Enchantment (32 page)

“Yes,
m
a’
a
m
.
I
'm
sorry
I
laughed.
However,
I
real
l
y
do
find
her
enchanting,
and
I
m
ean
it. Please
forgive
m
e.”

Meeka
sat
at
a
loss
for
wor
d
s.
Perhaps
changing
the
s
ub
j
ect
would
be
the
best
idea.
“
Y
ou still
haven't
told
m
e
how
w
e
're
going
to
get
ho
m
e.
S
ure
l
y
,
there
is
a
w
a
y
for
us
to
leave.
We've i
m
posed
upon
y
ou enough.”

“I
wish
it
was
si
m
ple.
My
m
agic
is
very
powerful,
but
I
am
not
sure
how
or
if
we
can
send
y
o
u ho
m
e. The
j
ourney
y
o
u
m
ade down here
is
usual
l
y
fatal to those
who
have
fallen
through the portal.
To
get
y
ou
back
to
y
o
u
r
world
requires
traveling
through
other
d
i
m
ensions.
It’s
never been
done
by
Enchanters,
except,
of
course,
the
beavers,
which
y
ou are
definite
l
y
not.”

She
sighed
with
despair,
pla
y
i
n
g
with
a
stand
of
her
hair.
“What
about
my
so-called
special abilities?
M
a
y
b
e
I
can
travel
through
di
m
ensions
with
or
without
cocooning
and
not
s
ustain i
n
j
u
r
y
.
”

Kerrigan
lost
his
s
m
ile
along
with
his
hu
m
or.
D
i
sappoin
t
m
e
n
t settled over her.
She
preferred to
have
him
happ
y
.
H
e
was
once
again
the
tough
one,
or
m
a
y
b
e
the
‘enforcer,’
as
his
m
ot
h
er
had called
hi
m
.
“I'm
sure
w
e
'll
find
out
m
ore
about
y
o
ur
special
abilit
i
es
in
t
i
m
e.
For
the
next
three
m
oons,
h
o
wever,
y
o
u will
be
required
to
st
a
y
here.”

“Serious
l
y
?
”
Meeka
demanded,
getting
defensive
again.

“We
have
laws
and
a
governing
bo
d
y
.
They
have
requested
three
d
a
y
s
to
decide
what
y
o
ur fate
will
be,”
Kerrigan
explained.

“Nobody
can
decide
my
fate
for
me!
Perhaps
I
need
to
tell
them
m
y
s
e
l
f,”
Meeka
stated abrupt
l
y
, standing
up
from
the
chair.

W
hoa.

The
room
tilted
sidew
a
y
s
.
Her
ar
m
s flung
out,
searching
for
s
o
m
e
thing to
hold
on
to.

The
room
tilted
a
f
e
w
degrees
m
ore,
and
Meeka
felt
her
feet
m
ove
sidewa
y
s.
A
fog
washed out her vision
on
the
side.
S
he
screeched,
and
stu
m
b
l
ed
over her
feet.
She
reached
out,
preparing for
the
hard
contact
with
the
floor.
She
didn’t
crash
to
the
floor,
but
instead,
felt
the
war
m
th
of his
ar
m
s
scooping
her
body
up.
O
f
course,
he
w
a
s
alw
a
y
s
there,
and
it
was
an
unusual
feeling
of absurd
co
m
fort.

Squinting
tight
l
y
she
closed
her
e
y
e
s
w
hile
ever
y
t
h
ing
spun,
and
her
sto
m
ach
along
with
it. Her
hands
clenched
his
ar
m
.
Meeka
took
sl
o
w,
deep
breaths,
tr
y
i
n
g
to
stop
the
tilt
-
a-whirl
her body w
a
s on.

“I
think
perhaps
I
've
had
enough
for
the
da
y
. Ma
y
be I
should
rest
again,”
s
he
m
u
m
b
led. “You
have
had
enough
for
one
da
y
. Let
m
e take
y
o
u back
to
my
bedroo
m
.”

H
i
s
bedroo
m
!
She
tried
feeb
l
y
to
push
aw
a
y
from
hi
m
,
even
though
her
body
de
m
an
d
ed
his touch.
She
couldn't
go
to
his
bedroo
m
!

From
the
corner
of
her
e
y
e,
s
he
watched
Pad
d
y
co
m
e
forward.
“H
o
w
about
I
show
Meeka back
to
y
o
ur old
bedroo
m
?
”

Like
a
vice,
Kerrigan
refused
to
let go
of
her.
“You
lead
the
w
a
y
, Mo
m
.
We’ll
follow
y
o
u.” Meeka
noted
the
concern
on
his
face,
but
at
the
sa
m
e
t
i
m
e,
her
body
relaxed
when
she
s
a
w
s
he
w
ouldn’t
end
up
alone
with
h
i
m
.