Brian felt a keen need to lecture Khaat for pushing things, but he actually saw no purpose. She was a good mother and she was always in tune with her children. And for some reason, she was sharply in tune with Abbey. She always had been. And from what Robert had told him, that had started before Abbey was even born.
When Steven and cassidy went to their room to change and Jack and Jess went to the play room with the kids, Brian went and found Robert in his office. Robert was at his potions table with the broken portkey. Michael was sitting in a brown leather wing chair by the fireplace with a pipe, a book and a cup of Earl Grey. He seemed to be just providing Robert company.
"Robert," he called quietly.
"Yes?"
"This was James, wasn't it?"
"Most certainly," he said.
"So what are you looking for?"
"Whether or not there are any spells on it to rack or trace our whereabouts or your movements."
"You know I'm not important to him," Brian said. Robert raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Is that so? If I remember, you are my young commander who incommoded Thomas Gelding, a not so terrible wizard himself, at every turn. And he needs us to shut down this operation. And to do that, he has to get rid of two primary people. You and me. And what is the thing that continues to bind us together?"
"Khaat."
"Precisely."
"Wait," Michael spoke up. "I've been thinking. Gelding was, by comparison, at least a known foe and somehat more defeatable was he not?"
"True. What's your point?"
"Didnt' Jack incarcerate him somewhere?"
"Yes,"
"Then perhaps we need to set the rats upon themselves. What if we go get Gelding? Turn him loose? He, no doubt will want his organization back. What if we allow him to battle James for us and dethrone him? That's one less obstacle in your path. Presumably then, James will have no vested reason to continue to track you."
Robert looked at Michael and a slow smile crossed his face. "Now that idea has merit, Mikey. Much merit indeed."
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