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Jade’s anxiety spiked over fear Lisette had just been singled out by the king’s master of arms for her potential criminal activity Her head whipped in the direction of the intruder

She released a breath of relief as she stared at Max Kincaid, the town butcher A flurry of snoith him

“Thank God,” sheher erratic pulse to slow

Unfortunately, there was no chance of that because Max’s voice was edged with dismay as he tersely said, “Co terrible has happened”

He was out the door in the nextto close it

Jade turned back to an equally stricken Lisette “What do you suppose that’s all about?”

“I don’t know,” the witch said Then reticently added, “But so you”

Jade’s stomach roiled “Please don’t say that”

Lisette stood She left her desk and headed toward the coatrack in the corner While bundling up, she reues in this village If you’re being watched, it probably has so off about”

Jade proether, in a near coone after Michael and that hy she hadn’t sensed the predator’s presence until much later, after her dream?

Her heart hammered in her chest Jade raced outside and rushed toward the hall—which doubled as a spiritual gathering place on Sundays—leaving Lisette behind Jade knew her friend would have aers closed their shops andplace

Jade storrowing conglomeration and then burst into the open coed to receive the populace of a hundred or so and Jade hurried down the main aisle In front of the courtroom setup was a table with two upholstered chairs The slayers sat there, arms folded over their chests as they waited for the others to file in

Moving forward, Jade flattened her palms on the wooden surface and leaned toward the, “What’s happened?”

“Now, Jade,” Walker Marks said in a gruff tone, the long, thin battle scars on his face appearing starker than usual against his ruddy skin “You’ll have to wait to hear the nee announce it”

Frayed nerves spurred her on “This has so to do with the demons, doesn’t it?”