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her
daughter’s. “However, there might be someone that can. The light
witch that took me in has since passed to the other side. She does
have a daughter, Magdelena, who happens to be an extremely powerful
witch. She might know of a spell that could reverse the damage I
caused to the bond.”
    Anna breathed a little easier. She closed
her eyes and allowed herself a bit of hope that she could help her
best friend. Not only might she be able to help Keegan but she was
finally going to meet a light witch. Perhaps the woman would give
her the guidance she had ached for.
    “Where does she live?”
    Jennifer frowned. “Well, that is the tricky
part—I am not sure. It might take me a while to track her down. I
will make inquiries right away. Anna, don't get your hopes up. It’s
likely what I did is not reversible. Please don’t tell Keegan and
give her false hope. She needs to accept the fact that it may never
return. It would be cruel to make her think otherwise unless you
had concrete information.”
    “I won’t say anything to Keegan.” Anna
looked over at her mom. “I’m glad this is all out in the open now.
I have so many questions, I don’t even know where to begin. I have
to say it’s kinda cool that my mom knows black magic.”
    “As much as I’ve wanted you to think I’m
cool over the years, this is not the way I wanted it to happen.”
Her mother raised an eyebrow at her daughter. “Black magic can be
very dangerous, Anna.”
    “I know, Mom. I don’t want to learn black
magic. I want to learn the ways of the light witch. I want you to
be proud of me.” Anna was kind of embarrassed to admit it.
    “Honey, I have always been proud of
you.”
    Anna smiled, relieved. She went on, “You
seem to be happier lately. Are you and dad doing better? I haven’t
heard you fight in a while.”
    “No, actually, we are not. I just feel
better about myself and have realized I don’t need to be married to
be happy. Keegan’s mother gave me a healing and I feel like my old
self again. It’s such a wonderful feeling.” Jennifer reached across
the table to touch Anna’s hand. “Honey, there is something you need
to know.”
    “What?”
    “Your father and I will be filing for
divorce soon.”
    Anna took her hand away from her mom’s and
crossed her arms across her chest, her heart pounded. “That sucks,
Mom.”
    “I’m sorry, Anna. I have tried.”
    “I know you have,” Anna sighed. She rested
her elbows on the table and put her face in her hands. “I’ve been
expecting you guys to divorce for years. I wish dad wasn’t such a
jerk to you.”
    “It’s not really his fault. It’s not easy
for humans to be involved with the gifted.”
    “That’s a lame excuse. Why do you stick up
for him all the time?” Anna looked up with a glare and let her
palms rest on the tabletop.
    “He’s your father and I will always love
him,” Jennifer said. She shrugged. “Speaking of humans, any
progress with Xavier?”
    “Nice job on the subject switch. There
hasn’t been any progress. He just doesn’t see me as anything more
than a friend. I think he’s interested in a cheerleader at school.”
Anna’s lower lip jutted out in a pout.
    “I’m sorry, honey. I know you care about
him. Maybe you should start dating someone.”
    “Sure, the guys are knocking down my door.”
Anna rolled her eyes at her mom.
    “Why wouldn’t they be? You are beautiful,
intelligent and original.”
    “It’s the last one. Not all guys are into
chicks that change their hair color at the drop of the hat and
don’t conform to society.” Anna pushed her recently dyed pink
fringe behind her ear.
    “Well, it’s their loss.” Jennifer gave her a
beautiful grin.
    “Of course, you aren’t biased or anything,”
Anna joked, taking a sip of her juice. It was some kind of grape
juice and it had gotten warm while they talked.
    “Of course not. Do you want something to
eat?” Her mom stood and moved to the fridge, opened the door