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Looked like souess…

Yep, Jocelyn strode in after her mother, dressed in black leather pants and a teal, V-necked shirt that plunged right where I shouldn’t be looking Damn, that woly beautiful

“You’re late,” Luka barked at Genevieve as she took her seat

“I’ve been busy,” she answered with a shrug and a serene sht annoy the shit out of me, but I would rather have been locked in a pit of venomous vipers than to be left alone for five minutes with her mother The woman had cost me my only brother

“Let’s get down to business,” Alek started “I can assuht?”

The surprised and furious look Genevieve shot her oldest daughter clearly said Jocelyn hadn’t

My respect for Jocelyn went up another notch To offer aid had been one thing, but to keep as no doubt lucrative information from her own kind was another

“Let’s assume I don’t knohy you’ve called this Conclave,” Genevieve said with a smile I didn’t trust for one second The woht lied in my presence—she was too s ords that often skirted the truth

Alek explained the situation with as little e to the facts of what had happened and our current lack of infor confession about our blatant failure of security, but a necessary admission

“Damn,” Luka said with a lohistle “What do you need from us?”

“Besides better guards for the fehtly There was a hu off his skin—ancient, dark, andThe rest of us in the roo as alked the earth, but Xavier owned his outright

Alek ignored the barb and turned to Luka “I need permission for my Assassins to search your territories for clues”

“You knew about this?” Genevieve hissed at Jocelyn

“Considering I ith her, of course I knew!” she snapped back, her cheeks flushing pink with anger “I’ve even been trying to help theet a fix on her”

“Youwhat?” Genevieve shrieked, white light bursting from her skin Jocelyn’s eyes flared, but she didn’t step back, only raised her chin

It was clearly a witch matter, so why did I have an almost uncontrollable need to putyou That’s all

The other witch aide stepped forward and whispered in the queen’s ear, and the light dimmed, but there was a promise of retribution in the monarch’s eyes