My Salvation (Bewitched And Bewildered Book 14) by Alanea Alder

Author:Alanea Alder [Alder, Alanea]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Sacred Forest Publishing
Published: 2023-08-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Talk of the upcoming Christmas dominated the conversation for a while before, eventually, they had to face reality again.

Aiden looking completely exhausted, scrubbed at his face with his hands. “Kendrick, how did the meeting with the two Vanguard squads go?”

“Well. They all served before, so they knew the struggles of working with the Witches’ Council.” He paused. “I found them to be refreshingly mature.”

Aiden snorted. “They’re older than unit warriors, Kendrick. All of them have done full rotations in pillar cities.”

“Very true,” Kendrick agreed. “Speaking of Storm Keep,” his eyes swung to Meryn. “You wouldn’t happen to know anything about a certain orphanage worker dying suddenly would you?”

Meryn sputtered in her coffee. Ryuu passed her a napkin. She wiped her face and looked at Kendrick. “Seriously?”

Next to her, Nigel and Neil exchanged high-fives, and Pip danced in his chair.

Kendrick frowned. “Based on that reaction, I am guessing you didn’t.”

Meryn began to grin evilly, then chuckle. “Maybe he expired all by himself,” she suggested innocently.

“Yeah, maybe he died on the shitter or something,” Nigel suggested.

“Or ate himself to death. That would be amazing,” Neil countered.

“Or maybe, maybe he tried to eat himself to death and had to poop so much he died,” Pip added, jumping in on the fun.

Thane palmed his face. “I’m going to kill those idiots.”

Meryn bristled. “My boys aren’t idiots.”

Thane shook his head. “No, they are adorable. I’m talking about my idiots.”

Kendrick blinked. “Ah. Yes. Your brothers. I had forgotten they returned home. So sad to hear about the worker.” He paused for a second. “Anyway.” He turned back to Aiden. “I gave the Vanguard orders to infiltrate the city in pairs, not revealing that two squads had returned. They’ll be checking in with Caiden regularly.” He sighed and looked at Amelia. “Though he and his brothers may be busy wrangling your mother.”

Amelia sniffed. “I regret nothing.”

The queen turned to Kendrick. “Any word regarding Zoe’s situation? I know that the Elder Councils of Lycaonia, Noctem Falls, and Éire Danu have all submitted inquiries. We have had little to no response.” Her expression turned frosty. “Magnus has also run into a dead end, as it were, tracking down who might have been responsible for the Committee nonsense.”

Kendrick snarled. “Dead end, my ass. Literally every lead we had ended up with a corpse or shallow grave. As much as I would love, and I do mean love to find those responsible, I feel any more efforts in that direction would be wasted.”

“Muppets,” Meryn said in a growly voice like Kendrick.

“Exactly,” he snorted. Continuing, he looked back to the queen. “To add to the frustration, the Witches’ Council went into closed-door proceedings a few days ago. Normally, I’d ask Caroline to eavesdrop if she could, but since she helped Zoe escape, she had to go to Noctem Falls to avoid the fallout. I have no idea what they’re up to, but it’s something big.” He brought his hand up to rub his jaw. “Very big. They haven’t left the council chambers in days.

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