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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

snap it on his wrist. It's possible while we're doing this, Alessa may get upset and set her powers off, so we should put one on her as well. What do you think?

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

normal, babe. It's not his fault. I'm not going to let him hurt me. I've been thinking, instead of a power-dampening stone, I want to use the bracelet, instead. I think it will be easier to get on him. He's going to reach for Alessa to stop her from leaving and when he does, I'll >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

*When Caleb said he would ride it out as long as Reid didn't cross a line. Well, with Reid anything was possible right now.* Caleb, we know he's not acting himself. "Sarah, this isn't open for debate." I understand but, you have to be able to give him a little more leeway than >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

her room so he can't leave. I'll need a power-dampening stone to keep him from using his powers. Until he calms down it's going to be rough. Caleb, you'll have to ride out whatever you hear. Can you do that?.... Or, I could turn him into a teacup and we can call him Chip. Done deal, hows that sound?

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

I guess I can talk to Reid, but how do we separate them? Reid isn't going to let her go willingly which will start this out all wrong. I'm not even sure Alessa will leave on her own. One of you is going to have to use magic to disappear her out of the room and down here while I seal the door of >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

wouldn't judge him no matter how foolish the situation was or how he thought himself foolish. Reid is a good guy, and wears his heart on his sleeve, hence why he always gets hurt. This thing with Alessa is something different.* I'm not afraid of him hurting me. I'm not afraid of Alessa either. >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

something I wasn't expecting.* What? Caleb, I don't know about this. I don't know if he will even listen to me. *He insists that through all the ups and downs Reid's had over the years, he's always come to me for advice or to just listen to him. It didn't matter what it was, he knew I >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

*We listened to what everyone had to say and out of all of them, though they had a point, it was Serena that was right. No matter what we threatened, it wasn't a solution to getting them apart to be able to talk to Reid. When Caleb backed everyone on what I was thinking he tossed in >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

to him. I'm all for calling the Elders but not until we've tried one more time. If he doesn't listen, I'm setting Midnight on him! *The Elders familiar had been sneaking around the last few days. She must be restraining herself not to go after Tyler, but I wasn't above setting her on Reid.*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

*I'm sitting on the arm of Caleb's chair. He had put his hand on Tyler's shoulder to assure him we were not tossing Reid aside. Now, sitting next to me, when he's finished I pick up.* We're either going to have to talk to him to get him to understand or have the Elders take him aside to explain it >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

she came to be, she could undo a spell in an instant and expose us all. Her not knowing who she is doesn't negate her power. She's strong, Caleb. If Reid is going to live through me helping Alessa, we need the Elder's help, for both of them. Unless the others have a different idea. *I think not.*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

*Thinking over his suggestion about showing Alessa the Book of Knowledge, I don't have to think long or hard.* I don't think that's a good idea. The book alone can attract any number of entities. When we use it, it's protected and hidden but because Alessa doesn't understand what she is, or how >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

about Reid and Alessa while Caleb watches.* You know, babe. You could join me or stop staring at me like I'm playing tennis. It's annoying. *I'm not upset with him, and he knows it. It's his brother I'm ready to turn into a pile of goo!*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

interest borders on an obsession, and since his relationships have all been short-lived, this does not seem like that. If he does not release his hold on her, Caleb and I will have to call the Elders for advice on how to deal with him. Pacing the kitchen with a cup of coffee in my hand thinking >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

is warded from all evil, including the Darkling, but inside is a bigger pain in the ass: Reid. Ever since the two became joined by the Darkling, which allowed Alessa to pull Reid out of its grasp, he's become obsessed with her. To be fair, she is as interested in him as he is in her but Reid's >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

found her. While running for her life from an evil she did not understand, she ran out of a cornfield in front of Tyler, who hit her with his Hummer. Which is why the Darkling showed up the night we saved her. Now we have another problem. We've protected her at the manor, which >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

child of immense power, whose name he did not know and who he would not find until years later. She's never known her true lineage, who she is, or what she is capable of until the day the Darkling found her. She had stumbled onto information about herself and because of that, the Darkling had >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

