“No… I’m just not used to it, that’s all.”
She took my arm, leading me away from the burnt remains of the house. Vas had arrived while we were talking, and he was leaning against my car, chatting with Kyla. He still looked miserable.
“Your circle is growing.”
I glanced at Selina. “My circle?”
“The people you care about.”
I sighed. “Yeah. I used to be able to count those people on one hand. A few fingers, really. Now I have all these people in my life and I have to deal with all their drama.”
Selina laughed. “And your life is better for it.”
Kyla reached into her pocket, offering the demon a stick of gum. He shrugged and popped it into his mouth.
Selina gestured at the house, and I turned my attention back to her.
“I’ve never heard of multiple factions working together to take down a coven. It’s curious.”
It was curious alright. Why would the fae and werewolves work with witches? Either way, this was just bolstering my theory that it was an inside job. That meant I needed to look at any other covens competing for territory and power in Durham.
“With Gemma’s coven decimated, which coven would be the next most powerful?”
“Now that’s an interesting question,” Selina frowned. “I would say either the Jefferson coven or the Blake coven.”
I made a note on my phone. “Thanks. I better get going.”
“Where are you off to now?”
“The morgue.”
“You lead an interesting life.”
“Yeah, it’s a barrel of laughs.”
10
Danica
Vas had already disappeared when I headed back to the car. I glanced at Kyla.
“What did he want?”
“To tell you he has a few things to do for Samael this afternoon and Evie is hanging in the tower working with Steve.”
“He could have texted me.”
“Yeah. I think he was sad.”
I sighed. “Romance problems.” I had to put it out of my mind. “You okay going into the morgue?”
She slid me a look. “You think I’m going to get peckish and go for the corpses?”
“Ew.” My shoulders hunched. “I don’t know anything about wolves, jeez.”
From Kyla’s narrow-eyed stare, I should’ve kept my ignorance to myself.
She heaved a sigh. “If it was a building full of hurt prey…people… I would have problems. At this point, I still need to have eaten a meal before I step into a hospital, for example. But cold, dead flesh doesn’t appeal to werewolves.”
