“What about Carson?” asked Logan. “He’s the Mystic Guardian…won’t his powers protect Remy?”
“Against magic, yes,” Brady said, “and Zohar knows this, so it would be a fair assumption he won’t be using it to kill either of them.”
“Any idea what he’d use?” asked Dylon.
Mystia spoke up. “Whatever his plans are, I believe Remy and Carson are not the only targets.”
Dylon gave a grim smile. “That makes sense…he already has ordered Kadin Fadington’s killing and after the scene Logan saw, Zohar intends to kill Thayer White, and probably even Gerard, too.”
“Don’t forget Niam Graves,” Mystia said.
“But he’s Zohar’s right hand man!” exclaimed Sawyer.
Dylon scoffed. “Like all clever criminals, Zohar knows it’s best not to have any witnesses to his crime…otherwise he opens himself up to blackmail in the future.”
“So we have to save them from Zohar too?” asked Sawyer.
“Their lives, yes… but not their magic,” Dylon replied. “We’ll proceed with a few modifications to the plan. Logan, shift back into your raven and find out where Kaden is. He’s our first target since we know it’s his job to move the low-level magic users tonight and we don’t want him announcing that they’ve disappeared. My guess is he’ll start as soon as the building is empty.”
“What about the Council guards?” asked Sawyer.
“Between the sleeping drug and the device we put on their doors, I don’t think they’ll be an issue,” Glenn said.
“No, they won’t…at least for now,” Dylon replied.
“Do you think they know what Zohar is planning?” asked Zane.
“Don’t know, but…” Dylon started to say.
“He plans to kill them also, according to my spirit,” Kieran interjected.
“Holy shit! That’s a lot of bodies to explain!” exclaimed Zane.
“Not if there’s nothing left to see,” Dylon growled.
“You mean…like a fire?” asked Zane, remembering the blaze Josiah ordered set after killing his family.
“The Witches’ Council building is fireproof,” Brady said.
“What about an explosion?” asked Dylon.
“An explosion? With dynamite?” asked Brady frowning. “I don’t know…but wouldn’t that cause a fire?”
“Not necessarily,” Glenn replied. “Humans use explosives to collapse buildings all the time without causing fires to break out…it’s cheaper than demolishing them slowly.”
“The question is,” posed Dylon, “if this building collapsed on any magic users, would it cause their death?”
“It could…especially if they are unconscious like the Council guards,” Brady replied.
“What about the others?” asked Zane.
“You mean Gerard, Kadin, Thayer, and Niam?” asked Dylon.
Brady thought for a moment. “If they aren’t unconscious or restrained, then they might escape by using magic. The only way Zohar can be sure they all die is if they’re unable to use it to escape.”
“If that’s the case, it means this building is hot already; it would be hard for Zohar to explain any new alterations,” Glenn said.
Looking at Brady, Dylon asked, “Could Zohar use magic to make the building explode?”
