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Doc is the one who replies, “We’re aware. As Evander said, we are happy where we are and have no intention of leaving.”

“Alright. That’s everything that is in the note. They have now been reminded of the toll that the Choosing can take on supernaturals and everything that tends to happen after, so while you will likely get summoned by them at some point, as I mentioned before, it should not be straight away.”

“Excellent,” Van replies. “Thank you for sharing that with us.”

Lucius smiles and puts the note back into his suit pocket. He starts to turn around and then stops, glancing back, he makes eye contact with me, “Be careful who you trust, the rare are always sought after, and you, my dear, are incredibly rare.”

I nod, “I am aware.”

Again, Luciusseems to hesitate, before he reaches back into his pocket and pulls out a small business card, holding it out to me, he says, “There are a lot of supernaturals that have been made to forget, and those that do remember are dangerous. If you need anything, please call.”

My eyebrows raise at his interesting choice of words, as I reach to take the card off him, Ransom takes it instead.

“Thank you, we will keep that in mind,” Ransom replies.

Lucius doesn’t say anything else as he disappears in his flash of light.

I raise my eyebrow at Ransom in question, and he pulls an apologetic face, and then explains, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to intercept, but I wanted to check it over with my magic before it got given to you.”

“Oh, that makes sense. Thank you,” I reply, and then immediately change the subject, “Did you notice that he said that people had been made to forget?”

“Yeah, I caught that,” Raiden says, his eyes slightly narrowed. “It’s an interesting phrasing.”

“And one that is very much true,” Ed replies.

“I suppose you can’t tell us any more about that?” Reed asks, his eyebrow raised slightly.

Ed shakes his head, looking regretful, “I would if I could.”

“We understand,” I reply. We’re getting far too used to only being given snippets of information.

It doesn’t occur to me until Lucius is gone that no one has actually told me that I’m an angel. I know because I know who my parents are, and they must be assuming that I know because one of the guys, or maybe even Ed himself, has told me. If at any point the Elders realize that no one told me that I was an angel, then there are going to be questions, and most likely suspicions as well.

“Well, that was certainly interesting,” Coen mutters. He immediately adds, “I don’t trust him.”

“That would be wise,” Ed surprises me when he agrees.

“Meaning?” River asks for clarification.

Ed pauses as he seems to choose his words carefully. “Lucius means well, and you can trust his warning; however, he is employed by the Elders.”

Chapter Three

Neith

“They’re dangerous?” Griff asks, tension lining his voice.

Ed frowns, “The answer to that question is a bit more complicated than a yes or no. They have been around for an extremely long time, but of course, they are now quite out of touch with the way of the supernatural world. Therefore, some of their ideas on how they can help will not be very welcome. Lucius is more in touch with the world and will hopefully inform the Elders of the newer ways to deal with things. He clearly has their ear.”

“I think a positive thing to take away from this is that they do appear to listen,” I point out.

Ed nods, “Exactly, which is why you will understand that it’s not easy to say whether they are a threat. I would absolutely keep your cards close to your chest and assume that everything that you are told may not be entirely true. Do your own research, don’t take everything as gospel.”

“We won’t,” Raiden replies, “I always do my own research.”

“Good,” Ed smiles. “Now you should probably get back to the castle, I imagine that Mabel and the others will be waiting for you. I’m sure you can’t wait to go home. Don’t forget that you will be on camera when you leave here and most likely until you get inside the castle’s walls. It’s not expected that you say anything, but you can smile and look pleased of course. Just be extremely careful what you say. You won’t be able to discuss anything that happened in here that had to do with the Choosing with any outsiders, but you will be able to discuss it amongst yourselves.”

Evander nods, “Thank you. We appreciate everything that you have done for us, and I’m sorry we made a mess and caused a bit of drama.”

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