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spell.”
    “No, it
isn’t,” Chris practically shouted. “I don’t understand why you would do such a
thing.”
    The man
shook his head. “You do not need to know the reason for my actions.”
    Chris
snorted and turned away, staring at the stone wall and wondering once again how
the man had gotten into the room. Was there a door hidden among the stones, one
that you had to know the location of in order to find?
    Behind him,
he heard the other man clearing his throat, obviously trying to get his
attention. He smiled but didn’t turn around. If he wanted Chris to cooperate,
he would have to be a bit more forthcoming with the information.
    Several
minutes passed before the man spoke again. “If you do not turn around
immediately, I will force you to do so.”
    Chris didn’t
turn as he answered, “And risk losing my cooperation. I don’t think so.”
    There was
another long silence before the wizard spoke again. “Very well. I will tell you
some of what you want to know.”
    Chris smiled
but made sure that he had wiped it from his face before he turned around.
“Let’s start with your name.”
    The man
gazed at him for a moment before answering. “I do not believe that it will hurt
anything to tell you that. It is Gregory.”
    Chris
nodded. “Ok. So, why did you put that spell on the two of us?”
    Gregory
pulled at his beard. “If I tell you, will you cooperate?”
    “Maybe. It
depends on what the plan is.”
    Gregory
walked around the room several times before coming to a stop next to the bed.
He gazed down at Kelly for several minutes before looking back up at Chris.
“Very well. I will take the chance.”
    He fell
silent for a moment before smiling. “I could also increase the power of the
spell; see how strong you actually are.”
    “You could,”
Chris agreed. “But, if I prove to be stronger than your spell you will have
lost your one chance to have me cooperate.”
    “There is
that,” said Gregory, pulling at his beard thoughtfully. “Very well, in the
hopes that I will gain your cooperation, I will tell you my plan.”
    He paused
and looked down at Kelly again. He smiled as he looked back up at Chris. “I
want her baby.”
    “What?”
    “I think you
heard me.”
    “But why?”
He looked down at Kelly. “There’s nothing special about her.”
    Gregory
laughed. “That is where you are wrong, boy.” He reached down and stroked
Kelly’s cheek. “She is very special. We have been waiting for her for
centuries.”
    Chris looked
down at Kelly again, thinking how badly he wanted to break Gregory’s arm for
touching her cheek in such a manner. “I see nothing special about her.” This
wasn’t true but he didn’t think Gregory was interested in her the same way he
was.
    Gregory
looked up, laughing. “She may not look it on the outside but she is a very
powerful wizard.”
    Chris was
confused. “I admit that I don’t know much about magic but I thought that only
men could become wizards.”
    “Such power
in a woman is rare but not unheard of. Her birth was predicted almost six
hundred years ago by Mashal. He is our most powerful seer.”
    “Is? Six
hundred years!” Chris was incredulous. “And this guy is still alive?”
    “Oh yes. We
are a long lived bunch, we wizards.”
    Chris rubbed
his forehead; he was developing a severe headache. “So, you’ve been waiting for
her birth for that long.”
    “You could
say that we’ve been searching for her. I was just the one who got to her
first.”
    “So there
are others after her?”
    Gregory
laughed. “There are many who want her, some good, some bad.”
    Chris looked
down at Kelly again. “Are you sure that she’s the one you’ve been waiting for?”
    “Oh yes.
Actually, I’ve been following her progress for years. It is just recently that
she had acquired her powers.”
    Chris
frowned. “She does magic?”
    “Not yet,
but she will soon. She doesn’t know who or what she is yet. That is why I had
to grab her now. Once she