When we got to where Sylvia wassitting with Emma, I could see her looking at my mother with pinched eyebrows.I could see alarm register on her face. She masked the expression and shook mymother’s hand. “I’m Dr. Sylvia, the resident psychologist.” Sylvia held my mother’shand longer than appropriate. My mom pulled her hand away looking confused.“Have we met before?”
Sylvia looked at me as she answered.“Not that I remember.”
Okay, something weird was going onand I would have to ask Sylvia about it later. As we ate and Kai and my mom gotto know each other, the pack unloaded the moving truck and I “officially” movedin with Kai. My mom asked Kai one-hundred questions about India and he seemedto enjoy talking to her and teaching her things.
After a few hours, Kai and everyonesaid goodbye to my mom. I walked her to the truck and pulled out a wad of moneyI had borrowed from Kai.
“Here ya go, mom, to cover the costof gas and the moving truck.” She took the money but after seeing how much itwas her eyes widened.
“Aurora, this would cover ten movingtrucks. It’s too much.” She made a move to give it back to me. I wanted betterfor her. I tried to help her when I could but owning a nonprofit didn’t exactlymake me rich. Now that I was staying with Kai, I could afford to help her. Iclosed my hand around hers. “I want to help you more, mom. Let me.” I held hergaze. She looked behind me at Kai’s large house. It must cost at least half amillion dollars, not to mention his other properties on the mountain.
“Okay,” she said and stuck the moneyin her pocket.
I hugged her tight. “Love you.”
“You too, sweetie. I’m glad you’rehappy. I like him. He looks at you as if you were the only woman in the world.”
I was shocked at her appraisal ofhim. She never liked guys I dated; no one was good enough. I looked nervouslyat my shoes. “Good, because I think this one will be around for a long time,” Iadmitted.
I waited until she got to the end ofthe driveway and then went in search of Sylvia.
Memories
Sylvia, Kai, and I were gatheredaround the desk in his office.
“What do you mean my mother has amemory blocking spell on her?” I shouted. I felt like shifting. My wolf wasclose to the surface and I knew my eyes were yellow.
Sylvia patiently continued. “That’snot all. I am the one that put it there. I don’t remember it but when I touchedher hand, I could smell the spell. It was my work. I’m at a loss. I don’tunderstand how I could memory spell someone and not remember it myself!”
Kai looked pissed. But before he or Icould say anything Sylvia put her hand to her lips. “Oh God.”
“What?” I stumbled forward.
Sylvia tucked her hair nervouslybehind her ear. “I have a very good memory. I’m not that old. The only way Iwouldn’t remember a spell or a client, is if I also did a memory erasing spellon myself. I would only do that, if the knowledge I was hiding was life ordeath.”
I felt my breath leave me. “So is mymom in danger?”
Sylvia shrugged. “I don’t think so,but I obviously can’t remember.”
I stepped forward. “Undo it. Makeyourself remember. If my mom is in danger then I have to protect her!” I wantedto shift so bad. I could feel sister wolf and her growing impatience.
“Aurora, calm down. Your wolf is tooclose to the surface.” Kai put a light hand on my shoulder and I took a deepbreath.
Sylvia cocked her head to the side asshe looked at me.
“It might not be your mother who isin danger. I could have hidden the memory to keep myself safe, or you. Do youreally want to know what was hidden?” She asked me, chewing her lip.
I thought about it. Yes, I did wantto know. I needed to know.
“Yes.”
Sylvia sighed and looked at Kai. “Iwill need powerful blood for the spell.”
He looked at me and held out hiswrist to her. She pulled her bag onto his desk and lay out a white silk cloth.Then she removed a small ornate golden dagger with a matching bowl. She placeda large clear crystal on the cloth and another purple crystal next to it.
“Kai, do I have your permission to dothe spell here in your home?”
He looked at me. “I hate magic.” He thenlooked to Sylvia. “Yes, you have my permission.”