their child safe. They gave her up to hide her from the evil that would have plagued her. She was raised a human with her powers bound knowing nothing of her past. It was a horrific tale to tell her that her whole family had been wiped out by a Darkling who was looking for a >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

wiccan ways. She should have been taught those ways long ago but she hadn't been for a very sad reason. Had she been with her family, they would have taught her, and her magic would have drawn the Darkling to her. Her family made the toughest decision a family could make to keep >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” *Change is never easy and for Alessa, change hasn't been easy. Although with Reid barely letting her out of his sight, it has been hard for Serena, Val, Kate, and myself to teach her our >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

that refers to a member of this family. It might have been funny years ago but it's not anymore. I'm sick of it so grow the fuck up! Period!

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

lot of cryptic, riddle-ridden, can't tell you that now but later, bs. Which, I'm completely tired of dealing with. Reid, you're going to stop acting like an asshole. None of us are out to get Alessandra. She's family!! Get it? And I don't want to hear turtle, baby-boy, re-tard, or any other insult >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

*Val couldn't have been more right.* I'm glad they don't call us up...? there very often since you're right, food and a lot of it, as to it being informative. *I look at Alessa, who is still looking confused.* It was all about you. Alessandra Crane, first daughter of Ipswich. With a whole >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

What do you mean, Reid is the Darkling? The wards are still in place; no alarms are going off, so what the hell, Chase? *I'm angry enough that one of the pictures on the wall falls to the floor with a loud crash.* I don't know what's happening to my family but I DO NOT LIKE IT! Explain, NOW!

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

with her arms crossed which is never a good sign. Alessa looks more confused than the first night we saw her in the cornfield.* I'll do more than say knock it off! Stop right now, or I'll turn you both into frogs! *Kate* "Ribbit." Kate, could you stop it? What the hell is going on around here? >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

*Pogue and Caleb made it upstairs before Kate and I did. But we definitely hear what Chase said on the way up about Reid being the Darkling!* What the hell? *I say that a lot dealing with them. Caleb and Pogue bust inside the room and Reid is headed for Chase. Serena is standing against the wall >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Now what? *Looking inquisitively between Caleb, Pogue, and Kate.* I'll flip you for it! "No way, not on your life." *That being Kate.* Well, hell. This is why we can't go to nice places. *Kate never misses a beat.* "Nice? We went to a creepy castle in no-man's land, Sarah!" It wasn't that creepy.

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

we couldn't hear, and it turned out, she was. There was trouble at home; there was nothing, she assured us we couldn't handle. It was time to go, and with a wave of her hand, we were standing in the covenant mansion's living room, hearing yelling from upstairs.* Oh, hell. Really? >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

"A people without the knowledge of their history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots." ~The Book of Knowledge~ (Continued.) 》 *It happened while talking to the Elders about Alessa's past. Circe stopped us all from talking. It was as if she were listening to something >>

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

an orphanage where she meets someone, Mal. He turns out to be her best friend. Later in her teens, she discovers not only can she read maps, but she can also make them! So shocked, I can't hold back* By the spirits, Circe, Alatar...Alessa is a map maker? *That is a true and rare gift in witchcraft.*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

*I can feel the power of Alatar and Circe being transferred into Caleb and then into me. My sight is not gone; it has only traveled somewhere else, to another time. A dark presence killed Alessa's parents and left her for dead, though that is not what happened. She was remanded to >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Kate, we know how you feel about riddles, I'm not fond of them either You know this is what happens with the Elders. What we call riddles are the way things have to be. I, for one, want to see all I can to be prepared for how to defeat the Darkling. This is our life and always will be, am I right?

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

sibling and she's turned our lives...well, there's no other way to say this, upsidedown. Reid is our main concern; he won't let anyone near her, Circe! That's not like him. Are you sure the Darkling doesn't still possess him? I'm unconvinced, and neither Reid nor Alessa is in any condition to help.

