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frowned and turned heading down the street. Samiel followed. If there really
    was a minion, he doubted she was still in the town. She wouldn’t want to face a group
    of vampires and dragons. There was also something strange about the redhead’s
    attitude. She seemed to have thought that they’d go kill the woman only on her word.
    They wouldn’t ever do that sort of thing. There were too many ways mistakes could be
    made.
    He again mounted the steps to the sect house. The woman in front of them pushed
    open the doors. She looked left and right standing totally still for a moment.
    Apparently, she didn’t know where the supposed minion was. She stalked down the
    hall, stopping the first person she saw. After a few quiet words she again led the way
    with confidence. They went deeper into the sect house, beyond the elders’ council. She
    pushed open a large single door and entered. Stepping into the room, Samiel realized
    they were in a library. Floor to ceiling bookcases lined the room and even more
    bookcases stood in rows across the room. The minion was supposed to be here? The
    woman’s story didn’t fit even more now. Minions and Dark Sorcerers lived to cause
    trouble. Unless she decided to burn it down, there wasn’t much trouble she could cause
    here.
    The woman led them through a corridor of shelves to the back of the vast library.
    Three women stood around a table littered with stacks of books. They didn’t even
    appear to notice when the group of dragons and vampires drew close.
    The woman pointed to the black-haired woman who’d been in the elder’s council
    room earlier. The sleeves of her violet shirt were rolled up to her elbows. She was
    slightly bent forward and the cloth of her gray pants molded to the full curve of her
    buttocks. The ends of her hair curled a bit as it hung near midback.
    “That’s her. Do it now before she flees,” the woman demanded.
    All three of the witches at the table turned to face them frowning at the group
    gathered at the end of the shelves. Samiel rolled his eyes. There went the element of
    surprise.
    “We need you to do a bit of magic. She believes you’re a minion or a Dark
    Sorceress.” Jaeson stepped forward an encouraging smile on his face.
    “Oh Lady, so she and her friends finally found someone gullible enough to believe
    them.” She rolled her eyes. “I don’t have time to keep proving myself. They won’t
    believe in any case. They’re the ones who will be giving me trouble.”
    Samiel watched in astonishment as she turned back to the books. She peered a bit
    closer at the one open in front of her before moving it to the side and opening another
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    thick volume. He couldn’t ever remember being so thoroughly ignored. The witch
    obviously didn’t consider them any kind of threat.
    “We’re not going away until you prove yourself to be what you claim you are.”
    Danan stepped to the front of the group, his large form dwarfing that of the accuser as
    he stopped just in front of her.
    “Then you can stand there and wait. I don’t claim to be anything but a witch trying
    to get some work done. I’m too busy to cater to your whims and her delusions.” She
    looked up at them only briefly before turning and walking over to the shelf on the wall.
    Her fingers ran over the thick tomes as she searched for something.
    Samiel exhaled heavily. Stubborn woman. It would only take a moment. Either she
    was as irritated as she sounded or she had something to hide. He couldn’t quite decide
    which, but he doubted that she was a minion or a Dark Sorceress. It was partly her
    reaction. She was more annoyed than anything else and even at first hearing why they
    were here she hadn’t shown any fear.
    “Why are you asking? Just make her use her magic.” The redhead’s fists balled and
    she turned a fierce glare on all of them. “Since you’re too much of a coward…”
    Before Samiel even guessed what she was going to do the redhead formed