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will be hosting.”
    “Thank you, I would love to join you.”
    “Richard must be awake by now, he’ll be wondering about me.”
    “Let him.”
     

 
     
CHAPTER SIX
     
     
    “We really have to go. I told Richard we would ask Allwain to give us a lesson.”
    “If you insist.”
    Kaer scooped me up again, and we floated down.
    “That’s a great way to travel, Kaer, thank you.”
    We walked through the garden on the way back to the guest wing and came across Richard in the courtyard.
    “There you are. Kaer, what are you doing here?”
    “I came to make sure you were both all right and to see when you were coming back to Niranjana’s.”
    “Well, thanks to Marcella, we’re all fine. Sabine is safe and at home with her family. I don’t know if she’ll be coming back to Nira’s or not.”
    “I have to say, that although I am very glad that she is safe, I hope she stays home.”
    Richard and I both snickered. “We do too.”
    “Shall we go and see if Allwain has some time for us?”
    When we arrived at Allwain’s laboratory we found Tao working alone.
    “Marcella, Allwain said you were here. What can I do for you?”
    “Tao, this is Richard and Kaer. We were hoping to have a lesson. Perhaps you have time to work with us?”
    “Allwain was called away, but he left instructions for me to develop an advanced invisibility potion. Would you like to help me?”
    We all excitedly nodded. “Of course. What do you want us to do?”
    Tao handed us a list. “Gather these from the back room and then we will begin.”
    We took the list and searched the shelves and boxes for all of the items Tao had requested.
    “We found everything.”
    “Good. Now we can begin. Potion making is an exacting science, requiring strict adherence to set quantities.”
    “That’s what Klaus told me about baking.”
    We weighed, measured and when we were ready, added the ingredients carefully to the mixture one by one, and then watched as Tao created a magical heat source to cook our concoction.
    “Now we wait. Once it dries, someone will have to test it. The problem we had with the first one was that it didn’t last long enough. This formula will render the taker invisible for as long needed. An antidote will be necessary to be seen again. We will make that next.”
    So we began again; finding ingredients, mixing and cooking.
    “Good work, all of you. It will take several hours for the compound to dry. If you want to test it, come back later.”
    “Sounds fun. Thank you, Tao.”
    “I don’t know why you would go to Nira when you had the Lord of the Wizards and Tao to teach you,” Richard wondered, as we walked to the library.
    “It’s a different kind of magic. I want to learn both. Allwain has been teaching me for almost a year, but he has so much to do to help the Five. So when Nira said she would take me on as a student it seemed perfect.”
    We entered the library and I smiled at Kaer and Richard’s reaction. Their mouths dropped open as they surveyed the beautiful, hand-painted fresco on the ceiling of the magnificent room. I closed my eyes letting the rich sensual scents of the leather invade my nostrils.
    “This is…just amazing,” Richard said after a few minutes.
    “Isn’t it? I just love it. Of course everyone that comes here thinks the same thing. Most of it will be moved to America soon, but for now it’s just my favorite place here at Mormont.”
    “It’s beautiful, but seeing the landscape from the turret is still my favorite.”
    Kaer looked at me and smiled. I smiled back. Richard didn’t seem to notice, or he was just ignoring the comment.
    I sat down at one of the tables, so the others joined me.
    “Being royal has its advantages, doesn’t it?” Richard marveled.
    “Yes, but being granted lands and titles took many battles and generations of protection. Baron Von Dracek has titles granted to him from many countries, by Kings and Popes.”
    My statement didn’t seem to surprise Kaer, Richard