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Sofia, Corrine and I recounted in detail our visit to the police to those who hadn’t yet heard about it This led the discussion toward speculating on the repercussions of hu on such a wide scale for the first time I had already mulled over the situation sohts

When the door burst open and Mona storht

Kiev shot to his feet and enveloped her in an embrace She dreay from him quickly Her hair was disheveled, her face sweaty, as her eyes traveled around the roo upon each of us

"Do any of you know a vanus? What? What happened?" several of us asked at once

She gripped the edge of the table and sat down "Just answer my question"

There was a silence as each of us stared at her disbelievingly, then began racking our brains

"Magnus who?" Vivienne asked

"I don’t have a surname," the witch replied "But I do know that heLilith’s youth"

"I knew a Magnus," Kiev said suddenly "He visited the Blood Keep briefly during ripped Kiev’s forear it "And?"

Kiev’s eyes narrowed as he called on his memory "He was also a child of the Elders, like h to have been around in Lilith’s younger years…"

"But if Mona doesn’t have a surname, hoe know this is the same person?" Sofia asked, her brows furrowed

"Describe the Magnus you knew, Kiev," Mona urged

"He was, uh, tall Short, darkish hair--at least at that time I can’t remember his eye color clearly now… blue, perhaps"

Mona nodded "I do believe that’s hier able to containup and down "I accessed Lilith’s memories"

Kiev’s jaw dropped "Huh?"

"When she made me a Channeler, a bond formed between us As she probed my memories, I also had access to hers I took a powerfuland looked directly at Sofia and nus"

"Find hi questions at once again

Deternus must still be alive if Lilith is alive"

"Baby," Kiev said "Slon You need to explain what the hell you’re talking about"

"Lilith was in love with a vanus," she said "She used that love of an immortal to bind her to this world"