Chapter 72

Kaiya

Around midday, Bowden comes into my office and falls down on the seat in front of my desk. “I appear to be done for the day,” he says. “Who cleared my backlog?”

“Jaeger and I took care of it.” I glance up from the diary I’m trying to translate. “So you have the rest of the day free.”

“Hm, no.” He grunts and rests his right ankle on his left knee. “I have to start going through the grimoires and paperwork we found at Moon Dance.”

“What about the witches?” I ask.

“Most are dead. I brought the most powerful ones with me. They're locked up in the dungeon. Do you remember one called Samantha?”

“I wasn’t allowed to interact with the witches. They mostly kept to themselves.” I lower my eyes back to the diary and start to type the lengthy Latin phrase into the search engine.

“Kaiya,” my mate says and reaches across the desk to put his massive hand across mine. “Stop that for a moment and listen to me. I need to tell you something.”

At first I’m annoyed. I’m sure I’ll find somethi