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She waved her hand and within seconds Leah was awake.

“What is going…” She stopped talking and began to scream.

Lucinda had exposed the area.

“You’ve got a siren’s nail in your flesh, Leah. It is why you’re feeling weak. I’ve got to get it out, otherwise you’re going to die.”

“That bitch,” Leah said.

“I’m going to start.”

Leah whimpered and Killian’s wolf came to the surface, growling at Lucinda.

“Get your shit together,” Lucinda said. “I’m going to have to do this, and you can’t.”

“Do it. Just get it done,” Leah said.

Killian didn’t know exactly what Lucinda was doing, but whatever it was, he had to hold Leahdown, as the scream that tore through her lips filled his senses, and not in a good way. He had to fight his wolf, who wanted to take Lucinda out for hurting his mate.

Leah’s hands began to glow.

“Hold her down!” Lucinda cried out.

He had no choice but to straddle Leah’s chest, pinning her hands above her head. She writhed in agony, screaming for it to stop, for it to come to an end, and the ringing in his ears made him wonder if he would ever be able to hear again.

Chapter Six

“Are you not going to get rid of that?” Killian asked.

Leah held the ugly nail in her hands. it was long and had been embedded into her flesh, connecting with bone, and slowly killing her. She hadn’t even thought to check her body for any possible damage.

She was thankful forLucinda.

“No. This can be used in a spell. It might come in handy one day.”

“A banished siren’s nail?”

“Yep. Trust me. A witch can use a whole lot of ingredients to come up with spells and incantations. We’re always learning.”

She wrapped the nail in some bandage and slid it into her bag.

“You’re looking sad, sweetheart,” he said.

Leah smiled. “Sweetheart.”

He rolled his eyes. “It’s a term of endearment, and I thought you and I had this agreement to give this mating thing a go whilewe’re on our quest.”

“True.” She sighed.

“So tell me what’s troubling you,” he said.

“It’s Lucinda.”

“What about her?”

“She was here, watching over me. The coven doesn’t trust me at all. I don’t understand why they forced me to come along when they don’t think I’m capable of doing this.”

“I called her,” Killian said. “Lucinda and I go way back. She’s pissed at me over what I did to you, but we’re goodish friends. She listened to my call.”

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