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“That’s not what I said,” Sarah snapped. “I said he stares at her with puppy love eyes and I wondered if it was more.”
“It’s more, but he’s not my familiar, so don’t think if you get one of us we’ll both go down,” I warned Peter but realized she was still close to him and I needed a distraction. “Finn, get Sarah out of here.”
He moved closer to her, and that was the moment Peter reacted, going for hiswifeto handle his unborn child as he saw that as a bigger threat than I was.
I extinguished the fireball and launched the spell to incapacitate him and moved in front of Sarah just in case. Peter went down like a rock, totally out. I let out a slow breath.
“He was going to hurt me,” Sarah whispered. “You killed him?”
“No, he’s just out,” Finn guessed. “We need answers and who he’s been talking to.”
“We do, get him in their vehicle and to the house. I’ll get Sarah with the ATV,” I ordered, spinning around to face her, gently grabbing her arms. “Focus, Sarah.”
I waited until she met my eyes.
“I know this is a lot and scary, but you have to choose and fast. They will come for your baby. They will take it from you and probably kill you as they’re low on numbers and you’re growing a magic-sensing new recruit.”
“I-I, he…” She glanced down at her stomach and I saw it in her aura, the shame as she thought something she didn’t think a mother should.
“It’s your choice and nothing anyone should judge.”
I swallowed loudly and tried to push down my own feelings that life was sacred. I never blamed women who chose abortion, especially for health reasons, but for me, I could never do it with how tied to life I was.
“But witches believe something different than hunters. They were gifted the ability to sense magic, not to harm or kill witches. It’s so they could find their other half as they are destined to love and protect witches.
“Find males with witch blood and bring more light to the world as we live to help the planet and those who live here. Not all witches are evil, just like all humans aren’t. I know this is too much and terrifying, but we can keep you safe.”
“What?” she rasped, her eyes going wide.
I nodded. “I’m part of a network of light witches, Sarah. We save others and have even helped hunters who don’t want to hunt. You have other options, but right now I need to call for help to handle Peter.
“They’re going to need answers from him to keep Finn and me and others safe. Right now, I need you to agree to let me do this and go with them. They can give you more answers, okay?”
“Okay, yeah, okay,” she rasped, tears filling her eyes. “I knew he had a dark past and was too controlling, but then he’d go on a hunting trip and…” She let out a sob as the last piece of the horror puzzle she didn’t know she was part of was filled in.
Yeah, those hunting trips weren’t for deer, but witches, and he was happy when he got home after having murdered a person. Ouch.
I got her on the ATV and we drove over to the house. Just as we reached there, my phone beeped for the gate, and I about lost my mind with worry. Hadn’t Finn just come in with the code?
Yes, he was there parked and about to pull Peter out of his vehicle, so who the fuck was at the gate?
Oh shit.
I checked and fear surged, but I swallowed it down to hit the intercom. “Yes? Who are you?”
“Carter Black. Theo should have let you know I was coming?”
“I’ve got a bunch of messages I didn’t hear and haven’t checked,” Finn admitted, pulling out his phone. “I was coming to find you that I thought something was up.” He cursed under his breath. “Yeah, from Theo saying there’s an emergency and Carter’s coming with Demi.”
I buzzed Carter in and saw the resemblance to Theo better when he parked and got out. The few pictures I’d seen from Briony were clear though and this was definitely a relative.
I closed the distance between us and punched him with all I had.
“Adrena!” Sarah gasped as Finn moved up next to me, ready to jump in.
“That is for the life you took that was full of light,” I snarled.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered, adjusting his jaw. “I am. I thought—”
