The Return of The Witch by M. J. Caan

Author:M. J. Caan [Caan, M. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-02T23:00:00+00:00

12

“We shouldn’t have left him!” said Cody.

The house was surprisingly quiet as we entered. I slammed the door behind us and mentally checked to make sure the wards around the house were operating at peak efficiency. As I suspected, Jhamal and Austin had beaten us home.

“And what were you two doing there?” Cody continued. He was clearly agitated.

“Ummm, saving your asses, in case you hadn’t noticed,” replied Austin.

“Allie was clear when she told you to stay behind! So much for having the element of surprise when the time comes to reveal the Totem Shifters.”

“It was my fault,” said Jhamal. “I was planning to sneak out and follow you. In my lion form I can track you guys almost anywhere. Austin caught me sneaking out and wanted to come along as well.”

“I was backup to his backup,” she said. “Just in case shit got too real.”

“And not for nothing, but it looked like we showed up at just the right time,” said Jhamal.

“What is going on down here?” said Aunt Vivian from the stairway, making her way down.

Gar and Hope entered the room as well, rubbing their eyes sleepily.

“What’s going on is that Jhamal and Austin crashed our little party tonight after they were told to stay here,” said Cody.

“It’s okay, Cody,” I said. “And they’re right. We should be thanking them. If they hadn’t shown up when they did…we might not be here right now.”

Gar gave Jhamal a horrified look before turning and stalking out of the room. Jhamal took a deep breath and ran after him.

“Jesus, are you okay?” said Hope to Esmee. “Is that…blood all over you?”

“Yeah,” Esmee replied. “But don’t worry, it’s not mine. Well, at least most of it isn’t.”

“Wait, where is Elion?” Hope asked.

“He stayed behind to create a diversion so the rest of us could get out. We were attacked by Shira and a whole lot of werewolves,” I said. “And a hellhound. Elion took on the hound so we could get away.”

“My God,” said Hope, “is he…?”

“I don’t know,” I said. “He saved my life once during the fight. And then he risked himself to save the rest of us.”

“And as a thanks, we left him behind,” said Cody.

“Cody, what is going on with you? He made the call that I’m sure you also would have if you’d been in his shoes. I know I sure as hell would have done the same thing.”

He didn’t reply but instead began to pace the living room.

“You know what?” said Hope taking Esmee by the arm, “let’s get you out of these and into a hot shower. You smell.” She eyeballed me as she guided Esmee away and I breathed a silent “thank you” to her.

“Okay, talk,” I said. “You don’t even like Elion. Why are you so worried about him right now?”

“Because I want…no, I need to finish talking to him about what he was saying on the way over. I need to know that he is lying about why I was created.”

I looked from Cody to Aunt Vivian.

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