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“That still doesn’t answer why.”
“The answer is easy,” Loki announced and bobbed his head over to Viktor. “The chair.”
“The chair?” Milo asked for clarification.
“Willow officially just got the one thing the Coven takes pride in,” Loki reminded, and it was suddenly making a lot of sense. “The one thing the Coven could flaunt in the realms of power, especially with their Clementine name, is the chair. When you look at the duality the position gives to the Master and Disciple, their ascension, or at least their eventual rise into those realms of god-like status, is a requirement. For centuries, the Clementine’s have always had a place on the High Court.”
“Until now,” Onyx whispered. “Fuck. That’s not good for Aurelia.”
“Not at all,” Viktor voiced. “Where did she go?”
“She got called to aid in hunting down the betrayer. That assistant of hers. Unless it’s someone else,” Onyx admitted. “Either way, Aurelia is probably walking on eggshells right now.”
“No wonder she slipped up,” Nico noted. “She never plays around with Willow’s medication.”
“If we’re on the right path with this hypothesis, I bet she’s not thinking clearly at all,” I voiced. “What do we do? How are we supposed to help her and ensure the Coven doesn’t try to start a war?”
“Start a war?” Saint questioned with a raised eyebrow. “Who would the Coven be starting a war with for being petty losers? Wouldn’t they be trying to be on everyone’s good side with the loss?”
“Technically speaking, what do they have to lose now?” Milo’s question forced us to think in their shoes. “They lost the one thing they take pride in. They can just say fuck it and start fucking things up.”
“True, but where are they gonna start?” Onyx questioned. “Not us. Or at least, not straight away with so many eyes on us.”
“They would need to make indirect hits,” I voiced as I tried to think it through. “But where would they begin?”
“Well, getting Russia involved failed,” Nico offered. “What else?”
The mention of Russia brought a thought to my mind. “One of my friends recently texted me, before all the fiascos. They stated that there were gang fights spotted in the ring recently in the underground cage fights. Obviously, Willow hasn’t been fighting as of late, but my friend, Rex, warned me they were playing dirty. He knows about Willow, obviously, but warned me to keep an eye out. And they aren’t on our side of the darkness. He’s dealing with issues in Cali too.”
Now that I shared the news, they didn’t look too happy about it.
“Don’t even try to suggest Willow lay low in the fighting ring. She won’t avoid it,” Onyx announced before anyone could offer it as an option. “She needs to fight. Especially after everything that just transpired. She’s gonna need an outlet or there's a risk she’ll get suicidal again.”
“Which is what they want,” Nico dryly stated.
“Russia has been getting way too dirty,” Saint voiced and looked over to Viktor. “Why?”
“I’m not sure what their motive is,” Viktor admitted. “But it’s not like the Russians are afraid of getting dirty. If you pay them well enough, they’ll do anything.”
“They even do the dirty work of the Coven,” I summed up in disgust.
“Okay, then what’s another asset that would be threatened?” I inquired.
Wait…
My eyes immediately landed on Saint. “The Vatican.”
Saint’s questioning eyes locked onto mine as I quickly added, “Didn’t they want to meet with you and Willow before the grand opening of Forbidden Enterprise?”
“Well, ya,” Saint replied. “But they’re sucking up right now.”
“Ya, because you have a blood rose. But think about it. If those tainted witches were potentially after the blood rose, what are the chances that this isn’t their first rodeo trying to obtain one?” I offered the idea. “It’s risky and could lead to some casualties, but blood roses are dangerous assets in the weapon department.”
“He has a point,” Milo noted.
“You think they’ll try to get blood roses to bribe the Vatican to come over to their side?” Viktor suggested.
“Smart move,” I noted. “Adding the fact that they have plenty of stock and investments in Forbidden Enterprise, they could easily try to mess with our opening plans.”
