The day has been terrible, you say. One of those everything-that-could-go-wrong-did-go-wrong days. I greet you at the door with my welcoming arms and ...oft lips. I am wearing a new flowing flower-printed sundress with buttons travelling down the front. My chestnut tresses are loosely clipped atop my head, smelling of my fragrant shampoo. My makeup is light and natural. You look me over and comment on how beautiful I look. I smile at you and blush slightly like I always do for compliments and. "Look what I fou..."Haggy sees Ingrid holding the parchments and stops mid sentence. "Arethose the spells?" Ingrid slowly nods and says, "I...I was just going tobring these to you."As Haggy scans a few of the spells, she turns pale. The implications ofwhat she is reading could be catastrophic. The last spell, inparticular, is hard to take; it's diabolical. The cruelty Jeanniedemonstrated in crafting the spell alterations is beyond belief. Lookingat Ingrid with a deadly serious expression,. I let Gabrain sleep for six hours and then felt I couldn't keep myself awake any longer so I shook him and we agreed that he would keep watch now while I rested. I set the vibrating alarm on my watch for six hours and curled up beside the fire to sleep.I awoke while it was still dark and I noticed the fire had been tended and there was still a friendly blaze. Gabrain was sitting opposite me, watching me come awake and he grinned as I shook the sleep from my eyes and sat up and I found his grin. There was no mention of taking Lizzy home.Lizzy had prepared for this evening as much as she could mentally and emotionally. She knew what she had to do and why, and while she still did not like it, she had reached a peace with it. She knew the stakes, and she knew that if her efforts failed, the consequences would be dire. She looked over at General Howe and smiled coyly, lightly placing her hand on top of his. He was a big man, nearly six feet tall, with broad shoulders. He was thirty eight.