I went back to the spot I was told to stand in and lifted my arms back up. Tears were falling down my cheeks in a cascade, but I didn't know why.My ar...s began to feel like lead. It took effort to hold them out there. Tears still flooded down my cheeks and I could see my arms drop. I pulled them back up forcing them to stay.I was just about at the end of my ability to hold them any longer when Dickie finally returned. "It may lower It's arms." he said. I was crying like a little k**.Sobbing. ”Surprised he wasn’t getting any objections, he went on, “Ryne, I know you are very young, but you need to take over as Justine’s Wizard and as the Guild Lord for the South. Collin has told me that Paige has been training you.”“I’m sure we can find you some competent assistants to help. Paige will be Serpin’s Wizard and you and she will help Collin and Ayden by finding and organising the training of Mages and Novices for them. We don’t expect you to do it all yourself.”Ryne looked around the. Hard, pulled up short by the mainsheet, which Cherry then fed out again.It was only minutes later that Pippa was calling out, more confidently, "Ready to gybe?" again. She was concentrating too hard to see the satisfied smile on Cherry's face. Not too much later, they were passing the lighthouse."Course south-east," Cherry ordered. It needed a course change a few degrees south."Are we going home?" asked Pippa, her eyes on the compass until Serendipity settled on one three oh degrees. "Course. The weather was wet and horrible, and I came home to an empty house. It was Friday, 5pm, and I knew my Mother would be home in a few minutes. Hopefully with the present I had asked for. A new digital camera. I had gotten interested in photography and cinematography a few months earlier, fascinated with capturing images of beauty in anything and everything.Unfortunately, my Father was away on business for the whole week, so was going to miss my birthday. So, just me and my Mom alone for the.