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I should have known a massive table would appear, long enough for all of us to have a seat at each of the many chairs which appeared along with it. It had been a long time since we’d been in the presence of the coven.

“Sit by me,” I advised Emelie.

I had to. Because if I didn’t my dragon wouldn’t have given me a moment’s peace. Id’ not have been able to participate in the conversation because everything would be drowned out by his roars.

My dragon wanted her with us at all times, and not merely to ensure her safety.

She looked skeptical but took a chair to my right nonetheless. Tamhas sat to my left, with Keira beside him.

Anyone with eyes could see how it pained Keira that her lifelong friend no longer trusted her. That pain reflected itself in Emelie’s eyes.

Selene sat opposite me, her coven seated to either side.

Iris’s eyes blazed with furious light as she sat by Selene’s right hand, and that fury was directed at me. As though I needed something else with which to concern myself.

“All right,” Selene said, bringing the room to silence as only she could. “Let us begin.”

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