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visions.”
    Gaia gave Bridget a haughty glance. “My dear, who here is the false vision?”
    “You are not the Earth Goddess,” Bridget said.
    “You’re the one who’s not real.” She turned to Rory. “You know that you manifest your mother out of an abundance of need. And right now she’s giving voice to your skepticism, but I am Gaia, and I’ve come to ask for your help.”
    Slowly, Rory circled her. Bridget matched her pace as she, too, circled.
    Rory struggled to collect herself. I must always see clearly . “What’s wrong with you and why do you need my help?”
    “Your inner voice has spoken to you for a while about the weakening of my energy,” Gaia said. “In your visions you’ve seen the growing force of evil witches. Witches originally evolved from my body to care for me, and that mission’s been perverted by those who have gone darkside. You need to stop them before they push me to the point of no return.”
    “It’s not just those witches who are harming the Mother,” Bridget said. “The more powerful threats are the New World Order scientists working in concert with demons.”
    Gaia’s eyes flashed light. “Do not listen to this pathetic specter. How could either scientists or demons truly harm me? They don’t know my secrets. Witches know my secrets and are using them against me.”
    Rory tried to make sense of everything thrown at her. “Why would witches—why would anyone—want to harm you?”
    Gaia sighed. “Why do human spirits become demons? Why do angels fall? Rebellion, power, seduction. So it is with witches.”
    Rory continued to circle the Mother as she fought to center herself. “Why me? Why do you need my help?”
    “Puberty has awakened many latent powers in you,” Gaia said. “Of all the witches who serve me, you’re the one best suited to cut off the snake’s head. You are perfectly positioned to do so.”
    “I don’t know what you mean.”
    “Kaia Moonstone-Killian is the traitor in your midst, the one destined to lead the witch army against me. You must stop her.”
    Thick fog choked the breath out of Rory. “Not Kaia,” she finally managed to spit out. “Not my Kaia.”
    “This thing is lying,” Bridget said.
    Gaia cocked her luminescent head. “Who was possessed by a fallen angel during the last summer solstice? Who worked to thwart the cure for the pandemic?”
    Rory’s heart hammered. “But ... you just said it. She was possessed. She eventually fought Micah off.”
    “Don’t you think being possessed by such a powerful evil force would leave its mark?”
    Rory shook her head. “Kaia is good. She’s the best.” She’s like my sister .
    “Don’t you know about her dark lineage?” Gaia asked. “She’s descended from the blackest of witches, through her mother.”
    Startled, Rory looked at Bridget.
    After a moment Bridget said, “That part is true, but Kaia doesn’t know about them. Kaia’s coven and her magical guardian, White Bear, shielded Kaia from that heritage. That’s why the coven raised her in the mountains, away from their influence.”
    Gaia’s resonant voice said, “Blood will tell. That’s why she was susceptible to the fallen angel in the first place.”
    No, no, no. Not my Kaia .
    “You’re right, Rory. Not your Kaia,” Bridget said. “This ... thing ... is a deceiver. This apparition is false.”
    “You have to kill Kaia before she can kill me,” Gaia said.
    “This thing is afraid, but not for the reasons it’s stating,” Bridget said.
    “How do I know I can believe you?” Rory asked Gaia.
    “There’s going to be a bombing at the United Nations Building in New York City. Any minute now. Foreknowledge of that should prove my omniscience to you.”
    Bridget gasped. “Yes, she’s right. Evan’s there! You have to warn him. He has a huge role to play in future events and can’t die now.”
    Kaia’s husband, Evan, belonged to Rory’s coven and worked as a reporter for CNN .
    Rory shook her head.