Page 21 of Witch Unbound
“Motherfucker!” She leapt out of her seat. “That sneaky fucking bitch.” She began to pace. “This was her plan all along. Get her hooks into you, then use you to get Croatoan out of his prison.” She stopped pacing with a frown. “But why?”
“That’s what we don’t know.” I shrugged. “But she said death would come for me. I’m assuming this death is an entity too?”
“No.” Anna laced her hands together on the desk in front of her. “Death is a force of nature. An event that finds us. It found you once, and this entity somehow tore you from its grasp.”
“Unless Cora wasn’t meant to die,” Bramble said. “Maybe this entity wasmeantto save her and there is no death coming for her.”
“A possibility, but we can’t know for sure.” Anna jotted something down. “Still, we should be on the safe side. I’ll contact the silent sisters and see what they can do to help.”
I could see she thought that was the end of it. I was going to have to disappoint her. “There’s more.”
Her brows shot up. “Go on.”
“The changes she made to me might be interfering with my connection to my mates, which could affect the security of the seal.”
She sat forward slightly. “What do you mean? I thought you said the mutagen was gone?”
“It is, but our connections haven’t strengthened, and the change to my DNA might mean they never do.”
“But you still hold a connection?” Anna asked.
“Yes, but—”
“Then you’re fine.” She gave me a close-lipped smile. “As long as the connections are intact, then you’re fine.”
I opened my mouth to argue, but she cut me off with a stern look. “I understand why you’d be worried. I’m glad you came to me, but as long as the connections remain stable, we have nothing to worry about.”
“So basically, only worry if they weaken further?”
“Yes.”
That was a crappy plan, but she was the expert when it came to this stuff. “Okay, you’re the boss.”
Anna smiled warmly and sat back in her seat. “You’ve been through a lot, Cora. Take some time off. Rest, recharge, and allow your bonds to heal. Having Rune back in human form is something you should celebrate.”
My heart lifted. “Yes. We’re having a gathering at the Holm Pack later this afternoon.”
“Good. Go do that. Enjoy. Leave the death issue with me. This entity won’t get what she wants. We’ll make sure of it.”
We left the office and made our way back down the corridor.
“That was weird,” Bramble said. “Like, she doesn’t seem too bothered that your connection is weakening even though she knows that the entity wants you to free Croatoan.”
Yeah, I knew what she meant. It was bugging me a little too. “Anna knows more about this shit than we do, and she’s right, the connectionisstable right now, so unless it drops, or I do something to fuck it up…” My mind went to last night with Rune and our almost moment. “Um… yeah. Unless I—”
“Ride the cock?” Bramble provided with a dirty smirk.
I chuckled. “Yeah, unless I dothat. But I won’t. We’re careful.”
Bramble narrowed her eyes. “You’re also blushing.”
“I don’t blush.”
“Your face begs to differ.”
I nudged her with my elbow. “Shut it.”
She slung an arm over my shoulder. “So, am I invited to this shindig at Holm Pack?”
