She’d never had words with her aunt before, and it didn’t feel good. Her life had taken a drastic turn in such a short time. She’d had to leave her home, her job, and her friends. Her family was all she had. She wrapped her arms around her aunt and hugged her tight.
Gideon rubbed Ruby’s shoulder before walking over to his brother. “So, where are we? What’s the plan?” he asked Marie.
“We’re waiting on Margo.”
Enola and Ruby turned towards Marie. Her tone was filled with impatience.
“Well, your wait is over,” Margo blurted as she entered the room.
“Thank you for joining us,” Ruby jabbed.
“I ain’t have no other choice. I can’t keep grandma out my head,” Margo grumbled.
Margo was making her way to a chair, but was stopped in her tracks when her eyes landed on Gabriel and Boone.
“Hello,” she flirted.
Enola wasn’t sure if she was flirting with Boone or Gabriel. But if she had to bet, she would put her money on both. After being greeted by both men, Margo took her seat.
“The plan?” Gideon asked again, displaying the same lack of patience as her grandmother.
“Enola found the priest,” Marie announced.
“What!” Gabriel thundered, causing half of the people in the room to nearly jump out of their skin.
Gideon went to his brother, but Enola looked over at her aunt. No one needed to be an empath to feel the rage coming from Gabriel.
“Yes,” Marie continued. “She broke through his cloaking spell.”
“Where is he?” Gabriel growled.
“Slow down, Gabriel, he—”
“Where is he?”Gabriel demanded.
Marie managed to remain calm after being yelled at. Everyone knew his history with the priest. She looked over at Gideon as if to urge him to handle his brother.
“He has a right to his anger. Don’t you agree, Madame Roux?” Gideon said, defending his brother.
“Of course, I agree, but it’s taken more than a hundred years to break the cloaking spell. Don’t doubt that there isn’t already a protection spell in place. And you both know, better than anyone, how powerful that spell is.”
Gideon placed his hand on Gabriel’s shoulder and whispered something at him.
“So, what do you propose?” he asked Marie.
“We need to penetrate the protection spell.”
“How?” Gabriel questioned.
“We have to get close to him as we can.”
“And how are we going to do that?” Gabriel asked.
“Nola.”
Gideon’s head whipped towards Enola. “No,” he dismissed.
Gabriel grimaced at his twin. “What the hell do you mean, no?”
