[color=yellow]"I'll protect you, too."[/color] Callie said softly, wrapping her arms around him and closing her eyes a moment or two. She took what comfort she could from him, his warmth enveloping her. [color=yellow]"You're right. I'll deal with the witches... She shouldn't have sought to harm you, to get to me."[/color] She would do what had to be done... she would find a way to do what had to be done. 

She was not going to lose Caius. She couldn't lose him, not now. Her life might otherwise be a mess, but she had him... 

She stiffened at Claudia's words, turned just enough to meet Claudia's gaze. [color=yellow]"Take that up with your brother. He had wolves to train and protect, and where were you? Not there. I couldn't be there, but I would have if I could have."[/color] She said, her voice steady. [color=yellow]"I assure you, I won't let it happen again. And if you don't have faith in witch spells, then you won't like what I have planned. If you don't have faith in my spells, you don't have faith in me. Which means you don't have faith in Caius."[/color]