22 I headed to Kaffale House immediately after eating, too busy trying to think what to say to concentrate on anything else. I keyed in the coordinates on the portal, jumping in without calling in advance. I knew Emere or Ion would be with the baby. They always were. At first, I thought they were just first-time helicopter parents, but now that I understood more about how the beginning of the magic works in children, I sympathized with them. They wanted to make sure their daughter survived through this most dangerous period, so they made sure somebody was around her round-the-clock. Who could judge them for that? I didn't see anybody on my way up the stairs, towards the nursery. In the past, I would have wondered about their lax security, but now that I had felt Morad House, I understoo

