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Steele crossed his arms. “If it was not you, then someone from your village is either working with the demons or had business with Oliver.”
Anaisa stood. “I assure you that no one from the village would create a hex bag.”
Riley stood beside Anaisa. “What is it used for?”
Anaisa sniffed the bag. “They have a variety of uses. This one was used to induce sleep.”
Colton rubbed his eyes. “Oliver was knocked out. He wasn’t awake when he was murdered?”
The priestess nodded. “Since this hex is considered fairly benign, it is possible someone prepared it thinking it would be used in a passive manner.”
Steele’s eyes hardened. “How can knocking someone out be considered passive?”
“Humans suffer from insomnia often. This has a short-term effect. It isn’t unheard of for my people to utilize this method in dire circumstances,” Anaisa said.
Riley glanced at the uneasy clan members surrounding them. “What kind of circumstances would require the use of a hex bag to sleep?”
Anaisa glanced toward the forest. “I used one myself when Emmanuelle died. Some trauma is too painful to deal with and sleep can be evasive.”
Steele huffed. “How convenient. Are you to tell me that Oliver went to one of your people because he couldn’t sleep?”
“Not at all. Few shadows have entered the Haitian community, and he was not one of them.”
“Your people are allowed to leave the property, priestess. He could have the Bokor at an alternate location,” Steele said.
Anaisa’s eyes narrowed. “That’s true and I guarantee I will check with my people when I return, but I do not appreciate your underlying accusations. You forget why I’m here. If we fail, then all of humanity will fall. Shadow and human alike. It’s in our best interest to keep honesty between us.”
Steele glanced at Riley. “I have to wonder if you’re in league with Riley. You admit the hex bag induces sleep. It could have been used on Colton and on Oliver. Neither would have been aware they were dosed.”
Anaisa hissed. “You think I would protect a demon? That I am swayed by her being female? I assure you I am not.”
Steele huffed. “You are swayed by Dannika and she cannot see past her blood connection to Riley. She wants a family so bad she is blind to the truth.”
Colton’s alpha emerged with a snarl. “I have had enough. I challenge for leadership.”
