Shit.
My purple magic was like a violent whip right now, and I didn’t know how to fix it. “Whoops. Sorry,” I winced.
“Evie,” Brock snapped. “You could be hurting our baby!”
Fear flushed through me, dousing my anger; the purple streaks finally subsided. My hands shook as Brock’s face swam into view.
“I’m sorry.” Tears lined my eyes. “Cass … my sweet Cass.”
“We’ll find him. I promise.” Brock rubbed my arms and then looked at Cho and my father. Normally this room would be full of people, but we were down to a group of four.
“Has anything like this ever happened to you before? The … magic flying out?” My alpha was clearly worried, and now I felt awful for how I’d lost it. I needed to get better control over myself.
My gaze flicked to my father, who answered Brock: “The anger streak was usually her mother’s thing. But it happened to me once or twice too. Completely normal, but not exactly safe when you have power lashing out with no intention.”
Shame colored my cheeks. “I’m so sorry everyone … I was seeing red, I couldn’t control it.”
My father wheeled closer to me. “It’s perfectly normal. Someone you love has been taken.” Reaching up, he clasped my hand and I bent on one knee to face him.
“Dad—” That word still felt weird in my mouth. “Help me get Cass. You have to have an idea, a way inside. I know I’m not a demon, but there has to be a spell or something that could help.” My gaze flicked to Cho as the panic ramped higher. How long had it been since he’d been taken? Were they hurting him? I wasn’t able to mind message him at the gate, so he must be far away. How would I find him?
Cho shook her head. “There’s no spell that could temporarily turn you into a demon that wouldn’t also risk you and the child.”
I was going to be sick. We had to get Tianna out of the Black coven’s land. She would be able to help me … maybe.
Fuck!
My father rubbed his chin. “I have a thought.”
Hope burst inside my chest. “Tell me.”
“Haru was telling me that you’d formed a bit of an alliance with the selkies. And selkies are creatures of the underworld.”
Creatures of the underworld.
The entire room spun as adrenaline coursed through me. The selkies! Yes.
“Dad, that’s genius!”
Brock cleared his throat. “Umm … you do remember that before we left the cove, the selkie leader almost didn’t let us go, right?”
Yeah, well, technicalities. We all wanted the same thing. For me to close the gate and for the Akuma to go fuck themselves.
“Brock, if they could help us get Cass … we have to try,” I said.
He sighed. “You’re right. I’ll charter a helicopter. Call Tianna one more time, see if she’s made any headway on breaking out of the Black’s land.”
I nodded. This was going to work. It had to.
Tianna picked up on the first ring. “Tell me good news.”
“You first,” I prodded.
She sighed heavily into the phone. “We’re fucking stuck here. Your cousin has even called in some friends to break down the spell from the outside, but they can’t fucking find us. We’re definitely going to be here a while.”
No.
“Can you like, shatter it or do another pentacle spell or something?” I suggested. “You have a ton of powerful witches there.”
