Chapter 154-2
I stared at Broderick. “You believe this?”
“I’ve seen the writings of the Fae, the fear that this could happen. A child born with the blood of all
three species can hold the magic of all.”
“Fae?” I shook my head. “The Fae have been dead for thousands of years. There are no children of
the Fae.”
“Aye. The blood still exists. And today, it resides in a ternary. A woman of three.” His gaze settled
on mine. “Help us or we will all suffer.”
Lunessa and I exchanged glances. “What makes you think it’s not just witches stealing magic?”
she asked softly. “It’s horrible, but it does happen.”
“We’ve seen some powerful seers, my dear. The ternary has been born. She walks among us.”
“Powerful seers and none can identify her?” she frowned. “That doesn’t sound right.”
Henry nodded. “We thought the same, but we believe there’s something in the ternary that blocks magic. All magic of all time. None can see her or those close to her.”
I almost breathed a sigh of relief. Kiana’s null magic was working for her. Still, I found it hard to believe that so many knew her identity and none of it had found its way to the cult.
“And you think this woman knows the spell to steal all magic?”
Broderick shook his head. “She is not the spellcaster. She is the key ingredient.”
And still they would kill her, knowing that she was innocent. “Do your seers know the identity of the spellcaster?”
Again, Broderick and Henry exchanged a look. “No. We think the ternary’s magic is blocking all identities involved in the casting of the spell.”
They didn’t even know that it was Claudine. I leaned forward. “So, what exactly is your plan? You have no identities, and you don’t seem to be out searching for anything. Instead, you’re holding up in this bunker while witches are kidnapped and drained of magic. What is your plan?”
The doors to the dining room opened, and a few wolves entered with our food. Broderick leaned back in his chair. “Breakfast first. Then perhaps a tour of the facility, and if you think you can help
us, we will chat further.”
Little increments of information, just enough to keep us wanting more. As far as I could tell, they
didn’t have a plan or any way of identifying Kiana.
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The facility was far more massive than I had originally thought. Broderick explained how it had been built several hundred years ago when the first seer prophesized the birth of a line that would
lead to the end.
“They gathered and tried to end the prophecy before it even started, and only learned twenty years later that they did not succeed,” Henry explained as we walked through the halls.
“Tried to end it?” Lunessa asked anxiously.
The witch looked over his shoulder. “They killed her.”
“A baby? They killed an innocent baby?” she whispered, aghast.
“Wait, that doesn’t make any sense. You can’t identify her, so how did they know which baby to kill?
”
Broderick sighed. “I am ashamed to say that our organization has dark roots. They killed all the
babies born that year.”
Stopping short, Lunessa put a hand over her heart, and I was quickly at her side. “Are you all right?”
I asked low in her ear.
She nodded, and I turned to see that Broderick and Henry were watching us closely. Lunessa’s grief was real. It wasn’t something she could hide. I stared up at them. “Please tell me this is not a
mistake that you made again.”
“No,” Broderick said heavily. “And I am ashamed to say that their mistake didn’t help them. Two babies survived that year, and the defenders have carefully tracked their lineage. Unfortunately, we lost sight of one of the children, who would be an adult now. We suspect that she is our target.”
“And you will kill her?” I asked quietly. “Have you truly gathered so many people who are willing to kill an innocent soul simply because someone else wants to use her for evil?”
“When the mountain falls, who do you think will be next? The packs in the more northern remote regions? The packs quietly nestled among human populations? And what will happen to the humans when the wolves suddenly lose all access to their magic? And what will we be? People? Wolves? Dead? There are many who might use her, but there is only one of her. It is not an easy
decision,” Broderick said heavily. “But her sacrifice will save the world.”
“Information. I would avoid that room if I were you.”
“And why is that?”
“Because the guards are charged to shoot on sight.”
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