The back door opened and my best friend, my sister, poked her head out and searched for me frantically.
I sidestepped the car door and crashed into her as she fell into sobs in my arms.
“We looked for you,” she cried as I held her tightly.
“I know.” I struggled to find my voice
“I never touched him. I knew he was yours. I’m so sorry,” she breathed through her tears.
There was a time when she’d openly flirted with him, but that was all forgiven now.
“I never kissed Castiel either,” I told her.
She pulled back, looking up at me with tears falling down her cheeks. “Is he…? Maddy said he might have gotten free?”
I nodded. I’d tried to talk to Natalie when we’d left the Ether but our connection was broken. “He’s out. He’ll find us. He’ll find you. I told him all about you.”
That brought a smile to her face.
Castiel would be free and with his full Greywolf power. I was hoping that magic included tracking of some sort. We had told him where our land was in Sandpoint, but now we couldn’t go there and I hadn’t thought to look at a backup option for him to meet us at.
“Averly.” Leah looked at me with regret in her gaze. “I’m so sorry.”
I gave her a small smile. “It’s okay. But if we can get our memories back, do you think we could restore Brayden’s power?”
She chewed on her lip. “I think so.”
Okay, that wasn’t very confidence inspiring.
“I mean once we get all our memories sorted, I’m sure we can,” she added.
Well, I guess that was fair. It was hard to feel confident in doing something you didn’t remember, especially since we still weren’t one hundred percent sure who was Wren.
“Now, how do we get our memories back?” I asked her.
“I think I can help with that,” a familiar female voice called behind me.
I spun just in time to see the Witch Mother, Morgana, glide towards us wearing a purple fur coat and clutching a white designer purse.
I raised one eyebrow at Leah, who grinned.
“We’re cool now,” Leah said.
Hmm, I am still wary of the woman, thank you very much.
“Morgana, did you get the address?” Brayden came up behind me and possessively wrapped his arms around me.
I melted into his touch, still not used to being able to rely on it.
She nodded and handed him a piece of paper. “You’ll protect me from Novus?” she asked.
He gave her a stern look. “You’re here, aren’t you?”
She pursed her lips but ignored his comment, instead looking down at his ring. “We need to hide that or it will call to the Fae Lords. So will Leah’s and Averly’s power. I can throw up some shields to cover that, but the ring must be buried and spelled.”
He looked down longingly at the ring, and then finally took it off of his finger and handed it to her. I couldn’t imagine what it was like to be without powers for so long, only to get them back for a night and have to lose them again.
She clutched her hand around it and nodded, before walking off and throwing green spells around the land left and right. They poured from her palm, hitting the ground and then springing up to form an invisible wall.
