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That truth rankles. Then again, his signature suggests he’s issued an unrequited Call to someone, too…
I glare his way. “I’m not arguing semantics. Moments after you last left here, the pub was attacked. Kari was nearly killed. I won’t have that again.”
“Attacked by whom?”
“This isn’t an interrogation.”
“If you want to save her life, start talking.” Shock crosses his arms over his massive chest.
“How do I know you won’t simply end it?”
Shock shrugs. “You don’t. But how can you protect her when you don’t understand the threat?”
As much as I hate it, the bastard has a point. “The witch who attacked her is named Rhea. She was quite interested in knowing whatever you and Tynan O’Shea chatted about.”
I can’t decipher the expression Shock hides behind his sunglasses, but the way he tenses tells me he’s furious.
“Rhea is my issue.”
Despite Shock’s slight height advantage and the badassery of all his leather, I think I could thrash the bastard. I certainly have anger on my side. And if I had to, I could channel my twin’s energy. Secondary energy from Raiden has saved me in past scrapes.
“Mine as well if she comes back to kill my mate.”
But whose fault is it truly? I inflicted the Wolvsey curse on Kari.
“What bloody curse?” Shock snaps. “What are you on about?”
He can read my thoughts?
“Bingo, Einstein. What curse?”
None of your fucking business. “That compute for you?”
“Don’t be a prat. Most curses are crap, but”—Shock shrugs—“it’s your hairshirt to wear.”
“This one is real.”
“You’re sure? I know dark magic. You don’t. But if you enjoy being a martyr, fuck off and let me pass.”
A martyr? That assho?—
“If you’re going to mentally repeat everything I say, this will be a bloody long conversation.” Shock sighs.
“What do you mean about most curses being crap?”
“Just what I said. Most are pure shit.”
“Explain.”
“I will, like you’re a youngling barely out of nappies,” he says snidely. “Most of magickind don’t have the faintest clue how to create a strong curse, much less a lasting one. Were you the one cursed?”
I hesitate. I don’t trust Shock…but what if he knows something helpful? “No, an ancestor.”
“Unless the hex was cast properly, its effectiveness on extended family is weak at best. When was the curse placed?”
“It’s been nearly a thousand years.”
“Was he an extraordinary wizard?”
