“My blood. I’m looking for my biological mother.”
“Do you know her name, last location, or have a personal item?” she asks.Maybe I should have asked Blair for help.While this witch could sense what we are, I’m seriously starting to doubt her skills. Blood is the thickest connection you can have, why wouldn’t that suffice?
“I’ve never met her,” I tell her, and I watch the witch sweat. She grabs a pitcher of water, filling the basin before gesturing for my hand.
I reluctantly hold out my hand while staring at her skeptically. “I just need a few drops,” she informs, looking up at Elvor. I nod my head at her to continue. She pricks my finger, and three fat drops splash into the basin. The water shimmers, turning to a glittering pink.
The witch takes my wrist in her hand and holds me tightly as she looks at the water and repeats an incantation.
“She’s still alive.”
Well, that’s something. I figured she’d have to be a supernatural being in order to even get pregnant with me.
“I think a witch is helping her shield her location,” the witch guesses, furrowing her brows. I attempt to pull away from her, thinking I need to find a more powerful witch, but she tightens her hold, yanking my wrist towards her roughly.
“I can see her.”
“Where is she?” I ask. The witch’s head starts to twitch, ping-ponging back and forth like her brain is taking in too much information at once.
“Berlin,” she finally gasps out. “I could only see a few landmarks, telling me that she’s in Berlin.”
“What else?”
“I told you, she’s being shielded by another witch. A powerful one. They might even know that I was doing a spell to find her,” the witch warns.
“Is there anything else you saw?”
“She was sitting on a dais and had dark hair,” the witch tells me. It’s more than I had to go on this morning, so I nod at her.
Kill her or compel her?I click my tongue and remember my father’s words, advising me to try and not subtract from themortalpopulation. She isn’t truly mortal, but it’s best to toe the company line.
I’m feeling gracious as I grip her wrist, making her let go of mine and look at her. “You don’t remember what I look like or what I was looking for.”
“Why are you here?” she asks, and I drop her wrist, taking Elvor’s hand before we make our way back out to the market.
Elvor squeezes my hand in solidarity as I think on my feet about what I need to tell Toth. When he and Judd come back from wherever the fuck they were, Toth has a smirk on his face.
“There’s a vampire in Berlin who has some information. We might as well wait till tomorrow night to find him,” he says.Perfect!I mentally preen at how easily everything is falling into place.
“Sounds like a plan,” I agree.
“What did your psychic say?” he asks.
“Total fraud,” I reply off-handedly.
“Figured as much. Let’s go back to the suite and regroup for tomorrow,” Toth says. With no objections, we all turn and start making our way to the exit of the market.
Following his lead without fighting back is just another step towards having Toth eating out of the palm of my hand, and I can’t help the excitement over making this demon a pawn in my grand scheme.
I am impressed with his ability to continuously portal the four of us all over the place, not that I’ll ever tell him that. I’ve seen demons take a max of usually two side-alongs with them, and portalling between realms takes a great deal of strength. He doesn’t even seem phased by moving us all. It makes me wonder how far his gift extends and how I can harness it.
Elvor sits on the couch, and without thought, I take a seat on his thigh. “Are you okay with me sharing a bed with Judd tonight? I’d say all three of us, but these mortal beds are a little small for the three of us.”
He grips my hip and shakes his head. “I don’t mind.”
I cup his cheek and kiss him softly on the lips. I swear it’s like my kiss has a calming effect on him, and he sighs, holding me closer to his body. Maybe Elvor has a little bit of incubus blood in him. I smile at the thought and wonder if why I want them so bad is because I have a little bit of a succubus edge to me.
“Toth can take the other room,” I state.
