Chapter 163. Unfoldings

Vance’s POV

“Malik?” Miriam repeated the name, crunched her eyes, and thought deeply, “The name has no life to it.”

Instantly, Marlena closed her eyes, and her hair strands became loose and flying. A gentle breeze moves along the porch and Blayne shifts in his seat, hating the magic that was being dispelled around him.

“Malik is not in this pack,” Marlena simmers her magic and reported.

“What do you mean?” Blayne bested me in asking. His peering brown eyes redirected from Marlena to Miriam, intensely curious and speculative. “Malik is the team leader assigned to the Blazers Patrol Station.” He jerked to his feet with great concern, “He could be with Sianna right now.”

“Witches, please explain what on earth is going on,” I boomed, unintentionally. A flight of birds flew from the nearby trees, startled by the sound.

Miriam gives me a scolding look for scaring her birds away, “The real Malik is dead,” she stated as her eyes looked to