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heading to the door? And where were we departing to? I didn’t even know where here was!
    “Hold on, you can’t just leave!” I sputtered.
    “Dagger will fill you in. Do not fear, my dear girl, we are the good guys.” He let a quick chuckle out before he slipped out the front door.
    I turned to Dagger, ready to pepper him with questions, but he held his hand out to silence me.
    Jessa and Rainy darted out of the room. Weird.
    “It’s been one hell of a day and I don’t want to deal with it right now.” He let his hand fall to his side and then opened the fridge to rummage around in it.
    I stood up quickly and met him at the fridge. With a hard kick, the heavy door slammed into his side. The glass jars on the door clunked together. A growl rumbled from Dagger’s chest. I took a huge step back before he shut the door and turned to glare at me.
    “Princess, you are very lucky that I don’t hit girls.” He took a menacing step towards me.
    “You can’t expect for me to just sit back and not question what is going on here! I don’t care how shitty your day has been!” My voice shook as I forced the words past my lips.
    He glared at me. I wanted to turn and run but that would require my trembling legs to work. The fact that he was a very handsome man didn’t help either.
    Dagger stepped closer. “If you try that again, I’ll…”
    I baited him. “You’ll what?”
    His hand shot out towards my face. I winced, bracing myself for the strike. A shuddered when his finger connected with my cheek.
    “That cut healed pretty fast,” he said, pulling his hand back. I released the breath I’d been holding, relieved he hadn’t struck me. I really needed to learn when to hold my tongue.
    Dagger took a couple steps back from me. He sighed and ran his hand down his face in what appeared to be exasperation. “I can explain everything to you tomorrow, after we get to where we are going. I cannot tell you anything right now as it could jeopardize the secrecy of the next safe house.”
    He held his hand up to stop my interference.
    Tears pooled in my eyes. I would not let them fall. He could not see me as weak. I spun away from him to the solace of my quiet room. I knew it would only be brief. Rainy and Jessa had heard the whole blow up, but had slipped out as I confronted Dagger. That made me wonder even more just what was going on here. They were never ones to back down…ever. What did they know that I didn’t?
    As if on cue, the bedroom door opened and they came in. They wouldn’t meet my eyes as they each found a spot to sit.
    “Spill it.”
    Rainy fidgeted on the edge of the bed and Jessa worried her bottom lip.
    Oh this was not good!
    “Jade, you’re not going to like this but…” Rainy started.
    “Oh, just cut to the point, Rainy!” Jessa blurted.
    “Okay, look you two. Whatever it is, we will face it together,” I said to the guilty looking duo.
    “It’s not that simple, Jade.” Jessa stood up and turned to the small window that overlooked the front yard.
    Rainy began to cry. What the hell?
    “What’s going on?” I demanded.
    “When you leave tomorrow, we aren’t going with you. In fact, we’re all splitting up. For the sake of the safety of this Coven, we cannot stay together right now,” Jessa explained.
    “Not together…safety of the Coven…? What Coven? Why not together?” My broken thoughts tumbled past my lips.
    “Jade, when Matheson came for you, he put his whole Coven in jeopardy. If we split up, it gives us better odds. In fact, the Coven will be splitting up with us. Well, with Jessa and me that is.” Rainy couldn’t look at me when she stopped talking.
    The Coven was splitting with Jessa and Rainy. Where exactly did that leave me? Did that mean they couldn’t risk themselves to protect me? No, that couldn’t be it. They would have just let me die when the Triad came after me at the cottage. So if we were splitting up and the Coven was being split up to cover them, then who