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I might as well try to get answers while I’m trapped here. “What are you doing, Summer? Why take me? You clearly don’t want me dead, or I wouldn’t be here right now.”
It would be easier to figure out if I could read her emotions.
Bas and Rune always said it wasn’t my powers as an empath that made the witches like me, it was my Celtic charm.
Time to test their theory.
If I can get her talking, she might slip up.
“Do you want something from Sebastian?”
Summer frowns. “What I want is none of your business. All you need to be concerned with right now is staying still and keeping your blood in you until tomorrow.”
“What happens tomorrow?”
She heads for the door.
“What is Egan offering you? I guarantee I can beat his offer.”
She spins, her hair swinging through the air as she turns. “Why does everything have to be werewolf related with you vampires? They aren’t the only ones who hate you, you know.”
There is a fierce loathing in her gaze as she whirls on me, but also pain—agony. Even with my emotions muted by the confinement, I sense it to the depths of my soul.
“You’re here to convince Josie to drop out of the running for high priestess. Once she does, I’ll let you go.”
Seriously? She’s willing to make an enemy out of the vampires just to win the witch trials? “And how will you be able to enjoy your new position if you’re dead?
She smiles as if I said something funny. “If you knew me at all, you’d know I’ve thought this through and have a plan for all contingencies.”
“If you knew Josie at all, you’d know she’ll never allow a corrupt witch to lead her sisters. We may be bonded, but she’s a witch first and values her love for Gaia above all else.”
Summer chuckles. “Nice try. I saw the way she looked at you at the masquerade ball. She’s fallen prey to the unity bond clouding her mind and making her a slave to you and your brothers.”
“If you think she’s been tainted by the vile vampires, why not beat her in the third trial and face Gaia with a clear conscience?”
“Please. As if I stand a chance against her.” Summer’s hands ball into fists, her anger flaring. “The Dumonts have held the high priestess position for centuries. The only reason Adelaide got the spot is because Claudette ran away.”
“Maybe the Dumonts are the ones who earn the position because they don’t resort to killing and kidnapping to get what they want.”
“No, they rely on their family name. That entitlement is more than enough to get them by.”
“And what happens when the coven finds out you won the position by blackmailing your competition into bowing out?”
“I don’t care how I’m thought of. With the power that comes with the position, Lilian and I can undo the mistake that cost my grandmother and my husband their lives.”
Lilian. Sebastian was right from the start.
Wait…”Your grandmother? She was killed during the time of the ritual?”
“She was killed performing the ritual.”
I’m not at my mental best now, but that can only mean… “You’re Gisele’s granddaughter. You’re a Caron.”
“Ding-ding-ding. Caron is my maiden name.”
“Highly unusual for a witch to take her husband’s name.”
“I loved my husband, and, unlike Josephine Dumont, I don’t need the influence of my family name to speak for me.” She pulls her phone from her pocket and glides toward the door. “Off to call your witch. Wish me luck.”
