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aircraft? You have a jet at your disposal? Are you having a laugh?” she asked incredulously.
    Again Zach tried to be all business as he answered, he wasn’t sure it was working though. “No I am not, as you put it, ‘having a laugh’ – another of your little sayings? The company jet is always at my disposal when I am on an assignment. I can ‘move’ as you found out earlier. However, the other players in the case usually do not have that ability so the jet is always available.”
    “Wait, I can’t go on a jet with you to America,” she cried and Zach glanced over. “I don’t have my passport with me, or my toothbrush or anything!”
    “ That’s okay, we can get it later once your place has been cleansed and made safe. However, even if we could not retrieve it that would not have been a problem – believe me.”
    Cleansed, what the heck was he talking about?
    So she asked him and Zach replied in a quieter tone. “We will have our Witches completely cleanse your property and the surrounding area and then put wards up to stop anything coming at us whilst we are there. It will keep you from harm, Alexina.”
    She opened her mouth and the first thing in her head popped out. “Oh right, of course that’s just a normal night, you know, getting Witches round for a little party,” she retorted sarcastically.
    Zach looked at her trying to figure out this human. She certainly had a weird way with words. He pressed a button on the console and Alex heard the ringing of a phone and then a gruff “Hello.”
    “ Zach here, I’m coming to you now with Alexina, can you make sure the place is warded please?”
    “ Already done,” said the other person.
    Zach continued “Good, you have her home address, can you please send the appropriate people to cleanse and ward it? We will be going there to pick up a few things before flying later tonight.”
    Alex was stunned. Tonight, oh my God this was real, she thought. I am going on a plane to America with someone I don’t even know.
    Her mind was swirling and she didn’t even hear the rest of the conversation. When Zach stopped talking and there was silence in the car she realised that he had finished the call.
    He was looking at her with an expression she couldn’t figure out and she was sure she was looking at him with total shock. “It will be alright, you are safe with me,” he told her, but at this moment she didn’t feel safe, even although Zach didn't make her uneasy the thing in the woods definitely did . She didn’t know what she was feeling but safe was not the word she would use, no way.
    She looked out her window and saw the countryside fly past. Although Zach had slowed down a bit he was still driving pretty fast and they were getting closer to the city. It wouldn’t be long until they reached Glasgow and she didn’t have a clue as to where exactly they were going.
    Her panic started to rise to the surface again and she realised she was hyperventilating and feeling light-headed. She jumped in her seat when she felt Zach’s hand on hers in her lap.
    Where his skin touched hers there was a tingle. A weird feeling but she didn’t know if he had felt it too? He gave a squeeze. “Please try to relax, I know this must all be rather scary for you but you are in the best possible hands with us.”
    “So you say, but I don’t know you. You could be some crazy eejit for all I know.” She gasped, trying to breathe normally.
    Zach again looked at her as if she was speaking Latin. “Eejit? What the blazes is an eejit?” he asked.
    “Eejit, you know idiot, its a Scottish thing. Like ‘you barmy eejit’? No? How long have you been in Scotland? Have you not heard it before?” Alex tried to explain to Zach the meaning but he wasn’t getting it, not at all.
    “ Sorry Alexina, I have not heard that before but I take your word for it for what the meaning is. It’s quite difficult to follow your talk sometimes. I’ve only been here for a few days this time