes behind her jeweled e

"How dare you? How dare you!" she demanded "How dare you accostthe area to a friend of mine Your son came to the cliff when I was already there"

Cindy Yates continued to stare at her, shaking and looking more like a rooster at the moment "That boy is the devil That boy could kill us all You stop trying to hurt our children You stop what you’re doing--you--you--"

Jenna waited, certain she was going to hear another threat

"You--you’re the cruelest, meanest person in the world!" Cindy said

Then she didn’t threaten She hauled back and slapped Jenna across the face with a startling strength

Jenna was instantly aware of roup had rallied around her She felt Saiant alpha wolf

She lifted a hand quickly "I’m so sorry, Mrs Yates," she said softly, and she stepped around the woether and whisper, but Jenna knew that she had avoided a real scene--or a brawl!

Saray of his eyes beneath his ht?" he asked anxiously

"My cheek is stinging, but another Wiccan’s Breill fix that," she assured hih hers and led her to the drink line "Well, we did want to get the lay of the land"

Angela and Jackson were behind them in the line, as if they’d tacitly decided there would be no more divide and conquer; they would close ranks

"So, Wiccan’s Brews, four, please," Sam told the bartender She looked at Jenna a moment, and then smiled

"Welcome to Salem," the bartender said "Glad to have you here--all of you Welcoinal Patriots, too!"

They thanked her and took their drinks Ivy and Cecilia went up to the microphone the next time the music stopped They thanked everyone and offered a special surprise perforantly attired, take the stage She glanced at Sam, and she realized that he had planned the performance

"Sneaky like the wolf!" she whispered to hiarner a nice audience this way"

Will went through the beginning of his perforht went through the audience and settled on her "Ah, we have an ancient Celtic queen to join us! Miss, if you’d coe…?"

She wasn’t sure what he was up to, but Sae She’d halfway expected the crowd to boo, but apparently everyone didn’t hate them; she received the appropriate applause as Will welcomed her as his assistant

"All are welcome here, but we are here due to the benevolence of the Coven of Light So, we have our Celtic queen of old here, and she’ll crown the tho have brought about this wonderful, giving occasion Because we know, in ht to do as they will, as long as they harreater kindness of spirit than our true queens froic--Ivy and Cecilia!"

Will handed her two beautifully wrought gold crowns surrounded with ivy leaves and flowers He cast his hand out, and rays of light fell over the toe They had obviously not known about this part of the entertainreat of you, Will," Jenna whispered "But what are you doing? What a?"