"I must have missed the invitation in the mail." Esme spat sarcastically at the woman. Esme called for her magic and felt it rise up to greet her. The air around Esme and Alex came alive. Alex could feel her magic tingling against his skin as it fluttered about through the space between them. The older woman stepped forward face going deadpan and she finally got a good look at the man guarding Esme's back.
"Hello Alexander, long time no see." she hissed out.
"Do I know you?" he replied head on a swivel as he watched the hooded figures creeping closer. He pressed his back against Esme's carefully watching the treeline off to his right where two figures stood less than two hundred feet behind them.
"You don't recognize me?" She asked with a sickly sweet smile. She ran her hands down her r
