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“You want to know if I know where you are. I do.”
Nick turned to look at the windows, even though he knew he wouldn’t see anything.
“You’ve been following me.”
“Not me, personally, but yes, I had my men keep an eye on you. I predicted that you might need some persuasion, and I had a feeling you might be tempted by your pretty witch acquaintance. As it turns out, I was right on both counts.”
“I haven’t been here for long,” Nick said, words tumbling out of his mouth as his mind raced to find a solution.
“My people were already in place. As I said, I was prepared for this possibility. You can’t fight this, Nick. Your brother seems to be a lovely young man, and I would hate to hurt him.”
“If you lay a hand on him, I’ll-”
“My dear boy, threats would not be wise.”
Nick stood there, heart pounding through his chest, and he tried to snatch some small piece of calm from the maelstrom in his head. “What do you want?”
“You.”
Nick gritted his teeth. “Where?”
“The address will be sent to your phone. You have exactly one day. It will give you some time to consider the consequences of defying me.”
“I’ll be there.”
“I look forward to a beneficial friendship, for both of us. One day, Nick.”
The call ended, and Nick stood there, staring at nothing as panic and fear and rage threatened to consume him.
Black lines spread across his hands, over his arms, and he felt the void in his chest. It looked into him, seeing into his very soul, every hidden part of himself. It saw him. All of him.
The void flickered and faded, but it didn’t disappear completely. He could feel it coiling around the edges of his thoughts, lurking in the back of his mind. His skin was clear, but it wasn’t gone.
It was waiting.
***
Chapter 15 - Cara
“We’ll get him back, Nick. We’ll find a way. You’re not in this alone.”
“Of course I am. You can’t get involved, Cara. You’re already too close to this. They’ve seen us together. You’re in enough danger.”
“I don’t care.”
“But I do. They took Brett because he’s my brother. And he’s human. What do you think they’d do to a witch?”
“Nick-”
“They know who you are, Cara! They could come for you next.”
She tried to take his hand, but he jerked his arm away and stormed across the room, kicking the side of the couch. His fist was clenched, and she wondered if he was going to punch the wall, but he didn’t.
Cara waited for him to stop, but it was already over, and he just stood there, staring out the window and breathing hard.
She took a few steps closer to him. “If you want to break something, we have some old furniture in the shed outside.”
“Sorry,” he said. “I lost control for a second there.”
