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“Pick up,” Darien muttered. But he wouldn’t be surprised if Max chose not to. With Dallas still recovering from surgery, Max would be giving the witch his undivided attention. Darien wouldn’t blame his friend for it; if it were Loren in Dallas’s place, Darien would’ve done the very same thing. Probably would’ve went so far as to shut off his phone.
Darien was about to hang up when Max answered. “Hey, Dare.”
“Hey,” he said, relief coating the greeting. “How’s Dallas?”
“She’s doing great. Adding some juicy weight to her thighs with some ice cream.” The clatter of what sounded like a spoon being thrown at Max’s head filled the background. Max was laughing as he said, “What? It’s a compliment! I love your juicy thighs.”
Dallas’s voice was faded by distance, but Darien still heard her mumble, “I’ll pop your head off with these juicy thighs.”
Darien chuckled. “You got a second?”
“I do, now that I’ve pissed off the witch.”
“Three hellsehers were found dead on Foxheart.”
Max swore. “Really?”
Dallas shouted in the background, “What is it? I want to know!”
“Yes, really,” Darien said. “And Finn just told me Calanthe was murdered too. Ripped apart, just like—”
“The vampire in Silverwood.”
“Right.”
“What about these hellsehers?” Max asked. It sounded like he was walking away from Dallas, her curious shouting growing fainter with every word. “What’d it look like to you?”
“They were pulled out of the lake. Their vehicle was fully submerged. Looks like they drowned.”
“Shit.”
“I want you to be careful around Blue until we find out more about her,” Darien said. “The law believes she’s attached to these murders. Finn said the men were traveling to Angelthene with her in a rental car.” Not to mention how someone had put a warrant out for her arrest before these three dead men had been found, which meant there was more than one reason why the law enforcement wanted to find her.
“Those are the guys who abducted her, no doubt about that.” The tone of Max’s voice suggested he’d learned something new in his time away from Darien.
“You sound like you have information for me,” Darien pressed.
“Blue didn’t come to Angelthene alone—and I’m not talking about the dead guys. There was another girl with them; she was picked up on their way here. Blue said two of the men disappeared with the other girl one day and left Blue in a motel. When they came back, they didn’t have the girl anymore. Blue assumed the worst, so she found a way to escape.”
“Anything else?”
“When I was at the Fleet event with Dallas, we overheard Roark talking about missing Fleet soldiers. We had Tanner get into their database, and he found the four soldiers who’ve gone missing. They’re part of a Special Task Force called Elementals.”
“What are Elementals?”
“We’re still trying to figure that out, but in the Fleet records, their magic is sorted into categories.” Darien was about to ask him to explain when Max said, “They’re sorted by color. We’re assuming it’s aura magic.”
“Let me guess,” Darien began. “Blue’s aura is—”
“Blue,” Max confirmed, speaking it at the same time as Darien. “You got it, boss.”
“I still want you to be careful. If she has anything to do with these Elementals, we don’t know what she’s capable of.”
“Yeah, no problem.” Max paused. “How’s it going with Delaney and the whole…well, you know.”
Darien sighed. “As well as it can. I’ve got something happening tomorrow night.”
“You need help?”
