“Cassia, go get Colby,” Savvy said. “He’s close by.”
Savvy ran over to Cat and Drake, grabbed their hands, and took them into the house.
“Amy, a woman came out of the woods and approached the kids. Can you watch them for a minute?”
“Of course,” Amy said, gathering the kids into her arms.
Savvy ran back outside where she saw Colby kneeling by the intruder with Cassia hovering over them.
“What happened?”
“We were playing hide and go seek. I was counting, but watching, since I never let them out of my sight. She came out of the woods and started talking to them.”
Colby looked down at the crumbled heap on the ground. They could see that it was a woman. “What happened to her?”
“I put her to sleep. She’s fine. I can wake her back up,” Savvy said.
Colby gave her a hard, searching look and then glanced at the dragonfly sitting on Savvy’s shoulder.
“The dragonfly came to get me. She is your familiar. You are a witch,” Colby said.
“Yes,” Savvy replied simply.
“Well, now. Doesn’t that beat all,” he said. He looked at the crumbled heap on the ground and said, “I’m glad you’re on our side.”
He pulled back the woman’s hoodie and took off her sunglasses.
He gasped. “Eva.
“Can you wake her up?”
Savvy muttered another incantation, and Eva’s eyes fluttered open.
“What are you doing here?” he demanded.
“Colby. Good to see you, too. I wanted to see the kids,” Eva stammered. “What happened?”
Colby looked at Savvy and then said, “You’d better come with me. I’m going to call Rory.”
He helped Eva stand up. The woman was a little unsteady on her feet.
“I’ll be with the pups,” Savvy said. She knew that all hell would break loose when Rory got the phone call.
Savvy found Drake and Cat in the playroom with Amy.
“Thank you for watching them,” Savvy said. She whispered in Amy’s ear, “It’s Eva.”
“What?” Amy asked, shocked. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Then, she hurried out of the room to see for herself.
Savvy pulled the kids into a hug and asked, “Don’t you know that you aren’t supposed to talk to strangers?”
Drake said in a small voice, “She knew our names.”
“It is easy to find out your names. Please don’t ever scare me like that again.”
“We’re sorry,” Cat said, her lower lip trembling. “I love you. I don’t want to scare you.”
She wrapped her arms around Savvy.