“That’s easy. She was probably killed in one place and then magically teleported to a spot at the time of her death.” Immediately, I grew rigid. “Witches can teleport in and out of my territory whenever they f*****g want?” “Calm yourself, alpha. It takes an immense amount of magic to teleport, and it requires contact on both ends. Something had to have been placed in that spot. A lock of hair or… yes, a spot of blood would do it. Then she was spelled for her body to connect. That kind of magic is draining. Whoever cast the spell would be very weak for days, if not unconscious.” “Then it’s none of the witches here. They all looked fine, and I looked over that spot myself. I didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. There wasn’t any blood on the leaves or grass. No hair.” “A fingernail.

