“Magika?”Jericho questioned.
“Magika created shifters and it created witches.It’s why the two aren’t friends.”
“The High Luna created shifters.”
“And who do you think created the High Luna?”she asked.“Magika is the energy of the universe, with Earth as the epicenter.It has key points located across its grid, where it can be felt and absorbed, called ley lines.”
“Don’t warlocks use magic?”
“No,” Niall answered.“My abilities come from siphoning power directly from the infernal realms.I just assumed unicorns were shifters I could sense.Then again, I’ve never met one.”
Jericho held up a hand.“And you’re positive there’s a unicorn in Sheridan?”
“Yes,” Elspeth replied.“The good news is I don’t need their horn.I’ve created a spell that can use another form of biological secretion.”
Silence descended for a moment.
“You’re talking about semen, aren’t you?”Niall deadpanned.
“I could use semen,” she said.“I prefer blood.Look, I just want to make things right.The red death affectsallshifters, not just wolves.This is a horrible disease that doesn’t need to be.”
“You were killed for your compassion,” Jericho said softly.
She nodded.“As well for the curing spell I created.”
“Creating spells takes a lot of power.”
“And despite that power, I still died, so what good was it?”
“All right, if you’re done with Kadie, I’m taking her to my place, so get the hell out of my office,” Corbin ordered.He glanced at the unconscious woman he cradled in his arms.“She’s been through an ordeal and needs rest.Wholesome rest that doesn’t include magika or whatever-the-hell-you-are.”
“All right,” Jericho said.“Niall, why don’t you take Elspeth to Savannah, and get this cure started.I have a feeling I know who the unicorn is, and I’ve got to be a little more forceful.Corbin, I’ll call you if we need Kadie.”
“I won’t let her be hurt or used anymore, Jericho.”He maintained eye contact and deliberately didn’t use the honorific.Which could be construed as a challenge for the alpha mantle, but Jericho didn’t say anything about it and Corbin didn’t even want the title.“I must protect her.”
“I understand,” Jericho said sincerely.“I feel the same about my own mate.I’ll check in with you later to see how she’s doing.”
He nodded and watched as they left, along with the ghost who just bobbed along behind the men.Then he looked down into Kadie’s beautiful face.A fierce desire to shield her from everything hit him right in his heart.He never thought he’d find her, the one person meant to be by his side, and he vowed to never lose her.
