Who was I kidding? Everything about her rubbed me the wrong way. “Luciana. As stated, you’ve got your time. Sophia Hoel is responsible for your behavior. Anything goes wrong and it’s on your head.” He said the last to Sophia, who stepped down to stand beside Luciana. Sophia nodded. “I chose to sponsor Luciana because I feel she has some valid complaints. Teresa’s transition was poorly managed. I understand and accept responsibility for the coven’s actions here tonight.” Luciana’s gaze met mine through the fire. She grinned and I shuddered. There wasn’t an once of good in that lady. And I was pretty sure she was insane. “That one,” she pointed to Dastien, without any lead into the speech at all—“took our next leader. You see, Teresa is unbelievably strong. Maybe some of you have notice

