The effect of that was to cause the death of the mage within. Four simple spells which together caused the death of another. I won't say I was unhappy...with the result as it showed that Sar'ha was a full mage in her own right."There were a few moments of silence as the group of clouds digested my recital. "This is a shock to us, the magic was supposed to be harmless, but you have shown that it is simple to change this and enable death by magic." Anything can be changed to cause death. A spell. The police stormed in a minute or two after the ambulance. You'd think they'd be grateful to have an escaped prisoner returned to them, even a wounded one, even after that prisoner had tried to kill an innocent member of the public, but as soon as they realised who I was, they insisted on letting me know that they still didn't like me; they still tried to trip me up. Once a con, always a con; their attitude was as clear as day. I treated their ridiculous, entirely speculative accusation that I. Welcome, it is so niceto have you."Alex took a deep breath and said, "Actually my name is Alex and Jess ismy sister. Something came up at the last minute and I agreed to take herplace; I hope that will be okay?"Rachel looked closely at Alex and was about to speak when Alex rushedon."You are right I am a new girl and in more ways than one. I've juststarted transitioning and so I'm a bit nervous. I know I'm not a realgirl yet, but I promise to do my best and not let any of you down."No one spoke. We'd become comfortable with each other and hadn't found any reason for disagreement in a while now."No," she said. "It's not that at all, hon." She hesitated, came to me and wound her arms around my neck. She kissed me long and hard."Ronnie," she said slowly, when we came up for air, "the reason I haven't brought this up is a little different from what you think." She took a deep breath, not backing away an inch. Her arms were still wrapped around my neck a little more loosely than before."I.