“SUCH A strange thing, love.” Zeke slowly shook his head. “I know you would not understand. But it’s everything that I want. And I hate having the spellblood around.” “Is it Boris?” He guessed. Who else would it be? She thought. “You know that Boris would never look at you the same way. Don’t mistake the attention you are getting from him as a sign of affection. You should know better.” “Don’t lecture me!” She almost stood up if she hadn’t remembered why she was there in the first place. She collected herself and calmed back down. “Like you, the council thinks that the spellblood must not exist, too.” Jada was puzzled. “What?” “Magnus was working on it. It was taking time because the spellblood if working as a human servant for an Octavius and there are laws so he was trying

