Blood's Fury (Deadly Beauties 1)

/> "A coven is worthless," I sum up, a scoffed breath following.

Her eyes soften, and she shakes her head while reading over the words herself.

"Foolish, selfish witches."

"Foolish, selfish bitches if you ask me."

Frankie interjects, "The point is, Alyssa has chosen to live alone, and there's no law stating she can't."

"I've never been fond of that name change," she huffs, staring at me a little harder.

"Well, Airis is a hard name to explain to people, since she's supposed to have died ten years ago. Come in and we'll catch you up," I murmur while happily avoiding anymore of her scolding lectures.

"Well, I have a friend who is undercover in a dark user realm, so I asked him to do some digging around for me," Aunt Hilly whispers.

"And?" I prompt.

She frowns and plops back against the headboard of my bed.

"He hasn't contacted me yet. Hopefully I'll hear from him soon."

I sigh out, agitated by the true lack of information we have.

"With the new moon coming, we might have a chance to find these night stalkers and take them down," Frankie interjects while peeking out of my room to see if our company is still lingering.

"Doubtful. They'll lie low with the sky not offering them an extra burst of strength," Hilly adds.

"Well, I'm sick of talking about it. I just want to take a hot bath and unwind."

"Be careful. Water is our natural enemy," Aunt Hilly murmurs as I stand up.

"Lately I think everything is our natural enemy," I exasperate. "Besides, I've not obtained immortality yet. I can die any old way."

She frowns, and I head away to close the door to the bathroom. It's odd how witches were once burned at stakes, hanged, or even shot, when the only mortal thing that can kill them is water. For some reason, humans just never thought to drown us.

I hope no one is trying to drown Mom. She's strong, but not even she can over come it if they hold her under for too long. It's our secret though. Only witches know, and it's not like they tell anyone outside of our realm.

As long as mystery boy was telling the truth, a dark user doesn't have her, and therefore they won't know to try to drown her. They want something from her though, so she's safe until they have it regardless.

My phone buzzes, and my heart flutters when I see Kane's name pop up. Using the trick Frankie showed me, I wave my hand over it to jam his tracing device as I finally answer it.

"You're not moving on if you're still calling me," I murmur, happy I'm doing something to keep him safe.

"Alyssa, I've been all over the place looking for you. Where are you, baby?"

His voice is weak, tired even. He sounds as though he hasn't slept in days.

"I'm somewhere you don't need to be."

"I just want to be with you. I know this sounds completely crazy, but I really miss you. Please let me come be with you."

With Hilly here, there's no chance he won't get a glimpse of magic. With night stalkers willing to attack me, there's no chance he'd make it out alive.

"I wish you could, but it's just not sa-"

"Don't say it. I'm sick of hearing that bullshit. You have no idea how much I want to be there keeping you safe. Stop worrying about me. I swear to you I'm perfectly capable of handling anything you have going on."

He'd flip the hell out if he saw someone shift into a hawk or a wolf, or if he saw a night stalker's fangs emerge. Not to mention if he saw what I could do.