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something about someone, like in the case of
Richard, I say it loud and clear—even if it falls on deaf
ears.
    There is one more thing
about me that not even I can explain—I wander. I don’t even know
how it happens…it just does. I’ll be somewhere one moment, and the
next thing I know I’m not! Like now, how did I end up back here?
When did I leave the rally? Not long ago I was telling my clan to
get out of here, and now… here I was again! What is the matter with
me?
    As I was turning to fly
back to the rally I heard something. Filled with curiosity I turned
back and followed the sound. This time, I didn’t feel the same
oppression I felt before, instead I felt a pull toward the sound or
presence. I couldn’t quite explain it, I knew I was doing something
wrong, and I knew I should leave, but the curiosity I felt was
overpowering.
    I felt a tinge of guilt,
but I quickly pushed it aside by telling myself that I would not be
missed for a little while, and while I was here I might as well
find out what had me so spooked.
    Whatever noise I had heard
was gone now. There was total and complete silence as I glided
forward through the narrow canyon. But silence only lasted for a
brief moment. As I approached a sharp left turn—I heard voices,
spirit voices.
    Part of me felt drawn to
them. I wanted to know who they were and what they were talking
about. Another part of me, the one with common sense, told me to
turn around and fly off as fast as I could in the opposite
direction. But I pressed on, intrigued by what the voices were
saying.
    No one would be able to
hear them here, yet they whispered. There were mostly male voices
and one female, at least one that had spoken.
    I stopped and stayed on the
other side of the rock, quiet, hoping not to be discovered—because
these spirits didn’t feel right to me. Didn’t I have enough
weirdness to last me for a long time? Why was I so curious, and why
did I ever leave my clan?
    Suddenly I felt fear
running through my frame, and a great dislike. I couldn’t explain
it. I knew I should leave but I stayed paralyzed to the spot. There
was definitely something wrong with these spirits,
something…evil.
    “ But master, I will not
leave you,” said a male voice.
    “ You will not leave me, I
am sending you and you must obey,” an icy voice replied.
    “ Master, the Veil, how
will I remember…”
    “ You have pledged yourself
to me; your soul will always belong to me.”
    “ You will recognize our
call, when you are ready,” the female added smoothly and slowly as
if trying to control her temper.
    “ I still
think…”
    “ NO! You think wrong!” the
female barked, all her patience gone.
    After a brief pause, the
icy male voice added, “You, all of you, will be our spies on the
other side. You will be able to do things we will not. If we are
cast-out, we will not be able to infiltrate certain places, high
places. You will.”
    “ I pledge myself to you
master.”
    “ I too.”
    “ And I.”
    “ How about you Ca…” began
the female, but was cut short.
    The long pause, made me
nervous. What if they found me here? I obviously knew too much. Now
I realized how dumb I had been. I had just been told about spirits
who were getting captured—and what did I do?
    Before I could answer my
own questions they were there, right in front of me. How had they
gotten here so quick, and how did they detect of my
presence?
    I was frozen with fear, I
couldn’t think or move. I was face to face with the female, who
looked familiar, though I couldn’t remember ever seeing her, and
the Second One himself.
    “ So…Tess.” He tried to
make his voice sound casual and friendly, but it fell short—very
short. “Beautiful canyon isn’t it?” His gaze never left
mine.
    I remained silent, all the
happiness, all the warmth within me had disappeared. I felt
desolate, desperate, lost. I remembered Dane’s words about all the
light, truth, and enjoyments being gone when a spirit dies.