Miranda came back to the living room. “The protection spell is in place. I hope — I hope it will work.”
“I’m sure it will,” Rafe said. He extended a hand, and she came over and took it. Her fingers felt cold, and he wished he could take her back to his house and make love to her again. Maybe that would do something to fix this dead, hollow feeling at the center of his body, as though he wasn’t quite himself, was watching all these tragedies strike his family without allowing any of them to really affect him. “And Cat and I will show you where we need to go to strengthen the protection spells Malena cast yesterday.”
“All right.” She glanced from him to Louisa. “I’m — I’m so sorry.”
“I know,” Louisa said. “But we mustn’t give up hope. Malena is still alive, and Yesenia is a very powerful
