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them up here today. Seeing the other families reunited would be too much. I thought we’d take care of them tomorrow afternoon,” Joan said, glancing at Kevin.
    “That’s fine. This group will be enough for today.” Kevin handed Cpt. Lawrence his key to Terah and took his key to the Gate Between the Worlds off his chain. “Between the two of us, we should have all of the husbands and sons here by three. Meet you out back.”

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 2
    Sunday
     
    Sunday morning Kevin would have loved to sleep late. He was worn out from all the trips he’d made Saturday afternoon. Chris and Cpt. Lawrence had both been willing to help, but while the women and children had been living in Milhaven, they’d accumulated quite a bit of luggage, so Kevin had to make most of the trips himself. It had taken until well after dinner to get everyone where they wanted to be, but he hadn’t felt good about some of the locations. He’d done what he could to make their homes livable again and make sure everyone would be safe, but he’d had to leave a few families in isolated locations even though he’d tried to convince them to let him take them someplace else, somewhere populated.
    Glendymere was waiting on his favorite butte when Kevin made it to the canyon lands. “You’re late.”
    “Sorry. Busy day yesterday.”
    “Anything I need to know?”
    Kevin shook his head.
    “Then let’s get started.”
    As soon as Kevin lowered himself to the canyon floor, the practice session began, and it turned out to be a grueling one. After an hour the dragon called a halt. “Take a break. We need to talk.”
    When Kevin joined him on top of the butte, Glendymere said, “Landis has mastered gathering and storing energy from Terah, water, wind, and fire. We’re going to start working with her life force tomorrow.”
    “Isn’t that the hardest one?”
    Glendymere nodded. “It takes a lot of practice and patience, and since it’s always the last one, a lot of sorcerers don’t bother with it.”
    “You’ve been working with her for six months now. How do you think she’ll do? I mean, will she be strong enough to take care of herself?”
    “I can’t answer that. She gathers and stores energy well, but all the energy in the world won’t do her any good if she can’t juggle things. She needs to be able to do more than one thing at a time and still have enough concentration left over to gather and store more energy while she’s using it. Will she be able to do all of that? Time will tell. ”
    “Is she ready to start using it?”
    Glendymere nodded. “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. Have you talked to that sorcerer of yours yet?”
    Kevin shook his head.
    “You need to, and the sooner the better. I could keep going with her, and from a magic standpoint, that would be fine, but before long she’ll need to decide what role sorcery will play in her life. There’s so much for her to experience in addition to being a sorcerer, and the human life span is so short, the blink of an eye for me. She’ll have to figure out what she wants to do and find a way to fit it all in. I can’t help with that. A human sorcerer can.”
    Kevin nodded. “I’ll talk to him tonight and see what he says.”
    “If he agrees to work with her, he and I need to talk, soon.”
    “I’ll set it up. When do you want him to take over?”
    “I’d like to keep working with her for at least another couple of months, but if he could, I’d like for him to start before then. He can stay in Rainbow Valley and she can split her time between us, but I’d like for him to take over by mid-summer at the latest.”
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    Chris was in Kevin’s office when he got back from the canyon lands. As Kevin sat down at his desk, he asked, “Anything happen while I was gone?”
    “Joan came by to say that the women and children who are going to stay with relatives will be here around three.”
    “What about the ones who don’t have anywhere to