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Warin nodded and ca the phone to Tori As Baldewin left to go handle the police, Tori accepted the phone a little gingerly Did he really want to talk to whoever was on the other side?
“Tori” Cah clearly, and he sounded more than a little panicked “How is my sister?”
Shit! Of course it was the consort-brother “Look, I won’t lie They drained her pretty bad, and if it wasn’t for her ht now But I’ve applied a reviving potion directly to her skin, and I think she’s stabilizing She’s no longer sweating, her skin is warers to her throat and frowned—“but her pulse is still elevated We should be able to get hersoon, but it will take a few days to coh it”
“You kno to treat this?”
“I ht it, just in case we accidentally have a spell backlash, as it’s basically the saical core and overloads you It feels much like an electrical burn First tih So, if you want to send someone out here to back me up, I won’t be offended”
“We et updates”
“Absolutely We’ll hop on a train, get there as quickly as we can, okay? Right now, though, I need to h to travel”
Relief was clear in Cameron’s voice “Thank you Warin says they couldn’t catch who did this to her”
“I’m so, so sorry about this We just ca straight We weren’t awake enough for it Coffee was the only thing on our brains”
“Don’t apologize The Jaeggi specialize in sneak attacks Da up a hell of a fight to get them off her before Sasha could reach you”
“I was trying Didn’t haveout of his rooain