“It’s not,” Tor agreed, making it a four out of four on my guard dog bingo card. The only way they’d let me out here toattempt this spell was if the Brute Squad came with. I had to admit, it made a gal feel special.
“If you can give me fleas, Glinda, you can do this.” I was pretty sure that was Kingston’s way of encouraging me.
“How can we help?” Kai asked.
“Probably by keeping Kingston quiet,” Tor offered.
“That is nearly impossible.”
“Et tu, Alek? I thought we were friends.”
I snickered at Kingston’s echo of my earlier joke. I don’t even know if he realized he’d done it. I’d probably subliminally implanted it there when I called Alek Brutus. I really was magic.
Rolling my neck out, I shook my arms and attempted to relax my posture. “I’m not sure what the deal is, honestly. By all accounts, thisshouldwork. I don’t know why I can’t find them. It’s like the spell snuffs out before it has a chance to take hold.”
“Maybe they don’t want to be found,” another voice said, joining us.
“Asher? You’re not supposed to be out here,” Tor chided, still a stickler for the rules.
“In case you haven’t noticed, the world is ending. I can do whatever the fuck I want. Moira, I came to tell you my theory on the horsemen. I’ve been working it out with Gavin, and we realized that they’ve never been locatable in their entire existence. Not them. Not the horsewomen.”
I stood and brushed the dirt off my ass. “What do you mean?”
“I think it’s in their genetic makeup. They’re naturally shrouded. You won’t be able to break through it. Not with any Earth-based magic, anyway.”
A blur of motion caught my eye a second before Gavin appeared at Asher’s side. “Did you tell her? Is it too late? Can she shift her focus?”
“Jesus, Count. I told you I could handle this on my own. You were supposed to stay back with Rosie while Ben and Remi are on patrol.”
“Pan’s with her, it’s fine.”
Asher raised a brow. “You really trust him to be a responsible adult on his own?”
“No more than I trust you, but thankfully there’s a sea of other grown-ups around to lend a watchful eye.”
I cleared my throat delicately. “Are you two done jerking each other off yet?”
Gavin shot me a glare, but I didn’t back down. I wasn’t afraid of him.
“I assure you we have not, nor will we ever, jerk each other off.”
“There was that one time... ” Asher started, but before he could finish, Kingston chimed in, “Never say never.”
“Ugh, you dick swingers. Focus. Tell me what I need to know and get out of my hair. Please, for the love of the goddess.”
Asher took a deep breath. “I think you need to change targets.”
“Who—” I cut myself off, the answer obvious. The only other person we’ve been trying and failing to locate was Gabriel. This was a perfect opportunity to see if we could break through whatever dark magic Lucifer was using to hide him. “I didn’t bring his feather.”
Asher held it up. “Way ahead of you.”
“What’s going on?” Kingston stage whispered.
Kai patted the top of his head. “Shh, the grown-ups are talking.”
Tor and Alek cackled.
“Hey, man. You’re on Team Sunday, remember? You can’t take the bully’s side.”
