Book 2: Some Magical Loopholes

Kane

A few days after the alliance with Willow’s former coven is finalized, Ivy is going to meet up with the high priestesses of covens she is associated with. Surprisingly, she’s taking me with her. When I ask her why she wants me there, knowing how the witches will not positively react to me, she points out, “This war is your mess. You should be doing half the work of trying to convince them.”

I don’t really have an argument for that, so I call Emory to inform her I’ll be gone for a few more days then make the drive to the meeting point the high priestesses agreed on. We drive even further up north, my guards along with Willow and Rainer tailing us. It’s even more remote here, no buildings and people to be found for miles. When we reach our destination, we step out of the car, and Ivy guides me toward stone steps that lead up a hill.

The steps are steep and have been carved into the stone. There are no railings for support. I look around at this