Chapter 62-2
“If she dies, I blame you,” Claudine hissed.
Things were going so well. I walked out of the infirmary, grabbed Irene by the elbow and
maneuvered her out of the infirmary. “Explain,” I hissed. “Now.”
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“I am not hiding anything from you, Troy. My magic is returning. Slowly. I’m hardly at full power, and
I’m not much use to anyone. I used to be able to do a healing spell in my sleep, and now it
practically saps all my energy.” Tears filled her eyes. “I’m not hiding anything from you, but we are
surrounded by witches and wolves that cannot be trusted. I can’t be taken again, Troy. I won’t be. I have nightmares every night. You cannot imagine the pain and fear involved in stripping a witch of
magic.”
Glancing away, she wiped her tears. “I’m sorry that I exposed myself in front of Claudine and that it will fall on you. Cam would have died otherwise.”
I believed her. “Does this mean that your magic will return to full strength?”
“I don’t know. My instinct is to say that if it was going to, it would have done so already.”
“I’m sorry, Irene. I hope you’re wrong. Could you detect any magic in Cam’s wounds?”
Irene turned back to face me. “No. Possible poison, but nothing magical.”
So a wolf. It didn’t necessarily mean that it was one of my werewolves. There were others on this land. Guards attached to each of the alphas.
Morven’s guards.
“Troy!” Kiana ran to me. “Troy, we heard a scream. Irene? Are you all right?”
It was fucking déjà vu. Right behind Kiana, Morven strolled with a strange smile on his face.
Fury rose up inside of me, but now was not the time.
“Cam was attacked by a werewolf,” I said, my eyes on Morven.
“Cam?” The other alpha’s eyes widened in surprise. “The witch? Is she all right? Where are the
others? Janelle!”
“They weren’t there, although, I would have thought they would have been back by now.
Cam’s scream was full of magic.” Irene frowned and glanced at the woods.
“Where were your guards?” Morven demanded. “Where are any of your guards?!”
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Irene paled just a little and glanced at Kiana. “They were called away. Two stayed behind.
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One followed Ava and Janelle into the woods. The other was at the house. Oh, God, I didn’t even.
think of that.”
“Which one?” I growled. And who the hell had called them away?
“Tag.”
Tag. He was a solid guard. Trustworthy. Immediately, I tried the radio. It was dead.
Not possible. It was at full charge just an hour ago. “Jenson wouldn’t have left you,” I told Irene.
Not a chance.”
“I…” again, Irene looked at Kiana. “He left us with guards.”
The door opened, and Saul broke through. “Troy. Come quickly.”
I raced through the door, and Kiana followed behind me. Saul grabbed her arm. “Not you,
“What are you talking about?” She jerked free and followed me.
Kiana.”
Cam was awake and sitting up in bed. When Kiana and I walked in, she shrank back.
Claudine snarled. “You.”
“You’re reaching the limit of how much disrespect I can take, Claudine,” I snarled back.
“Your witch is harmed, but if you growl at me one more time, you won’t be welcome here anymore.
“Not you, alpha. Your mate. She attacked Cam. She killed that other witch.”
“What?” Kiana’s eyes widened. “Why would you say
that?”
“Cam saw you!”
I looked at Cam who was visibly shaking. “Don’t let her hurt me. Please,” she whispered.
“Cam, I never hurt you. I was nowhere near you,” Kiana insisted. “I swear!”
“You weren’t at the meetings.” Claudine took a step toward her. “You’ve been doing this. It ends
right now.”
Immediately, I stepped in her path. “You make one more move towards her, and I will consider it an act against me. Are you prepared to go to battle with my clan, Claudine? I suggest you think of that very carefully.”
“She is a killer. She’s the daughter of a killer. You’re blinded by her, Troy. Get out of my way. You’ll
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learn to live without your mate. I did.”
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“Claudine.” Morven stepped in the room. He was behind Kiana. We were fucking surrounded by enemies. I grabbed Kiana and pinned her against the wall behind me. Snarling, I called on my wolf.
“Calm down, Troy. I’m not here to hurt Kiana. I’m here to set the record straight. There is no way, Claudine, that Kiana attacked your witch. I can vouch for her. I was with her when we heard her
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scream.”
“Doing what?” Claudine challenged.
Morven just smiled, and I released my wolf.
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