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"Marion" She smiled back at her, and sat across from her on the sofa "Saffron"

The faerie sot out of her She was beginning to think the shapeshifter liked her

"So" The htly, but Caia detected the strain in that expression "What news from the Dark Coven?"

Caia obediently handed over her written report "You asked me to look specifically for any mention of the New York Króls I found out that Nikolai has asked the attack be abandoned Too risky in light of the instability of the Midnights"

Nikolai Petrovsky was the new Regent of the Midnight Coven and had been appointed by their Council since Ethan had gone ‘’ The fact that Gaia would not iik when the Council put hihts to believe that Ethan was still alive somewhere For now the Council had voted in Nikolai’s rule as Regent Of course they were blithely unaware of Caia’s existence Caia sighed deeply, and looked between Marion and Lucien, unsure of their reaction to her next piece of news "In fact Nikolai has asked that all attacks against us be abandoned until there is definitive news of Ethan’s whereabouts"

Lucien quirked an eyebrow as he glanced at Marion, like Caia, interestedelse Marion for her part had stiffened in surprise Even Saffron had looked up from her nails in interest After a few minutes of silence Marion cleared her throat

"Well that’s unexpected"

Well yeah

"But what does it ed "You should know better than anyone what it , and his eh the trace as it is with the others"

She nodded "The Petrovskys are an influential faenerations now"

Caia knew this She’d felt the respect he garnered frohts and the reasons why His decision to stop attacks against the Daylight Coven confused Caia, not only because she couldn’t feel the reason from him - only what he told the others - but because lately her connection to the Midnights was raising so eested the war as it stood was not exactly what she thought it was… or had been led to think it was

She snapped out of her ownat her "Caia, it doesn’tthe troops until he feels the Coven is secure enough to return to their tried and tested style of warfare" She curled her lip distastefully "Neanderthals that they are"

Lucien smirked and turned to Caia He seely "Marion’s right The Dark Coven is just a little shook up right now They’re taking precautions, but it doesn’t "

If that was true, then why didn’t she feel so sure?

Caia nodded, reluctantly, because what she was about to ihts were not to be trusted to play ‘the game’ with a cool head She took a deep breath "Well, despite Nikolai’s orders he has a rebel in his uy called Pierre du Bois?"

A wrinkle of concentration appeared between Marion’s eyebrows "Du Bois? Du Bois? I know that na to the old faone behind Nikolai’s back and raised a sainst Nikolai’s decision It seems he has a problem with one of the city packs frorunted in surprise "The MacLachlans live what… 300 e pack" His eyes swung to Marion "What are the Midnights doing going after a relatively small pack?"

"The MacLachlans are an old Scottish pack," Saffron spoke up,up around the end of the 13th century in Renfrewshire, Scotland, and have gifted the Daylight Coven with great Rogue Hunters throughout the centuries I’ve worked with" she shrugged elegantly and perched down beside Marion, studying her mistress as if she would find the answer in her face, "Hue Hunters fro back to Caia and Lucien "Saffron’s right They may be small but to older members of either coven they are a well-knoarrior pack"

Well that explained that

"Pierre is arrogant and young" Caia sighed, standing up to stretch her legs She hadn’t been on a run in weeks and it was telling on her body "That’s why you don’t recognize hiht because of his ability to arouse such devotion that youhe’s just very charisainst the Daylights extraordinary considering how young he is; and I think he ht be quite powerful Some of the others seem afraid of hi of Pierre’s character, wiping out a respected and feared pack of lykans would cens, hedown the MacLachlans as a reason to take to the Council and ask the to take place?" Lucien narrowed his eyes, folding his arms across his chest defensively so that the e had beco for war The butterflies that had been dormant in her stomach for the majority of the conversation suddenly fluttered into a riot She had known this neas going to be the beginning of so irreversible

"Four weeks"

Marion pursed her lips "I’ll be back in five minutes I have to speak to Marita Co with the faerie, and not for the first time, Caia envied their flawless use of the communication spell that allowed them to travel to an intended destination instantly

I knew it

This is big

"You OK?"