"Keep going! Drop Marisa below roof level. The spell should stop there," Mahati exclaimed.More terrible noises came from the building structure below Marisa's body which continued to drop in increments. They all leapt back as the roof gave with a final squeal of protesting metal. Marisa disappeared into the darkness below with Sandy falling in as well."Sandy!" Dayshia shrieked.They heard coughing and relaxed a little. "I- I'm ok! We're ok. Kesini caught us," Sandy's voice said from the darkness. Marisa could be heard coughing as well."What happened to the spell?" Sigrid asked.Mahati held out her hands and muttered a few noises. "Dissipated. It completed its task."Michelle moved forward after bonding her webbing to a railing and lowered herself into the hole. They heard Sandy squeak in fright then her apologizing. Moments later Michelle brought her back up to the surface. Kesini was positively drooping."What happened to Kesini?" Dayshia asked anxiously.As Michelle went back dow

"Can we get back to Mab's new power?" Sigrid asked once Henry had absorbed Camila's information.He grit his teeth. "She- she had a child from me. A baby girl. Then, somehow, she stole her body. Switched places. She left our child's mind in her ancient body to die. She needed a new body, one linked to the new realm of magic." Expressions of horror and dismay were evident on their faces.Marisa nodded. "It worked. She looked like a young teen when I saw her. She told me she hadn't gotten control of the body or the magic yet, but she was able to create a spell that almost killed me.""That much power in the hands of the mad queen in an adolescent body. That's a thought to keep one awake at night. Where was the other witch? Why didn't she stop this? She may no longer hold the title of strongest witch now!" Roy growled.Henry looked down at the table. "She was there. She was waiting. Mab's spell made the... temporal energy? Time magic? Whatever, it made that stuff in my horns leak out. I

When the injured Fae dragged himself to the bench under her, she knew she was in a prime spot for observing the Satyr. She recognized the Fae from the team briefing and knew he would likely attempt to contact the Satyr as he returned from work.The Pixie Observer team positioned themselves in key locations in the city along Henry's daily path. They were using maximum stealth spells to hide from Fae observation as well, though this wasn't as critical lately. It was tiring and worse, boring, but it had finally paid off! The Satyr no longer wore the ring bound to the Fae's healing spell. That sure sounded like significant news!She'd witnessed the Satyr was still able to draw the healing magic to himself, and she'd almost been blown from the tree when the Fae used it to heal himself. A brute force use of magic but undoubtedly effective.It would be up to her boss to determine what to do with this news, but there was only one outcome she desired.She wanted to stop hiding in that damn tre

Beautiful blue eyes flared as she held his gaze while tingles ran down her spine from his touch. "No, not just her."The sweet honesty of her response made him instantly regret his teasing. He'd moved out of his old condo two weeks ago. It was true; Sandy had enjoyed his attentions most nights in the months leading up to his departure as she'd moved in with him after vacating her unit on the fourth floor.With the demands of moving into his new place and the extra duties he had at work, writing a new firewall application for a contract Camila made with the US Government, he'd been rather preoccupied lately.He moved forward and took her face between his hands, her eyes lashes fluttering from the tingles he was sending through her skin. Then his mouth found hers, and she wrapped her arms around his hard body, crushing herself against him. They were both covered by Kesini's golden locks.Henry slid his right hand around to the back of Sandy's head, deep in her hair, as his left slid dow

She'd initially been exposed to the new magic by a man who wouldn't be attending the party tonight, Nate Walker. There'd been no sign of Henry's latest friend since Queen Mab took control of his mind and used him to escape. The suspicion was that Mab still had the Incubus with her in her castle in Ireland, but the impregnable fortress was locked tight. That was something else that troubled Henry's dreams.The ladies reached his door, and each gave him a sensual kiss before going inside. While he'd expected it from the Succubi, he was a little surprised by the passion in Siobhan's kiss as Henry hadn't been intimate with her... directly, though he'd helped her complete her upgrade with Marisa's assistance. He blinked at the cheeky smile she gave him over her shoulder as she dropped her shoes, slipped on the guest slippers, and joined the others in the living room.He locked up and moved to the entrance of the open space. He panned his eyes over his friends, and aside from Meixiu, all we