"As long as you won't do it again." Laura smiled as she hugged Callis. "But if you want to protect me talk to me about it first. Rather than treating me like a child and hurting Carmilla." A genuine apology was what Laura needed. "And as long as you never try anything like this...." She was cut off as the world briefly went black.

Laura looked down. "And now I'm Carmilla." And now she was utterly exasperated and wanted to hit someone. "Who read that scroll again? And who's now tied to the chair?" Right now Laura just wanted to bite someone - preferably either Callis or Mattie. "And does anyone have any better ideas than to keep reading that scroll over and over again until it either returns us or burns itself out?" Was Carmilla this cranky all the time?