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I don’t know why. My skin just decides.

I point at her. "You said she’s the head of the Lantern Coven."

"Yes."

I wait.

Gage apparently thinks this is a complete explanation.

"What the hell is a Lantern Coven?"

Evelyn opens her mouth.

I hold up a hand. "I asked him."

Something almost amused passes over her face.

Gage rubs the back of his neck. "It’s a group of witches."

The world goes very still.

I blink at him.

"A group of what?"

"Witches."

"No, I heard the word. I’m giving you a chance to replace it with something less insane."

He doesn’t.

My gaze slides back to Evelyn.

She looks remarkably calm for a woman who has apparently just been introduced to me as Supreme Commander of the Witches.

"And she runs them?"

"She leads the coven."

"That sounds exactly like running them, but with candles."

"Maren."

"What?" I gesture toward the flowers. "I’m having a morning."

His mouth twitches.

I narrow my eyes. "Why is the head witch standing in your yard looking at me like I’m a medical mystery?"

"Because she knows what’s happening to you."

That wipes the sarcasm right out of me.

My hand drops.

"What’s happening to me?"

Gage looks at the flowers.