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“Well,” I said. “I’ll un-banish him. Seren’s my cousin. And he’s weak. He needs protection. We’re going to find him, too.”

Around me, I could see a few of the bonds between my clan flickering. I couldn’t tell what they meant, but I watched as a slim bond grew from my mother and followed the same path towards Seren that mine went. I knew he was out there and he was alive, or our bond would have vanished. Mother had her own bond with him back, now she was allowed to.

I sighed.

“I just need to know he’s safe. At least Morgan has a clan.”

My mother tensed again.

“That dragon was also banished.” Her words were careful and, if I wasn’t mistaken, hopeful. I glanced at the bond she had with Morgan, the one that hadnever broken.

I began to think out loud, which might not have been the best way to do it, but my mouth was running away with me again, like always.

“If I can un-banish Seren and Rhod and Glenwise, do you think I can un-banish Morgan? I know he can’t come back to us because he has a new clan now, but I’d still like to know he’s okay. I miss him. Even if I never get to talk to him again, I want to know he’s safe.”

My mother spoke just as carefully as before. Slowly, choosing her words.

“The elder of the clan can choose to form an alliance with another clan. It’s possible that the Hoskins clan would form an alliance with the Somervilles, despite our history, since you are the golden dragon. The Hoskins elder might be persuaded to ally with you.”

Before I could respond, Glimmer snorted.

I looked round at him. He was leaning in the doorway, where his mate had been. Maybe he was breathing in the last traces of his scent before it dispersed.

“You don’t think they’ll be persuaded to ally with us? Not even if I’m some fancy golden dragon?”

He snorted again, and this time I heard the amusement in it. “The Hoskins clan want an alliance anyway.”

“How do you know that?”

Glimmer crossed his arms. “That depends. How much trouble am I going to get in if I say I’ve spoken to them?”

I sat up straight, excited. “You’ve spoken to Morgan? Is he okay? Does he miss me?”

“Yes, yes, and yes.”

I turned back to my mother, and we smiled at each other as though we’d never stop. Glimmer said, “So you can go through the official records to see if Rhod has wiped all contact information about the clan from our servers like he was told to, and if he has you can reach out to one of the witches’ covens to get the details for Lady Hoskins…”

My heart sank. That would take forever.

“…Or I can just call Dane right now.”

In my lap, Blaze laughed. It was a soft, flickering sound and it made my stomach bubble with happiness. I couldn’t help but laugh, too.

“That, please,” Isaid.

Glimmer got out his phone and dialled somebody. A deep voice on the other end answered, “Hey G, what’s up?”

“Hey, funny story, Lord Somerville is dead and Alfie’s inherited the title and he was thinking that maybe he wants to form an alliance—”

That deep voice said, “We’re on our way.”

Then the line went dead and I gripped Blaze tighter, cuddling him close with excitement. I was getting my clan back.

Chapter 44

Alfie

Morgan walked into the room at the side of a bigcuraidh. He was dark-haired and dark-eyed and I guess I could see that he was handsome, but he wasn’t as handsome asmymate. Morgan was tucked into the man’s side with thecuraidh’s large arm around his shoulders, as though he was trying to envelop my brother completely.

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