Chapter 161-1
Troy
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Kiana wasn’t in the room.
I couldn’t help but let a little growl escape me. I’d given her specific instructions not to leave the
room, and I had two witches but no mate.
“She did not take the revelation that we were kin well,” Evalina said dryly as she sat next to
Lunessa. The younger witch had awoken and was sitting up in the bed. Relief swept through her
eyes when she looked at me. “You made it. The spell was not as side-effect free as I hoped, but
when I realized what it would take from me, I couldn’t stop. I worried what it would take from you.”
“What do you mean? Did it steal your magic?”
“No, but it allows a secondary spell to attach. One that analyzes a person and reports back. Saris, whatever she is, definitely anticipated getting out of that bunker alive. She’ll know all about my magic. She may know all about your wolf too, although maybe not considering you woke up right away.” Pushing the covers away, Lunessa stood and rolled her neck. “Although the secondary spell did leave me energized and refreshed. What have I missed?”
When she heard what happened, her features darkened, and she glared at Evalina. “You were related to Katherine, and this was how you chose to tell Kiana? Sometimes I think it’s better if you stay locked away in the den.”
“Respect your elders,” Evalina snapped.
Lunessa just rolled her eyes. “I am sorry, Troy, for the wolves you’ve lost, but I do think I can help with Finn and Irene. That secondary spell has given me an idea.”
I nodded. “Good.”
Evalina narrowed her eyes. “Kiana is pregnant,” she announced, still watching me. “Strange that the proud father isn’t announcing that from the rooftops.”
“Now is not the time to celebrate,” I growled, studiously ignoring Lunessa’s gaze.
“Do not let the darkness take away from your joy, or you will fall to it no matter how hard you fight,” she warned before she rose and walked toward me. Stopping short, she spoke in a low voice. “I trust that you will do whatever needs doing before it is too late.”
She was asking me to kill her. If she’d asked me before revealing that she was Kiana’s kin, I would have been more than happy to comply. Hell, if she’d asked me without Kiana around, I probably
wouldn’t have hesitated.
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But the look on Kiana’s face when Evalina had revealed their connection haunted me. As well as
her words.
Would I be no better than Claudine?
Did it matter? To protect Kiana, I would do anything. I’d spill whatever blood was necessary.
When she left, I turned from Lunessa, but she popped right in front of me in the blink of an eye. I snarled. “I see your magic is just fine. Any reason you couldn’t have done that from the bunker?”
“I could have gotten myself out in time, but I doubt I could have transported you,” she said smoothly as she studied my face. “You do not look well, Alpha.”
“A psychopath wants to use my mate to do ungodly magic. Of course I don’t look well.”
“You’re worried about the babe,” she concluded. “There is never just one path. Even if she does
have a son…”
“I’m not discussing this with you,” I interrupted before she recoiled in horror. “What I mean is that there are more pressing issues. Irene can’t be trusted. Finn can’t be trusted. I need something to block Claudine’s ability to use them. Figure it out. Please.”
Before she could say anything else that pissed me off, I went in search of my mate.
I found her in my office, sitting on the floor in the corner, with papers and maps spread out everywhere. I had to step on one of them to get to her, and she looked up sharply at me. “If you’re going to lecture me, you can save your breath. I won’t be kept holed up in a room.”
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