Chapter Thirty
Miss Marie's hands stilled in my hair, her crystals suddenly pulsing with darker energy. The salon's mirrors rippled with supernatural disturbance, reflecting more than just our physical forms.
"Someone's coming," she said softly, her amber eyes focusing on something beyond normal sight. "Someone who shouldn't know this location."
Duriel immediately moved from his position by the door, his warrior training evident in every controlled movement. "Council hunters?"
"No," Miss Marie's voice carried ancient certainty. "Something older. Something that's been watching from the shadows for..." her crystals flared brighter, "fifty years."
"The hunter," Yue's voice rang sharp in my mind. "The one who's been manipulating everything."
The salon's supernatural energy shifted, becam
