Jennifer held herself at attention. Her back was straight as a board.

She looked straight ahead.

Daniel could see her boots had traces of the red powder on the tops of them. He looked back at Gwydion, his love.

Quinten looked at Jennifer and then at Gwydion. “If I find out you used black magic, I will end you. This I vow to the One True God.”

Light flared from Quinten for a moment and Gwydion winced. "So be it.

Jennifer, with me."

Quinten strode out of the room and Jennifer did an about turn and followed at his heels. Daniel, with Amy and Jasmine holding his hands, followed behind, watching the red powder fall to the floor wherever Quinten walked.

Gwydion breathed a sigh of relief and then moved toward the door to close it, wincing hard with each step. "My cunt and ass are killing BY THE TIME they returned to their suite, Daniel seemed more normal.

Amy and Jasmine recounted how they had banged on the door to Gwydion's rooms for hours. Jasmine had left and returned with Jennifer. Jennifer had tried to rouse them and when it failed, she had left for the headmaster.

The rest Daniel knew. He ate a little food that Bitty provided and begged off anything but sleep, and only after the girls checked him for wounds did he escape to retire for the night.

Amy and Jasmine sat a long time thinking.

“Something is wrong. You can feel it, too, right?" asked Jasmine.

Amy nodded. Her nose had been healed by the medical staff with a small but expensive potion. It still felt broken to her, and she touched it repeatedly. The staff explained magical healing only healed the flesh but couldn't heal the trauma of the mind. "Yeah, Daniel would never go off like that without us. He fucked her for hours and hours. Her! How is that possible?"

"I don't know. I'm worried. She did something to him."

"She told Quinten she didn't. Quinten would hear a lie. But we know she did something. Right? He's not normal."

Jasmine shook her head. "There are ways to hide a lie. You can lie about something simply but not saying or responding to what was asked.

I think she kind of did that."

Jasmine looked around the suite. "Where is Amber?"

Amy looked up and around. "I don't know. I haven't seen her in a while. She's around somewhere."

"More importantly, why is she not fucking here dealing with this with us? Are we in a circle or not? AMBER! WHERE ARE YOU?" Jasmine yelled the last part.

"Out here!" replied Amber from the garden.

"Get in here!" yelled back Jasmine.

"No!"

Jasmine growled and rose and stomped outside.