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could hold her hand out in front of her face and her fingers held steady, she let out a soft sigh.
    “You all right?”
    Tegan frowned down at her, his bushy eyebrows furrowed and she smiled. A little magick, for the most part, was nothing more than a walk in the park. Sometimes even a hefty chunk of it required nothing more than a few deep breaths and she was fine. Other times, it hit her hard.
    This hadn’t been a little bit of magick. Even ‘hefty’ was a bit of an understatement.
    “Yeah.” Well enough to get up and finish the job at least.
    One-handed, she dug her phone out of her pocket and climbed out of the car. The moment her sneakers hit the gravel she wavered, nausea twisting in her stomach. Lennox caught herself against the car.
    She needed to get a grip on herself before the Hounds showed up, but they couldn’t afford to wait any longer to call in the cavalry. Kanon touched her elbow, one brow lifted in question, and she extended the phone to him. “Take it.”
    A muscle in his jaw twitched but he took it. Stepping around him and Tegan both, she moved back towards the porch. Her steps were shaky but she didn’t fall.
    “Call Hennessy, tell him I said for him to get over here. Now. Make it sound urgent, but don’t admit to knowing anything. And I hope like hell you boys can feign surprise and grief.”
    “Won’t have to fake the grief,” Tegan whispered.
    True enough.
    She gave a jerky nod and turned back to the job at hand. She’d have time for sympathy later. Right now, they needed her to keep them from getting arrested. Inside, she’d done everything she could do. And while Walker looked like a good Hound, he was nowhere near her level. From the outside, she still had a little bit of work left to do. Stretching out her fingers, she felt the tingle creep back under her skin.
    She drudged up her dog, letting the canine’s enhanced senses fill her. Still no trace of the witch behind this. Whoever they were, they were good and thorough. Lennox just hoped she could keep up. Something told her this didn’t end with a bar fight and a dead Tristan and Caro.
    This was personal.
    Lennox glanced back at Kanon, his low voice rumbling over the phone. She’d have to talk to him later. Either he or Tegan had to have some ideas on who might be behind this.
    She hoped so at least.
    Weary, Lennox turned her attention on the outside. She’d scent the perimeter once Walker and his team arrived, that way she wouldn’t have to cover her tracks. But for now, she had to lessen the density of their smell lingering on the property. They’d been here far longer than any normal group should have while waiting and a Hound would be looking for any signs that she was covering tracks.
    Hennessy had been nice so far, but his wolfhound not so much, and any intelligent Hound pack would be keeping suspects under a close eye. Especially suspects who’d seen both victims last night and had supposedly found the second this morning.
    “Lennox,” Tegan called, but she ignored him, concentrating on the magick flowing out of her fingers and into the air around them. She paused occasionally, testing the air until the place smelled like they’d been there only a few minutes. Not the half hour they’d been camped out in the drive. By the time Hennessy got here, it’d seem like the right amount.
    A hand brushed her elbow. “Stop. You’re going to faint.”
    She gave a quiet gasp as she tucked her magick away again.
    “I’ll hold long enough to get this done,” she said and turned to face Tegan. Her smile turned grim. She didn’t have a choice. Tegan held out a hand and she took it, letting him pull her into a hug. Exhausted, she wanted nothing more than to curl up in the backseat of her car and sleep. But with that out of the question, Tegan’s arms seemed like the next best thing.
    A thought which would have sent her running, if she’d had the energy left.
    Gravel crunched and Lennox turned to see Kanon heading towards