Chapter 154-1
Troy
I didn’t relish sleeping in the bed with a woman who was not my mate. With cameras up, we couldn’t risk anything looking suspicious, so when we slipped into bed together, I pulled the covers
up to my chin to hide the fact that I’d created a little sheet barrier between us.
There was discomfort for Lunessa as well. She held herself so stiff and still in the bed. I had a
feeling she’d never shared her night with another man.
London would be pleased.
We slept fitfully, and by the time the sun rose, I was already awake and pacing in the small room. With a yawn, she sat up. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Just worried. How did you sleep?” I sat on the edge of the bed, my back to the camera, and let the pretense in my expression drop just a little.
“I wandered a little in my dreams. Everything is fine,” she said carefully. Did that mean she’d made contact with Evalina and Kiana and the others were doing all right? While I knew there was no one else who could have taken my place here, I hated leaving them vulnerable to rogue attacks.
Especially when I feared Claudine was behind them.
“We can leave.”
She shook her head. “No. You promised me last night that if I still felt like this was where we belonged, you would let me talk to them again.”
Slipping the mask back in place, I nodded. “I did promise, but if it doesn’t seem like they’re being honest, we’re leaving.”
We dressed, and I tried the door. It was no longer locked, as I suspected, but there was a guard
waiting.
“Breakfast?” He asked cheerfully, like locking someone in their room and waiting outside of it didn’t
make this place a prison.
The same three were waiting for us. Wolf. Witch. Human. They all stood and smiled warmly at us. You are both looking much better. I trust that you slept well,” Broderick said.
“The bed was comfortable,” I muttered.
“You’re upset about the guards. I am sorry about that, but you are a stranger, and we have to protect our people. That is what we are, after all. Protectors. Hungry? We have eggs, bagels, fruit,
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and oatmeal.”
“Fruit and a bagel please,” Lunessa said politely. I asked for a full plate.
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“While we wait, I think perhaps we should explain who we are,” Henry began. “Normally, we would offer you sanctuary for the night and send you on your way, but after last night, it seems like your experiences might align with our cause.”
“There’s that word again,” I grunted. “Cause. What cause?”
“There is a grave threat to our land. One foretold many years ago, and today we fear we are right on the cusp of an evil darkness that will roll through and suck away life as we know it. Magic will never be the same,” Henry intoned theatrically.
I stared at him and tried not to laugh. “Are you serious?”
“Ken,” Lunessa scowled. “Don’t be rude. They’ve been very kind.”
Broderick chuckled. “No, no. He’s right to be skeptical. Witches have their flourishes, no offense, miss. However, he is not wrong. There is a spell that exists that can absorb magic. From living things and from the land.”
“From witches?” Lunessa stilled. “That’s what they were doing to me?”
Henry shook his head. “What they were using on you is different. It takes an immense amount of power to steal magic, but in most cases, it will return. This is an entirely different spell. It steals the very core of magic so that it does not regenerate. All of the magic of this mountain will reside in a single living thing. It requires powerful witch magic, which is why you were taken.”
“Wolf magic can’t be taken,” I argued.
“It can. Wolf magic and witch magic both have an integral relationship with the land, and that is exactly what this spell focuses on. All magic comes from the earth.”
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