Chapter 423

Lanie

Being able to glimpse what Stella had been able to see about the High Council should have been more comforting, but knowing their plans made me so angry I had to get up and pace around the room.

Only when I paused to look at my mates’ startled expressions did I realize that I’d been buzzing around the room like a bee. I consciously slowed myself. I hadn’t even broken a sweat this time.

Xander punched a fist into his opposite palm. “We’ll be ready for them!”

Stella shook her head. “Sorry, Daddy, but no. The High Council has way too many soldiers at their command. More even than you’ve ever known of.

They’ve spent their time these past months recruiting.

There aren’t enough people in Brightsky who are combat trained.”

Mason shook his head. “We were trying to work on that.”

“No time for it now,” Xander said.

“There won’t be enough capable staff to fight and protect those not capable of fighting,” Stella explained.

talent,” I said. “You’re telling me that with all the

as he walked. His expression had tightened and gone dark, and I could practically see his thoughts whirling, even if I couldn’t hear them. If he wasn’t my mate, the look on his face would have

were messing with, and a fierce pride rose

the people who live here in the enclave have never had to even think about fighting or defending themselves. They’ve been safe

his own way, Malachi has been as detrimental to the enclave as

they’d keep the truth about the Great Wars and

they had no reason to fear, Malachi

of them

spell? The witches here should be able to come up with some kind of protection,

that, somehow?”

didn’t pace. He sat back on the

of unease drifted to me through the mind link. Not the new one Stella had

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but through my private connection with him.

back to Rhiannon and being forced to succumb to the workings of her magic. He also remembered using magic to help me get inside the hybrid testing facility, and, even further back,

isn’t always bad, love, “I thought to

it was, but I had to believe it could also be used for

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