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“A guess?” Clay started

“The protection spell,” Lucien finished, and Clay nodded

“What?” Gio inquired, looking from Lucien to Clay

“There’s a protection spell placed over the house It’s been here since we all passed away the last tiain,” Clay explained He frowned down at his ertips “When we return, they appear and hand our powers over The protection spell rounds of the Weavers house”

“And when they are no longer holding our powers, the protection spell falls, leaving us vulnerable to attack,” Lucien added

“Shit,” Gio swore softly

Clay grunted “My guess is they’re giving us a day or two to heal and get up to full strength We’ll need to be ready while at the sa a brand-new Weaver”

“What about Wiley? Can he put another protection spell on the house?” Calder inquired

Dane nodded “He’s digging into a few options and checking his ingredients Regardless of what spell he selects, it’s going to take all of us”

“Yet another reason to be at full strength,” Clay muttered

Calder’s gaze strayed to the French doors and Hale’s hunched shoulders He’d been there not that long ago The new guy Overwhel on his shoulders when ure out what to do with his life

“I’ to check on hirabbed his wrist, stopping him His head tipped to the side so he could look at Calder’s feet

“Sweetheart, it’s chilly out”

Calder grinned, loving his“I’ll be fine” He was the type to wander around barefoot He didn’t care about cold grass

Gio huffed as he reached down stripped off his own socks and handed theet your own”

With a laugh, Calder snatched up the socks and shoved his feet into the still-warm cotton He placed a loud kiss on Gio’s cheek and went outside Yes, he could definitely get used to having so two so to be very nice indeed