Chapter 155-1
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That wasn’t the only guard I saw armed with a gun. Unease filled me as I looked around. I hadn’t anticipated the weapons. Most wolves preferred to fight in their beast form. “Are you expecting trouble?” I asked when the tour ended. We stood in a glass room looking down at what seemed
like a gymnasium.
At least thirty people were below in a circle, passing a flame along the black candles they held and chanting something in a language I’d never heard of before.
“The weapons? Where there is information, there is always someone who wishes to steal it,” Broderick said mildly as he looked down. “It’s midday. When the sun is highest in the sky, we ask
for her protection.”
“Not the moons?”
“We ask for hers as well, but we are the Protectors of the Land. We must see to the earth’s nourishment as well as our own. It is our hope that the sun’s magic can protect it against all invaders, including that of ancient spells. We perform this every day.”
I lifted my eyebrows. “Does it work?”
“We won’t know unless we fail.”
Lunessa frowned. “The black candle is not traditionally used to ask for a blessing.”
“But it is used in protection,” Henry said smoothly. Too smoothly. Lunessa just nodded absently.”
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Any help, I suppose. You had questions for me. I am willing to answer them, although I do not know if they will be any use to you.”
For an hour, while the members below swayed back and forth with their chants and candles, Lunessa lied through her teeth as she asked and answered questions. More and more, I saw the mask slipping and her true self coming out. Every now and then, I squeezed her hand to remind her that she was meant to be a scared witch running for her life, not a powerful witch with more magic in her pinky than was held in this entire bunker.
In fact, nobody seemed to have much power here. Broderick would have made a decent alpha, and he no doubt considered this a pack, but Lunessa didn’t seem impressed by any of the witches we
found.
Saris was the only human, and she didn’t say much. Henry touched her often. I assumed that they were lovers, and she was more than happy to take direction from him.
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“That is all I have,” Lunessa said with a touch of exhaustion. “I hope it helps.”
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Henry nodded. “Every bit of information helps. If you follow me, I would like your opinion on a spell
I’m considering casting. You seem knowledgeable.”
“What I lack in power, I do try to make up for in knowledge,” she said quietly.
We both stood, but Henry waved me away. “It will take but a moment.”
“Then I will stay with you for a moment,” I growled.
“Do you think I would harm her, wolf?” Henry challenged.
Broderick put his hand on his arm. “They are mates, Henry, and he is protecting her in a building filled with strangers. It is in his nature.”
Lunessa smiled at me. “I trust them, Ken, and I would like to see the spell. I will return in a few
minutes.”
I was not all that concerned that they were splitting up. We were both capable of taking care of ourselves, but I hadn’t expected this. With a short nod, I held my breath until she was out the door.
“Where will you go after this? Will you try to join another pack?” Broderick asked as he returned to
the window.
“The way you talk, it doesn’t matter what we do. We’ll all but under the control of some evil villain,” I
said dryly.
“I do feel the time is drawing near,” he sighed. “You could stay with us. I know you think our methods are strange. These rituals were built by desperate people. They’ve read every piece of information we’ve gathered over and over again, desperate to find an answer. They’ve tracked locations and family trees. Most of us pull an all-nighter at least once a week.”
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