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Can I hug you?“I’ll find the grimoire.”
He faced me. “Really?”
I fired up my magic.
Chapter 14
RILEY
Drake’s fingertips lit up with blue light, his dark eyes glazing over. Like the cute alien inE.T.when he heals things, but blue.
I’d never seen a scrying witch in action before. They were rare, the only witches to possess the power to search for things.
He tilted his head back and forth as if scrutinizing something. Goodness, he was so hot. Even in this dire situation, I couldn’t help but drool.
Thank Hecate I figured out how to pull him out of the illusion. I’d gone to a dark place with that creation. And while I knew they weren’t really drowning, I’d probably caused some deep trauma for those witches when they finally came out of it.
My stomach twisted. The violence would only increase from this point onward. And there would be times I’d have to kill for real, outside of the illusion of doing so.
Speaking of which, I felt the power ebb. Done. No longer in use from what I could tell. Depleted, yet also slowly rising.
Fine. I’d deal with that later. Time to keep my wits about me.
Drake’s fingertip lights blinked off. “This way.”
I followed him, thanking the universe for his existence. In no time at all, he got us to a rickety wooden stairwell, which turned into a spiral halfway up. I held the handrail for reassurance, the sounds of the shadow witches still thumping around us.
What were they doing? And where was Marcus Kingwood? Just around the corner, lurking in the darkness with a spell at the ready?
“I think I saw Marcus,” I told Drake as we reached a second stairwell.
A vein in his neck throbbed. “What did he do?”
“He tried forcing me and Isaac to leave with him.”
Drake picked up his pace. “Did you hurt him?”
Why? Did he care? “I think Isaac did. Or at least scared him away.”
Drake paused. “Then stay vigilant. If Isaac did hurt him, his ego will be pretty bruised.”
How well did Drake know Marcus Kingwood? How deep did their relationship go? And what if this was all part of the master plan to take down House Aurora? Fool me into thinking Drake wasn’t some arsehole, then stick the knife in.
I tensed under my thoughts, freezing to the spot.
Drake stopped and turned around. “What’s wrong?”
“You could be leading me right to him.”
“I’m not.”
“I can’t trust you. I can’t…what if…” I moved down a step, dread unfurling in my chest. “You tricked me into liking you.”
Did he just flinch at my words? “This isn’t the place to do this.”
Did he trick me, though? I was the one that got all starry eyed and silly over his smile and hotness. Shame on me for being the wriggly worm impaled on his hook.
Right?
