[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Mystic Dreams – Chicago, IL
[b][color=#DB7093]Skills:[/color][/b] Sorcerer[/center]
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	I wave my hand, and the door locks as soon as Nic leaves. The open sign switches off, and I whack Caden’s arm.

	[color=#DB7093]”You can be such a jerk sometimes, Caden. You didn’t have to push him out the door like that. I had it handled.”[/color]

	Caden simply shrugs. [color=#006400]”Looked like you were getting a little too cozy to me. You know he can’t be around this. I did you a favour.”[/color] He walks away from the counter to sit in one of the chairs. He crosses an ankle over a knee and flashes a grin at me, his eyes shifting to that of a predator before returning to their normal blue-green. I roll my eyes and finish cleaning up.

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Mystic Dreams – Chicago, IL
[b][color=#006400]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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	[color=#006400]”So are you going to tell me what you actually saw and felt or leave me in suspense?”[/color] I questioned her, mildly amused at her trying to clean up the shop and not look upset that Nic left with unresolved business.

	[color=#DB7093]”I have half a mind not to,”[/color] she grumbles, but I see her face and demeanour shift. I set both feet on the ground and lean forward.

	[color=#006400]”What did you see?”[/color] I coax, speaking more calmly.

	Cassiopeia’s work slows until her hands rest on the counter.

	[color=#DB7093]”It’s what we feared. Something from hell has gotten out. I knew the walls were growing thin. There were rumours, and then something shifted that allowed all of us with the magical ability to feel the shift, the bonds lessening. I just didn’t think Crowley was growing that weak.”[/color] She shakes her head, falling silent for a minute and runs a cloth over the countertop, picking up loose herbs. [color=#DB7093]”Whatever it is, it's come to eat souls. To devour hearts and bodies.”[/color]

	I roll my eyes and stand. [color=#006400]”You’re being dramatic again,”[/color] I declare. She looks at me and frowns.
[color=#DB7093]”I saw his mother when she was brought in through his eyes. It wasn’t pretty, Caden. It was cruel and uncaring. Unfeeling, but it was also precise, just like the other kills. It’s looking for something specific.”[/color]

	Calypso comes back into the room, followed shortly by Wayland. Calypso hops up onto the counter, and I scratch behind her ears. [color=#006400]”We should go talk to the police. They should know, even though they are incompetent. But they could place a cop car at Nic’s house and keep him out of trouble.”[/color]