Page 285 of Sky’s Edge

“What are you talking about?”

“But now, they’ll know the Sisterhood of the Tribe is not extinct. I must go.”

Oh.

My.

Fucking.

Gods.

“As we have been, we’ll continue to watch over the four of you as best we can,” she continued.

We?

Who was we?

There were more of her?

More of the Sisterhood of the Tribe?

This was…

It was…

Crazy.

I went to grab her, but she took a step back.

“You sent the text comm that I was in danger.” It came out of my mouth like an accusation.

She nodded. “I did.”

“You saw one of those…beings”—I threw out an arm—“at Laura and Aleksei’s party.”

“I did,” she repeated. “I also chased after the being who tried to kill Laura. He was not after her beast, Cat. He was after her. And he would have ended her after he quelled her beast if I didn’t intervene.”

Suddenly, I was shivering. “You weren’t working for renos on your place.”

She shook her head.

“You were watching over us.”

She nodded.

“I don’t understand.”

“We will die for you, Catla, the Sacred Queen of Sky’s Edge, the fated mate of Tanyn Firefierce,” she whispered, and my insides seized. “As we will die for the others. We will not let it happen. We failed the last time. Not again.”

Her gaze moved beyond me, to the bridge, then it came back to me.

I watched a genuine Monique smile spread on her face.

I did this before she blinked out of sight.

Entirely.

One second there.