THE GOLD DUST

And then Xaden went off.

Erik turned back to Jasmine. "You best be on your way now."

She nodded.

"And don't come up unless I ask you to. Do you understand?" He asked her.

She nodded. "Yes."

He sighed and then she stopped short.

"What was it that you said about Xaden's sister's hair?" She asked him.

"Anna's hair? The loc of hair we have?"

She nodded. "Yes that. You said as if she were perhaps putting things in her hair."

"Yes." He nodded. "Some old magic. It would take down her true scent. Maybe it was being woven into her hair in some type of way."

Jasmine nodded and then Kire took her back down into the cabin.

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"I can not wait for all of this to end mother." Jessica said as her mother combed her hair.

She was seated inside her mother's bedroom on a small put plush stool while her mother sat down on a chair and brushed through her golden hair.