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know.”
    “Oh.” Anne whispered the response and spun, wrapping the cord around her as she faced them with a confused expression. “Well, yes, that is my email address. But I didn’t…you know what, nevermind. You’re already on your way here. I’m sorry to hear about all of your delays. What’s your next flight number? Don’t worry about renting a car. We’re kind of hard to find. I’ll track your flight on my phone, and I’ll make certain someone is there to pick you up in the morning.”
    Callum and Morna continued to stare with piqued curiosity as Anne stopped speaking for another brief moment. They sat up in attention when she spoke again.  
    “Uh-huh, okay, thanks for calling. See you tomorrow. Safe travels.”
    As Anne hung up the phone, she pointed directly in Morna’s direction.  
    “You did this, didn’t you?”
    Callum stood and walked over to stand next to Anne in order to see Morna’s face. He could tell by the irritated glint in Morna’s eye that whatever this was, it had nothing to do with her.
    “What exactly do ye think I did, dear?”
    “Morna, come on. Are you really going to act like you didn’t? That was a woman who says she received an email from me only a few days ago about the chef position here at the castle. Gillian and I opened the position up for applications seven months ago. A few weeks in, we received an excellent application. While I did type up an email asking the girl to come here for a test run, I never sent it because news of the fire reached me as I was typing the thing. It’s been sitting in my draft folder for months. You must have sent it, right?”  
    “No, lass, even though yer cooking isna worthy of giving to a group of pigs, and it is taking everything in me to keep all of us from starving each night after yer efforts in the kitchen, I dinna do any such thing.”
    Callum hadn’t been this entertained by anything in ages. He only hoped the women wouldn’t start swinging fists at one another.  
    Thankfully, Anne gathered herself and kept things civil.  
    “I see. Well, you can deny it all you want, but I know how you are, Morna. She’s on her way here, though she missed her first flight apparently and is stuck in Paris for the night. She’ll be landing first thing in the morning. One of us is going to need to pick her up.”
    Morna stood, pushing herself away from the island. Callum knew she was about to storm from the room, but before she did, she walked over and pushed two fingers right into the center of his chest.  
    “This was her doing, and it’s exactly what I warned ye about. Doona ye dare go pick her up, Callum. And ye best talk this fool out of doing the same. We are all better off leaving the girl stranded at the airport where she’ll likely give up and fly on back home. For all we know, she could be working with Grier.”
    Callum expected that nothing he could say would calm her, but he tried his best anyway.  
    “Morna, even if Grier played a hand in this, ’tis most likely the lass knows nothing of it. How often do people know of their role in yer meddling plans?”
    Her fingers hit his chest harder this time, and he had to grit his teeth to keep from wincing.  
    “Doona ye ever compare my meddling to that of Grier’s, Callum.”
    “Who is Grier?” Anne’s question was well-meaning, but Callum would’ve done anything to prevent her asking it if he’d seen it coming.  
    “She is none of yer damn business, Anne.”
    Morna turned and stomped out of the room, leaving Callum to deal with a weepy Anne.  

CHAPTER 7

    “Damn ye, Grier. Damn ye for making me believe ye were dead and then using yer powers here without showing yer face. ’Tis time ye make yerself known. Whatever it is ye want with me or my family, get on with it, lest ye wish for me to start waging magic of my own. Would ye like to see which of us is more powerful? I wouldna think ye would, for we both know the answer.”
    Callum took one more step toward Morna,