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“Doesn’t sound too hard,” Nate says. “What are we waitin’ for?”

I pause, peering at Luna. “I need to do one more thing first before you can give me another disguise.” Reaching out with my mind, I find the other connection I’m after.“Shade, how’d it go at the castle?”

“The package has been delivered, cap’n,”Shade chirps back, and I’m relieved to hear my friend’s voice.“Should I meet you all at the Coilan clan house?”

“Actually, I was hoping you could do something else for me. Do you remember Scarlett?”

“How could I forget?”Shade replies.“That she-demon left quite the impression.”

“Do you think you can go to her? It’s time for me to call in that favor she owes me.”

Chapter

Twenty-Four

~ Princess Blake ~

Istep out from the portal, careful to keep behind the cover of the shed. The structure is smaller than it looked from the sky, but it’s enough to keep us hidden. Mason is the last to come through the gateway, and the moment he steps from the circle of flames, the portal closes.

Peering around the edge of the shed, I glimpse five guards who would spot us instantly if we simply stepped out.“All right, you’re up Dante.”

My demon mate grins and holds out his hands.“Come on then, lovelies. Let’s go for a walk. As long as we’re touching, you’ll remain invisible.”

Nate raises a brow.“When he says it like that, it makes me want to refuse.”

Alaric scowls like he feels the same way.

I roll my eyes.“So you have no problems sharing me, but holding hands is where you draw the line?”

“What? You guys are doing the hero walk holding hands, and I’m not even there to see it?!”Shade squawks in my head.

“Don’t make this worse,”I send to her, though I can’t stop my grin.“It’s not a hero walk. It’s an, ‘I don’t want to get spotted before I’ve even made it to the house’ walk.”

Dante wiggles his eyebrows, waiting expectantly, and I take one of his hands.

“For all we know, the clan leaders could all be in there already. Can we please hurry this up?”I tell my mates.

“Only because you wish it, Enchantress,”Alaric grumbles, taking Dante’s other hand.

Prince Callan, Mason, and Nate all take a hand as well until we’re forming a line, and Dante’s magic washes over us. Tingles race over me as we vanish, and I smile.

“We’ll need to walk carefully if we’re to remain undetected. We might be invisible, but they’ll hear it if anyone stumbles,”Dante reminds us.

“Stumbles?”Nate muses.“Cat, remember?”

“Not right now, you aren’t,”I point out.“Come on.”I tug on Dante’s hand, and we all walk out, moving from the cover of the shed.

There’s a second when one of the guards looks our way and I think Dante’s magic might not have worked properly, but the guard looks away just as quickly.

“All right. Easy does it,”Dante instructs.

I brace myself, waiting for us to be terrible at this, but somehow, we form an easy rhythm and we’re at the back of the house in no time. We wait until a guard exits the mansion, and we dart inside before the door closes.

“Fuck,”Nate curses when we enter the hallway to find three more guards in conversation.

They finish what they’re speaking about and head our way.

“Against the walls,”Alaric snaps.“Now.”He pulls me with him, pressing against the wall, and the rest of us follow.

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