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that right now.”
    “Cheeess,” said Presley.
    “I’ll get these orders in for you.”
    “While we’re waiting, I’m going to head to the ladies
room,” said Lucy.
    “And Presley and I will entertain ourselves,” said
Sadie.
    Lucy headed to the back of the restaurant with
Presley not taking her eyes off her.
    “So Presley what are you going to draw for Aunt
Sadie?”
    She didn’t respond but now seemed more interested in
the little boy at the next table who was probably just a little older than her.
Well, not so much him, but the teddy bear he was playing with.
    “You like teddies?” Sadie asked her.
    She didn’t respond, and didn’t even turn to look at
Sadie. The next thing she knew the bear was levitated out of the boy’s hands.
He watched it float higher in the air, his mouth wide open as it hung there.
    Sadie looked around, sensing that another witch had
to be present in the restaurant. She tried to key in on that someone, but
couldn’t. And usually she was spot on knowing a fellow witch from a mortal.
    The bear was heading their way, and she noticed
Presley’s index finger making circles to bring it in for a safe landing on her placemat.
    Sadie went cold. Presley was the witch. No, it
couldn’t be true.
    “Teddy,” said Presley, turning and showing it to
Sadie.
    “That’s very naughty. It’s the little boy’s bear and
you have no business doing that,” said Sadie.
    She grabbed it, but Presley moved her finger upward
and the bear shot out of Sadie’s hand and landed back on Presley’s placemat.
The force had been so strong it had even given Sadie a slight shock to her
hand.
    It was impossible for Presley to be this strong
without training. Brad wasn’t a warlock and Presley’s birth mother hadn’t been
a witch. None of this made any sense.
    Sadie took two gulps of her tea, burning her mouth
in the process and suddenly felt her stomach turn.
    She knew how this was happening. Sadie had taken her
to the Other Realm when she was a baby to protect her. She’d been warned and
these were the consequences.
    There would be lots of trouble. She might lose
Perfect Pairing and she …
    Keep
calm.
    Sadie rummaged through her purse, pulling out the
Christmas card Lucy had given her. She studied the photo again. The cat. She recognized the cat. He was from the Other
Realm. The cat was Presley’s familiar. That’s why he’d stayed so close to her.
    Sadie was in no end of trouble and she had to get
the child under control.
    Snatching the teddy from Presley’s hands before the
toddler realized it was gone; Sadie marched over to the little boy and put it
in his hands.
    She turned back to look at Presley. They were locked
in battle, eyes glaring at one another. Presley raised her finger in the air,
Sadie did the same.
    “Okay, little one, you’re about to get your first
lesson in witch warfare.”
    Presley circled her finger, lifting the bear up out
of the little boy’s hands. Sadie flicked her finger, forcing it back. The
little boy watched as the bear jumped out of his hand and then back.
    Sadie had never known a witch to be this powerful at
such a young age. Presley, finger posed, caused the bear to rise from the table
again.
    Someone was going to see what was happening. Lucy
might even see what was happening, and until she had the matter under control,
Sadie couldn’t have anyone knowing about Presley and her powers.
    “Okay, little one, this is going to hurt you and
make your hand tingle, but it’s for your own good.”
    Sadie snapped her fingers, causing the bear to fall
back to the table. Presley began crying and kicking her legs on the back of the
high chair just as Lucy returned.
    “What’s happened,” said Lucy, hugging her.
    “I heard her mumble something about a teddy,” said
Sadie, looking at Presley and shaking her head.
    “Your teddy’s back at the
hotel,” said Lucy, trying to calm a sobbing Presley who now had everyone’s
attention. “I’ve never seen her like this