case the demons are looking for the Sinew. Now that they know we’re here.”
Oh, great . She was betting he wouldn’t let her out of his sight.
“Why don’t you call Khloe?” he asked.
“Oh! I almost forgot.” What was wrong with her? She jumped up and went to the bedroom to grab her phone and the FedEx envelope with the messages from their mother. She came back to the living room, sat back down on the sofa, and called Khloe.
“Hey!” Khloe answered after the third ring. She sounded annoyed.
“What’s up?” Kalissa asked.
“Charles,” Khloe spat out. Kalissa smiled. Charles was Khloe’s flavor of the week. Well, he’d been around longer than a week. In fact, the relationship had lasted longer than any of the more recent ones. Khloe was too high-maintenance for human men, or at least that’s what she said, but Kalissa knew it was an excuse, a ploy to protect her heart from breaking again.
“What happened?”
“Oh, same shit, different man. ‘I’m too exhausting.’ Oh! And he had the nerve to say I was too demanding. How am I too demanding?” Khloe was on a roll.
The breakup must have just happened. “You’re too good for him anyway.” A relieved satisfaction washed through Kalissa. She didn’t like the weasel. Every time she was around him, she got an uneasy feeling.
“He was too much of a mama’s boy.” Zach’s voice drifted in from the background.
“And here’s the other man that’s not too happy with us,” Khloe said with sarcasm. “Lis, turn on the video cam.”
Kalissa frowned. “You’ll have to walk me through it. I’m not sure if I remember how.”
Khloe laughed. “It’s already set up. Power up the TV, pick up the remote, and push the button that says AUX.”
Kalissa did as Khloe said. Within seconds, Khloe and Zach appeared on the TV screen. “Why are we video conferencing? I thought you were going to teleport up.”
Khloe released a heavy sigh. “I was, but the studio called an hour ago. They need me to teach a couple of classes.”
“Oh,” Kalissa said.
“I’m sorry. I can call and cancel.”
“No. It’s okay.” Kalissa tried to keep the disappointment from her voice, but she knew Khloe could sense it anyway. “I’m going to fax the messages to you, then.” Kalissa went to the fax machine on the shelf next to the TV. She placed the pages in the tray and punched in their home fax number.
Khloe reached over and took the fax out of her machine. “The first is a spell. I’ll translate it and email it to you. I’m not sure what it’s for or if I should speak it out loud.” She moved on to the second page and read it.
“What you seek is hidden within the chamber, and protected by the twin retrievers. Five score from Lolissa into Mother’s light. But first, you must meet the others at The Wheel.”
“Lolissa?” Zach asked.
“It’s the cabin,” the girls said at the same time.
“Mom named it after us,” Khloe finished. “You think the Sinew is what we seek?”
Kalissa nodded. “It has to be. It only makes sense that Mom would hide it here. It’s protected behind Willow’s wards.”
“You did say Willow has seen more demon activity,” Ayden spoke up.
“Okay. Wait for Jacen, Lydia, and us to get there before you two go looking for it,” Zach said and then quickly added, “I mean it.” He gave Kalissa a pointed look.
Kalissa rolled her eyes, but it was Ayden who spoke. “We’ll wait. Let me know once you hear from the Raynerses.” Ayden’s phone beeped. He pulled it out, opened the text message, and smiled. “I’m going to send you a tag number. Let me know what you find.”
“She came through.” Kalissa smiled.
Zach nodded. “Will do. I have some other demonic news for you.”
“What now?” Ayden and Kalissa asked at the same time.
“Sindee called. She said her source informed her of a Dark Divine round-up. Khan ordered anyone who resists to be killed,” Zach said. He paused briefly before continuing.
Oh, great . She was betting he wouldn’t let her out of his sight.
“Why don’t you call Khloe?” he asked.
“Oh! I almost forgot.” What was wrong with her? She jumped up and went to the bedroom to grab her phone and the FedEx envelope with the messages from their mother. She came back to the living room, sat back down on the sofa, and called Khloe.
“Hey!” Khloe answered after the third ring. She sounded annoyed.
“What’s up?” Kalissa asked.
“Charles,” Khloe spat out. Kalissa smiled. Charles was Khloe’s flavor of the week. Well, he’d been around longer than a week. In fact, the relationship had lasted longer than any of the more recent ones. Khloe was too high-maintenance for human men, or at least that’s what she said, but Kalissa knew it was an excuse, a ploy to protect her heart from breaking again.
“What happened?”
“Oh, same shit, different man. ‘I’m too exhausting.’ Oh! And he had the nerve to say I was too demanding. How am I too demanding?” Khloe was on a roll.
The breakup must have just happened. “You’re too good for him anyway.” A relieved satisfaction washed through Kalissa. She didn’t like the weasel. Every time she was around him, she got an uneasy feeling.
“He was too much of a mama’s boy.” Zach’s voice drifted in from the background.
“And here’s the other man that’s not too happy with us,” Khloe said with sarcasm. “Lis, turn on the video cam.”
Kalissa frowned. “You’ll have to walk me through it. I’m not sure if I remember how.”
Khloe laughed. “It’s already set up. Power up the TV, pick up the remote, and push the button that says AUX.”
Kalissa did as Khloe said. Within seconds, Khloe and Zach appeared on the TV screen. “Why are we video conferencing? I thought you were going to teleport up.”
Khloe released a heavy sigh. “I was, but the studio called an hour ago. They need me to teach a couple of classes.”
“Oh,” Kalissa said.
“I’m sorry. I can call and cancel.”
“No. It’s okay.” Kalissa tried to keep the disappointment from her voice, but she knew Khloe could sense it anyway. “I’m going to fax the messages to you, then.” Kalissa went to the fax machine on the shelf next to the TV. She placed the pages in the tray and punched in their home fax number.
Khloe reached over and took the fax out of her machine. “The first is a spell. I’ll translate it and email it to you. I’m not sure what it’s for or if I should speak it out loud.” She moved on to the second page and read it.
“What you seek is hidden within the chamber, and protected by the twin retrievers. Five score from Lolissa into Mother’s light. But first, you must meet the others at The Wheel.”
“Lolissa?” Zach asked.
“It’s the cabin,” the girls said at the same time.
“Mom named it after us,” Khloe finished. “You think the Sinew is what we seek?”
Kalissa nodded. “It has to be. It only makes sense that Mom would hide it here. It’s protected behind Willow’s wards.”
“You did say Willow has seen more demon activity,” Ayden spoke up.
“Okay. Wait for Jacen, Lydia, and us to get there before you two go looking for it,” Zach said and then quickly added, “I mean it.” He gave Kalissa a pointed look.
Kalissa rolled her eyes, but it was Ayden who spoke. “We’ll wait. Let me know once you hear from the Raynerses.” Ayden’s phone beeped. He pulled it out, opened the text message, and smiled. “I’m going to send you a tag number. Let me know what you find.”
“She came through.” Kalissa smiled.
Zach nodded. “Will do. I have some other demonic news for you.”
“What now?” Ayden and Kalissa asked at the same time.
“Sindee called. She said her source informed her of a Dark Divine round-up. Khan ordered anyone who resists to be killed,” Zach said. He paused briefly before continuing.
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