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Is it true? Is it over? Moisture floods her eyes, and she blinks rapidly to clear it away before lifting her head before reaching for Caleb and tugging on his elbow.
He snorts and his head pops up. He squints into the light as he frowns at the room, probably trying to figure out what woke him up. When he turns his head, he startles slightly. “Hey, Maddy,” he murmurs. “How are you feeling?”
“You were sleeping.”
“Guess I was.” He grins. “It’s been a busy day.”
She extends her hands toward him, almost afraid to hope. “Is it all over?”
“It’s over.”
His words repeat in her mind.It’s over. It’s over.
“Are you sure?”
He squeezes her legs. “We’re sure. They’re all outside, doing cleanup stuff now.”
Cora laughs from the threshold to the right of the sofa before she strides into the room and plops down into an upholstered chair near the end of the couch. “Hard to believe, isn’t it?”
Maddy gestures to the fancy living room they’re in. “Where are we?”
“The mansion in the valley,” Cora answers. “No more fighting, though. Once Orion died, a lot of his minions just sat down where they stood, trying to figure out why they were there at all.”
Caleb shimmies out from beneath Maddy’s legs and moves to her side. He presses his palm to her cheek and smooths her thumb over his cheek. “We did it.”
Maddy throws her arms around him, laughing and crying and babbling. Abruptly, she pulls back from Caleb. “What happened to Sylvan?”
“He’s okay.”
“What about his wife?”
“They’re together.”
Kenna steps into the room this time. She’s got another syringe in her hand, and Maddy eyes it. ““They’re sleeping in one of the rooms upstairs. They’ll be fine.”
“You stay over there with that,” Maddy says.
Kenna glances down to her hand where Maddy’s staring. “Oh, this. It’s for the shifters out there. We’re helping them turn into what they were before. Not evolved. Not mutated. I’ve able to tweak the formula to suit our needs as they come up.”
“Speaking of that.” Maddy’s hand slips to the back of her neck and scowls at Caleb’s aunt. “What did you do to me?”
Kenna smiles. “Turned you back into ‘just a’ warlock again.”
“You did what?” Caleb demands. “Without asking? Again? Kenna. You can’t do that—”
Maddy places her hand on Caleb’s forearm. “Don’t.”
Caleb turns to her, and he brings his lips close to her ear. His breath dances over her neck. “Then you’re okay with what she did, Maddy? She should have asked first.”
“Maybe that’s true, but…” For the first time, Maddy takes stock of her body. She’s hungry, but the blood lust is gone. She rubs her forehead, surprised her mind is clearer than it’s been for days. Her feelings aren’t practically insurmountable with a rush of anger behind everything. In fact, she’s feeling normal again, not like she’s got to get busy before the crazy sets in again. “Maybe it’s the best thing I’ve heard in a long time.”
Kenna moves closer. “What’s that?”
“Nothing,” Caleb snaps.
But Maddy grins up at her boyfriend’s aunt. “Everything’s fine.”
“Are you sure?” Caleb whispers for her ears alone.
