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“And if she doesn’t, she’ll lose what she deems as everything,” Viktor quietly emphasized. “Being with the Coven is hard. Being on our side as a hybrid witch is also hard. At the end of the day, she has to choose her type of hard.”
“What do you think her pack would say?”
“Zane and the others?” Viktor inquired. “I don’t know them enough to comment. They’re no different from us. We’re loyal to our woman, and it’s clear she’s in some sort of romantic relationship with each of them. If Aurelia decides to stay with the Coven, they won’t abandon her unless she pushes them away.”
“I want Willow to have a new phone by the end of the day,” Dimitris said, changing the subject.
“Why?” Viktor inquired.
“She’s too accessible with that phone.”
“Meaning you’re trying to cut her off entirely and see what the Coven will do?”
“The Coven is monitoring Aurelia’s phone calls and texts,” Dimitris admitted.
“How long have you known that?” Viktor asked.
“A while,” Dimitris confessed.
“You haven’t told Willow because?”
“She doesn’t text much to begin with. It’s not a problem from my point of view,” Dimitris reasoned. “This whole time she didn’t have her phone with her.”
“But now you think she’ll keep it on her enough to be bothered by Aurelia?”
“I want Willow to have her phone on her,” Dimitris emphasized.
“To track her?” Viktor didn’t sound sure.
“Nah,” Dimitris brushed off the idea. “We have Onyx, Loki, and Neo for that. They stalk her without even trying.”
“Right.” Truthfully, that was accurate without a doubt. “Then?”
“I want to make sure she knows we’re a call away, I guess,” Dimitris explained. “I worry when she doesn’t have a phone. It’s not like it does anything to have one with her, but the one I ordered has a special function that will teleport her out of a life-or-death situation or empower her with a magical boost.”
“Shit…wait. Isn’t that one of the latest phones only royals can get? And even that is limited.”
“Yes,” Dimitris replied. “I ordered it months ago. Before I came to NYC.”
“You’re giving it to Willow? Even the Phoenix family hasn’t received those yet.”
“I’m aware,” he calmly answered. “Yes, I’m giving it to her.”
“You’re madly in love,” Viktor concluded. “You have to be to be this protective.”
“You know in all my years being in this fucked-up field of bloodshed and chaos, I’ve never been so frightened in life until meeting and losing Willow on multiple occasions?” Dimitris shockingly revealed. “When she was in those chilled waters after the car accident and her final text went through before her watch died…that was the first time I’d felt fear at such a heightened capacity. I never thought I’d experience it. I never thought I’d love someone or even cherish them enough to fear the loss of their life. Then there was her suicide attempt, followed by all the close calls. I can’t stand it. I need her to have something that’s on her that will guarantee her safety and empower her enough to protect herself until one of us can get to her. It may be stupid…and overprotective, but it would give me a bit of peace of mind.”
“Because,” Viktor prompted, as if sensing he had more to say.
“Because Willow…William…they’re not just an ‘option’ anymore. Every person in our circle loves her. Looks up to her. Finds hope in her. It basically means she’s irreplaceable now, and that’s what everyone is going to fight to do. Take her away from us, knowing the power she carries in her grasp. On the outside, it looks like we’re just doing business transactions and sealing agreements in stone, but we all know that this is the start of a big war, one that will be quiet and overlooked until something massive occurs and all bets are off.”
“Do you believe we’ll win this war?” Viktor inquired.
“There’s no doubt about winning, Viktor,” Dimitris emphasized. “The only concern is when we play our cards right, who will be sacrificed along the way?”
There was a moment of silence before Viktor muttered, “We need to start training.”
“After today, we’ll make a schedule. With Loki and Milo in the picture now, I need them rotating to be with William during the days. Onyx will probably do his own thing, but I need him to try to get along with Loki.”
