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“Your light shines bright, wolf. I see him running through the woods. And there you are, laughing. Your fangs drop…yes, sir. You are vampire as well. The strength of an ancient runs through your veins. But the dark? No darkness.” Samantha opened her eyes and smiled. She cupped his cheek. “No Ilsbeth. The light is within your heart.”
“See, there ya go, wolf. Now can you sit your damn ass down so we can get to what we’re here for,” Greyson muttered.
Julian smiled at Rafe. “You’re good. Trust me next time.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Samantha returned to her seat and focused on Julian. “Tell me Alpha. Why are you here?”
“I…we,” he glanced at Cassia. “We’ve got a few issues. Something or someone is after Cassia. I was able to save her once but soon after there was a demonic attack at my home. A fire. Cassia?—”
“I’m a chameleon.”
“A chameleon. How lovely to meet you.”
“I can change into most creatures…although I’m mostly partial to cats, but that’s not important. The thing is…since I’ve been an adult, I’ve always had hellhounds after me. In my dreams mostly. Until recently.”
“Hellhounds? How have you managed to survive without intervention?”
“I’ve tried some spells and wards over the years. But the only thing that kept me truly safe was my visions.”
“Visions?”
“Yeah, I’ve had visions for as long as I can remember. They are usually only for me. But the other day…I dreamed of the Alpha…I dreamed of the fire. He was in Idaho. I was in New Orleans. I went to him, but I wasn’t soon enough.”
“You went to him?”
“Astral projection. It’s not something I do often but I can do it. It’s like part of me can go. I left him a tarot card.” She smiled. “I don’t normally do that either but I didn’t want him to think I was a dream. I was a warning.”
“Why not just text him?”
“We’d never exchanged information.”
“When I found her in the woods, she’d been hurt. I took her to the hospital and she skipped out. I didn’t know she was a chameleon at the time,” Julian explained.
“I see.” Samantha closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “Why Idaho, Cassia?”
“Private gig. Someone had paid for my services. It doesn’t happen often, but I am good at tarot. They’d paid for my ticket and everything. It was supposed to be a surprise for his wife.”
“I take it it didn’t go well.”
“I felt the evil as soon as I entered the home. They were humans but there was this darkness. Demonic or dark magick. I don’t know. I just know that as soon as I attempted to leave, they began to chase me. I tried to shift but I couldn’t. Whatever they were doing had messed with my magick. It kept me from shifting.”
“Rafe had recognized the tarot card designer, so we went to New Orleans and we found Cassia. But not too soon after, the hellhounds came and another fire started at her work. They almost got her,” Julian told the High Priestess.
“So you’re saying you brought hellhounds to New Orleans?” Luca asked.
“Possibly. I believe they were here for me. The thing I don’t know is what they want. And since I met Julian…my visions aren’t working to protect me anymore. Something is happening…I feel it.”
“We need to buy time. She can’t hide out in a salt room forever. We need time to find the people who attacked her in Idaho. We have to find out what they want and who the humans are who started this chain of unfortunate events. We have to eliminate them.”
“Killing humans. Now, that’s the spirit,” Luca laughed.
“Luca.” Samantha shot him an admonishing look.
“It felt demonic,” Cassia told the High Priestess. “But I can’t really remember much from that night. I don’t know why they’d come for me. The hellhounds though…they are my main concern at the moment.”
“In my studies, I’ve read of chameleons, but admittedly have never met one until now. Tell me about your parents.”
