Chapter 81-2
“I hope you’re feeling better. You look better. Last time I saw you, you were slinging some mad
magic.”
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“Me? Kiana, you saved my life. And then you just walked away. I’m so mad at you I could scream.”
“So you’re mad at me and you want to hug me?”
“Yes. I’m allowed to feel both things,” she announced loudly. “Troy’s report didn’t say much. How are you? Did Morven hurt you? When I have my magic back, I might level his pack to the ground.”
I gave her a run-down on what had happened and told her about Janelle. Her eyes widened.
“Holy crap. She must be the…granddaughter or great-granddaughter of the Lupine witch. There were rumors that a wolf and a witch mated and produced a shifting witch, but it was never proven. I never believed it. I don’t even think a hybrid is possible.”
“I’m a null wolf? Remember?” I teased.
“Anomaly yes, but not a hybrid. Still, her family line must have gotten that magic from something. So maybe not a shifting witch but a witch that could bond with shifter magic and manipulate it. That’s huge. And terrifying. I never saw any indication of it while she was here.”
So it was possible that Janelle was telling the truth. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe her, but it just didn’t seem possible. The confirmation helped.
“Is it possible that she manipulated most of his pack?”
Irene bit her bottom lip. “On one hand, I want to say that it would take an immense amount of power, but I didn’t sense that kind of magic in Janelle. Also, I could be wrong. The alpha would be the crux of the magic. All bonds lead to him. She’d just have to weave magic through him, and the bonds would do the rest. So it’s possible she’s not all that powerful after all. She just has a terrifying kind of magic. Did Troy bond with her? She can manipulate his bonds.”
I shook my head. “She says she needs permission.” A thought struck me, and my eyes widened.” Do you think she was lying?”
“Maybe,” Irene said slowly. “The only bond work I’ve ever done was darkening your mating bond. I had to borrow magic from all three of the Darkwyn witches to do it, and even then, I could only do it on Troy’s end. I did need his cooperation to get in, and it was only cosmetic. Like, throwing a towel over it knowing that eventually, it would burn away. What Janelle is talking about is much more intricate. She probably does need permission, but I would still be careful. If Troy feels any strange shift in his bonds, he needs to sever her bond immediately.”
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I asked her if she thought the other witches could still have access to her, a terrifying thought since she was now bonded with Troy. Irene explained that stealing magic took close proximity.
“Wait, does that mean that the Darkwyn coven came to Wolfspire lands?”
“Oh, no. They would never. I can’t think of anything that would make all of them abandon their den,
especially the crone. We had to go there.”
The lengths Troy had gone to, to make sure he could get to me. I was momentarily speechless.
“Kiana, are you all right?”
I nodded. “It’s just been a long few weeks. Janelle says one of the witches was an earth witch and is tinkering with the land. Any idea what Morven might be doing?”
“Plenty. My spell consists of earth magic. His witch could be replicating that. She could be mining the land for something. More magic would be my guess. She could be rebuilding it. It’s helpful if there’s been a forest fire. She could be expanding the boundary.”
“Wait, a witch can do that? Expand pack territory?” I wasn’t entirely certain how pack territories were established. It wasn’t just an agreement between wolves. There was magic involved. The
land had to give permission.
“Yes, it’s possible.”
So Morven could be trying to take the mountain. Still, even if he could use magic to expand his boundaries, he couldn’t hold the wolves. He wasn’t a strong enough alpha.
But maybe he was with Janelle.
“Irene, do you think Janelle has the power to steal an alpha bond?”
Irene opened her mouth, but then the screen froze. I waited a moment for the computer to fix itself, but the call abruptly ended. Technology was so finicky. I tried to call her back, but it wouldn’t go through. I tried a normal phone call and then I noticed the top of the phone.
No service.
“Finn,” I called out as I knocked on the door. “My phone just dropped service. Is yours working?” The door opened as Finn pulled out his phone. With a frown, he shook his head. I looked at Willa and Saul, and they were already checking their phones.
“Is there wi-fi here? Try to make an internet call,” I said, trying not to sound as panicked as I felt.
“I was already connected to the internet,” Willa growled. “It’s not working.”
No internet. No service.
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“Someone must be jamming the signals to the motel,” Finn said in a low voice. He walked to the
window and looked out.
My heart slammed against my ribs. “Not someone. Morven.”.
“So we can’t call out until we figure out where it is? That’s obnoxious,” Willa said.
“Not just call out.” I met Finn’s gaze. “It means that we can’t get in touch with Troy, and he can’t call
- Something is wrong.”
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