Chapter 28

Maximus POV

After Hazel left my office that night, she called and said doing a powerful spell right from the beginning would only trace the magic back to her. She suggested doing something small like casting a spell over some rogues to calculate and make their attacks faster. I asked her if there was any way to make it to where they had a set target to focus on, but she said it would be impossible without an item that belonged to the person.

I told her I would check the blanket Rose used as a pillow for a lock or two of Rose's hair. As soon as we hung up, I got up from the chair at my desk and locked the door to my office then I walked over to the window and closed the black-out curtains so no one could see into my office. Absolutely no one knows about the small box-shaped hole under the rug that is in the middle of my office. I made it myself two months after I became alpha.

I pulled the rug back and pushed on the floorboard gently and it instantly popped open. Inside is a small wood