“Fair enough. I’m not saying that you have to do anything. You can think about it.”

Both kids nodded.

“So, tell me what happened today.”

“We were playing hide and go seek. She came out of the woods and called our name. We walked over. She said that she was our mother and wanted to talk to her. Then, she fell down,” Cat said.

“Why did she fall down?”

“Savvy made her,” Drake said. “She told Cassia to go get Colby.”

“How long have you known about Cassia?”

They both shrugged.

“Why didn’t you tell me about her?”

Drake and Cat shrugged again.

“Is there anything else that you should tell me?” he asked.

“Like what?”

“Does Savvy do magic around you?”

Cat and Drake looked at each other confused.

“No. She’s not a magician,” Cat said, her brow furrowed in confusion.

“Is Savvy in trouble?” Drake asked. “She protected us.”

“No, she’s not in trouble,” Rory said. “I know she was. I’m going to take care of a few things. She’ll be in here in a second.”

He went downstairs and found Savvy in the kitchen, sipping some lemonade and talking quietly with Rosa and Amy. Cassia was on her shoulder.

“The kids need you,” he told her.

She nodded and headed upstairs.

“Did you guys know she was a witch?”

“Not until today,” Amy said.

“Why? What difference does it make?” Rosa asked. “She loves those kids, and she proved it today. She’s one of us.”

Rory gave them a hard, searching look and then nodded. He went upstairs to his office and shut the door. He called Sebastian.

“What’s wrong, Brother?”

“Why do you always answer the phone that way?”

“Because lately, the only time that you call me is when there is something wrong. You never call me to invite me to have dinner with you guys or a cookout. No phone calls for lunch or just to chit-chat. It’s always because there is some kind of drama going on in your life. So, out with it.”

Rory laughed and told him what happened with Eva and that he found out that Savvy was a witch.

“Did you find anything out about that?” he asked.

“Yes, actually, I was going to call you this evening. The investigator did some deep digging and discovered that Savvy, Beth, and Taryn are witches. Beth is a well-known healer witch in certain circles. Taryn can communicate with animals, not only because she is a wolf shifter, but also because she is a witch. She can control them. She saved her father’s life when a possessed bull was about to kill him in the arena. Taryn ran out and touched the bull. It simply stopped and walked away. Taryn also heals, and between her and Beth, they saved Conner’s life.”