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but
it seems risky for her to do that amount. She was in a coma, on the
brink of death the last time she turned a large amount.”
    “I know, but this isn’t
nearly the 3400 she did here. This is a lot smaller. I suspect
she’ll just sleep for a bit,” Sotomar said, and turned to the Chief
Enforcer. “Do it, now.”
    The Valle’s Chief Enforcer
nodded and disappeared from the council chambers.
    ***
     
    “All of them?” Quinn asked, shocked.
    Kyle nodded, “Every one of
them. General Skinner didn’t have time to call for an alert. From
what I can gather, they let Emily walk right in.”
    “Damnit, of course they
did,” Chevalier growled. “Alert the covens not to let her
in.”
    “We’ll have a problem
doing that with Thukil,” Zohn said. “They revere her.”
    “Explain what’s happening,
put out an order, no one’s to let her in.”
    Kyle sighed and stood up,
“This could take a while. I’ll be back once I’ve revived
them.”
    Once Kyle was gone, Zohn turned to the other
Elders, “It’s happened then… they are going to try to wipe out the
Equites.”
    “It’s irritating how easily Emily can be
controlled by an ancient,” Dustin growled, still angry over her
mass ashing of his home coven.
    “She’s going to be upset,”
Chevalier said. “If she remembers turning Powan to ash, they are
going to have an entirely new set of problems on their
hands.”
    “Why do you suppose she’s not just turned
the Valle to ash and gotten away?” Zohn asked, frowning.
    “I’m not sure. I told her
to stop ashing, but I doubt she’s listening to me.”
     
    ***
     
    “Emily?” Sotomar said
softly. He sat down on the edge of her bed and touched her hand
softly, “Child, wake up.”
    “What do the Equites do with her?” Ryan
asked, watching her sleep.
    “I think they just let her sleep it
off.”
    “Her eyes are blood red though, that can’t
be normal.”
    “I don’t know… I’m usually
on the other end of this,” Sotomar explained, and stood up. “Let
her sleep.”
    Exavior sat down on the bed and took her
hand, “You do realize she’s going to be pretty mad when she wakes
up.”
    “Yes, I do,” Sotomar said, watching him
closely.
    “I’ll stay here with her.”
    Ryan sighed, “You know we
can’t leave you alone with her. That was part of the
deal.”
    “I’m not going to hurt
her,” Exavior said, irritated. “She shouldn’t be alone.”
    “Then I’ll stay. You two
go deal with the backlash from the Equites,” Sotomar said, and
moved to stand by her bed.
    Exavior’s eyes narrowed,
and he blurred from the room angrily. Ryan glanced at Sotomar
before leaving.
    The following evening,
Emily finally started to stir. Sotomar sat on the edge of her bed
and touched her shoulder, “Emily?”
    She rolled over and looked at him, “You were
my friend.”
    “I still am, Child.”
    “No… no you aren’t,” she
said, and sat up slowly. Her head was pounding, and suddenly, the
attack on Powan came back to her.
    Sotomar frowned, “Emily?”
    “Noooo,” she whispered,
and she turned furious eyes to the Valle Elder. “You made me do
that.”
    Sotomar stood up, “Yes, we did.”
    Emily scrambled out of bed
and faced him in a crouch. Sotomar watched her, confused. He hadn’t
seen her display any traits of a heku before, but realized that
after almost 15 years, she managed to pick up some of
them.
    “Calm down,” he said
sternly.
    “Give me my baby and let me go.”
    “No”
    Emily flew at him and
rammed her shoulder into his stomach. He wrapped his arms around
her, spun her away from him, and held her tightly, “Stop it before
you hurt yourself.”
    She lowered her head and
slammed it back into his nose. The sound of shattering bones filled
the bedroom. He growled and gripped her tighter as he
healed.
    “I said stop it,” he hissed.
    “They are my friends,”
Emily growled, and jabbed an elbow into his stomach.
    Sotomar groaned and
tightened his grip, “Calm down,