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Elders, we mean no disrespect. It's just that you know what we've been through since the Ascensions, and we were hoping since Chase that things would calm down and we could live normal lives. We always knew there would come a day we would take over the Covenant, but it seems now we have a new >

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

You brought us here to explain what's happening and to tell Caleb he is to be the head of this Coven and yet you talk about an unknown girl who ran out in front of Tyler's Hummer, who just happens to be a daughter of Ipswich, having more power than Caleb? She IS NOT taking over this Coven!

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Hold on a minute. What do you mean she'll have more power than Caleb. How is that possible when he was the one to ascend with all the powers of the Covenant. She can't be more powerful than Caleb. Where does that leave him as the head of this covenant? *I'm not about to sit here and listen to this*>

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Thomas Edison's era. That red carpet is horrendous. But then, I guess it worked way back then, whenever that was. *Knowing we shouldn't be badmouthing the Elders home, I reprimand myself and then...* We should probably quite the quips before we get tossed into the dungeon. *Wonders if there is one.*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Watch it; you might not get Siri or Alexa but a Circe. *We walk up the stairs and get hit with that old house smell. Centuries-old house smell.* Would it be too much to ask for a little light redecorating? Just a little? Get rid of the lightbulbs that are obviously from >>

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

*As soon as we mention the snow, it stops* They are always listening. Still, the snow was beautiful. *Walking up to the door, it swings open with a creek.* Complete with sound effects. I've fairly certain a little WD-40 would fix that. *We go inside* Hello? We're here!

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

*Holding Caleb's hand, he puts his arm around me.* I wouldn't exactly call this home sweet home. Wasn't it nice and sunny here the last time? What's with the snow? I love snow, when I know there's going to be snow. It is beautiful, though. *Almost to the castle door* I hope they hear us knocking.

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

*Getting up from the sofa as Alatar has asked for tea when I hear the musical voice of Circe speaking from the Ether.* Hello, Circe. I'm doing wonderful, how about you? How is everything going in the land of nowhere? *Laughs. To Alatar.* I will be right back with your tea.

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

and showing no signs of slowing down over it any time soon.* It will just be a moment, Alatar. Won't you have a seat? Can I get you something to drink?

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Hello, Alatar. What is wrong with Alessandra? She seems fine to us, what is it we need to know? *I nudge Caleb gently.* Love, go get the others. *I can't imagine Kate will be happy to hear she is being summoned to the Elder's realm for a chat. She's already up upset over Alessa >>

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

*When Alatar appears without warning, I lean over to whisper in Caleb's ear.* I wonder what's wrong this time. *It seemed anytime there's something wrong is when they choose to speak to us. A friendly hello, how are you, how are things going... would be nice. It seems to always be trouble instead.*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

Reid has a smile a mile wide, of course. Caleb has a smug look on his face, I know what he's thinking* Now then, Reid make sure she eats something and you too. We'll check on you later. *I hand over the tray* Come on, my love. Soups on. *Give him a kiss we leave the room, closing the door behind us*

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

eat, then we start cleaning up the mess. Kate, don't think about it. Pogue, take Kate, to the kitchen now. Chase, you can talk to Alessa later about your experience. *One by one they all file out grumbling under their breath. That's fine as long as they don't grumble too loudly. >>

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

*Once Caleb finishes saying what he has to, I come in with a tray of food. Two piping hot bowls of soup, some freshly made crusty bread, butter, utensils, and two glasses of iced tea* I can tell you what everyone is going to do. My crew, out. Kitchen table, get something to >>

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

try to get some food into her as well. Reid, don't say no or I'll be the next one smacking up upside your head. *Too many people on his case makes him do the total opposite* I don't want anyone else to say one more word about what he should or shouldn't do. Now, it's soup time. I'm going downstairs.

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Sarah Danvers @sarahdanvers.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

*This is getting us nowhere* If you all remember, the Elders were here. When things got intense they left. We're on our own to figure this out and getting on Reid's back isn't going to help. I have some chicken noodle soup, I'll warm it up for you. If she wakes up then we'll >>

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