Shadow Magic by Jayne Hawke

Author:Jayne Hawke [Hawke, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kitsune Ink
Published: 2019-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-NINE

Kerry had been glaring at the laptop in increasing frustration for an hour.

“She’s pretty good at hiding, but I’m better at finding people,” she said.

“God-chosen witches sometimes come together, particularly if they were all chosen by the same god,” Dean offered.

“That’s the angle I’m looking at now. There’s another Hecate witch in the area. Thankfully, there doesn’t appear to be another Eris witch on this island. So, I’m looking around for any signs of chaos and death,” Kerry said

“Hecate witches don’t like being in the heart of things. Hecate herself is tied into crossroads; have you checked for new rentals and such on properties that fall on or near a crossroad?” I asked.

Ethan looked at me with a warm smile.

“I know stuff,” I said.

“Maybe we’re coming at this from the wrong angle. Who would have taken the Hecate witch? Why now? I know everyone’s assumption is the hounds because they take anything vaguely dark or inconvenient, but who else is there?” Cade asked.

“Other witches? Non-god-chosen ones,” I offered.

“They could think that they can steal away her Hecate magic or even her connection to Hecate,” Cade said.

Kerry’s face twisted into one of irritation.

“Normal witches are a pain in my ass to track. They hide from any sort of registration, and they’re pretty good at blending in to look like vanilla humans when they want to. No one knows how many of them there are, and of course the really good ones are even better at hiding. There are rumours that there’s even an order of warrior-type witches who travel around avenging those who were harmed by supernaturals,” Kerry said.

“That does sound pretty badass...” I said.

“It depends on how they go about the avenging and who they feel is suitable for the vengeance,” Ethan said.

“That’s true of everything. It comes down to who makes the rules and who decides who broke them,” I said.

“She has you there. It’s not as though cu sith are perfect souls who’ve never taken an innocent life,” Kerry said.

Ethan sighed and a darkness fell over his face.

“You’re not wrong. Our nature does mean that some of our kind can be too attached to the hunt and pay no regard for whose blood we spill,” Ethan said softly.

“There was a lot of trouble when the fae first came out to the world. When the New Era began. Our kind were used to punish those who dared step out of line under the rule of the new lords and ladies. Cu sith are one of the very few fae who are not bound to an individual territory if we choose not to be. There were some of our kind who took great advantage of that and slaughtered many innocent people. It was difficult to regain the trust of the humans and other species after that,” Dean said.

“Plenty of humans still don’t trust fae. There are a number of small factions who’re still planning their uprising to overthrow the courts,” Kerry said.

“Humans aren’t the only ones. Shifters aren’t all too happy with our kind - neither are witches,” Cade said.

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