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“I heard, but I’d met her, and it just came out seeing you.”
He nodded. “I accept that. I deserve it.”
“Good you realize that.” I waved everyone inside, not wanting to risk anyone else seeing what they shouldn’t. I gave a nod to the woman who was probably Demi who just frowned like she wasn’t thrilled at the warm reception.
Yeah, well, I wasn’t perfect.
“How did you know?” I asked once we were all in the kitchen, Peter on the ground with my spell.
“We were listening in on someone to get more names and locations and Peter called them,” Carter explained. “He said he might have a lead on a witch, and he planned to confirm it and would call in for handling.
“They made a stink that he had to handle you and they would send cleanup. When he argued it could hurt his cover here, they bitched he had a cover and could change that.
“Also, that if he really told his wife like he’d said, there wouldn’t be any problem. They were already pissed he picked someone infertile so to get his shit together if he wanted to keep being his own half-dedicated team.
“Then they called someone else and said to check up on the situation, and they were fairly certain Peter wasn’t loyal anymore as they doubted the wife knew, and if that was the case, take care of it.”
Take care of it?” Sarah whispered, sitting heavily on one of my kitchen stools.
Carter nodded. “Kill you and Peter. You knew enough to be a threat, and it’s against the rules to marry someone who can’t birth the next generation of hunters.”
“He lied. She was on birth control, but she’s pregnant,” I told him.
“So there’s no chance of rehabilitating this one?” Demi checked, shooting Peter a worried look. “We’re sure?”
Finn snorted. “He went for Sarah when she told him she was pregnant. No, there’s no rehabilitating someone who would hurt their wife and kill their unborn child against the mother’s wishes to protect themselves.”
“We were handling another situation and were closest to get to you fast,” Carter continued. “If you can keep the spell going for at least a day as I think it’s like a twenty-hour drive back to Wyoming, Demi will leave now with Peter and Sarah. We don’t know when the backup will arrive, but I’ll stay and check out their place and find what we need to while Briony handles the story with Larissa.”
“You want me to go with a strange woman to Wyoming?” Sarah checked when I looked at her.
“Yes, because I know Briony, and I know she’ll help you. If there isanyoneI would trust to protect you and your baby, it’s Briony. That woman is fierce and lethal when it comes to keeping people safe. Thora and the others who are older have too much else going on.”
She scrubbed her hands over her face. “They’re going to kill Peter, aren’t they?”
“Yes, once they get what they need from him,” I said again. “You’re not safe with him alive either, Sarah, and he’s murdered people. There’s no jail for witch murderers.”
“And his own people would kill him in regular jail as it’s made clear to us early on that if we’re caught, we’re dead as it risks us all,” Demi muttered, focusing on anywhere but looking at us. “We’re brainwashed early on stuff like that.”
“Yes, but unlike you who wants to do what’s right now that they’ve gotten help, Peter was excited he got to kill us,” I told her gently. “That’s a big difference.”
We talked for a bit about what the vacation plans had been and how fast people would come looking for Sarah. We had a bit of time, but she was too shaky to get in a vehicle and leave just yet.
“Why don’t we get some goodies for the trip and they can bring some to Briony?” I suggested. “We have a bit of time before anyone else will start showing up.”
“Yeah, okay, a bit in the greenhouses,” she rasped and about booked it to the door, careful not to look at Peter.
That made sense. I’d have problems with that too. Demi went after her, but Carter made no inclination to move yet.
“So are all light witches ridiculously hot as like part of being on the side of good or am I just lucky to meet them all?” Carter asked. I blinked at him, finding the bold flirt a bit hot, but Finn growled, moving behind me and wrapping his arms around me. “So you’ve got a familiar.”
“Not yet, and Briony has two so—” I gasped as Finn shoved one hand in my shorts and under my panties while the other went up my tank top and pinched my nipple hard.
“I’m going to fuck you all night and make you scream that I’m enough.”
“You are, my ogre, you are,” I panted. “I was just teasing.”
“Not funny,” he growled, nipping my neck. “You said you’re all mine. That means no looking for others.”
