Gemma took a sharp breath. “This is ridiculous. I won’t believe it.”
Freya stepped up behind Gail, narrowing her eyes at me. I didn’t know why I’d attempted to talk to Gemma alone.
“If Gail had done this, she would’ve been the first to know that Gemma wasn’t going to stay behind. Why would she keep the plan in place?”
I shrugged. “Maybe whoever she was working with insisted on it and it was too late to change those plans. A few months down the line, Gemma has a horrific accident, and Gail ends up in the same place. But the only reason the murderers would work with you would be because they needed access to Evie.” I looked Gail in the eye. “You need to tell me why.”
Gail stared at me. She looked very fragile, but Hannah had managed to look just as fragile several times, all while feeding on terror and agony.
“I will… do a truth test.”
“You will do no such thing,” Gemma snapped. She turned to me, her mouth a hard line. “Get out.”
I shook my head. “You’re making a mistake. One that could cost you your life.”
“Leave now. Don’t come back here.”
I shook my head. The room was silent as I walked past the witches, who glared at me with varying levels of hate and disgust. Caroline stared at me, her face ashen as tears silently tracked down her cheeks.
Kyla gave me a sympathetic look as I stepped out of the hotel room.
“You got all of that?”
She tapped her ear. “Wolf hearing.”
I pressed the elevator button. “Must be nice.”
“Sure doesn’t suck. Are you okay?”
I swallowed around the lump in my throat as the elevator doors opened. “Not really. But I did my duty. Gemma can’t say I didn’t warn her, and if Gail has an explanation for the money, Gemma will want to hear it.”
We were both silent as we rode the elevator down and walked through the lobby. Once we got to her car, Kyla leaned against it once more, pulling her sunglasses off her head and sliding them onto her nose.
“What now?”
“Now, I need to go to Tennessee.”
She gaped at me. “Why?”
I filled her in and she pouted. “You’re going to want me to stay here while you have all the fun.”
I winced. “Yeah. Sorry. We need to keep a close eye on Gail. If she is behind the murders, the walls are closing around her.”
“Say Gail’s telling the truth and someone is framing her. Who could do it and why?”
“As soon as I get back, I’ll be looking into that. Samael has his people tracing the account Gail’s been transferring money to. If it’s not hers, we’ll know exactly who wanted to take the coven out.”
“Fine. Don’t have too much fun without me.”
“I’ll try not to.”
21
Danica
The lab was in the middle of nowhere Tennessee— a few hours northwest of Nashville.
Other than a few stray pieces of paper which danced around in the breeze, the parking lot was empty.
