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forearm to offer comfort, and spoke the next bit to give her a moment to recover. "My mom got us out of the coven when we were 12. It was long enough for both of us to learn exactly the kind of woman that Ava is. And Mel and I have both vowed to take her down."
    "I only took the job steal from your pack because the payout would've given us a shot at Ava." It wasn't an apology, but she didn't see a reason not to offer the explanation.
    "Is there a way to save my sister without giving them what they want?" asked Luke. He clutched the back of the chair that he stood behind and Mel thought he was only doing it to keep himself from crossing the room to offer her comfort. She didn't know whether she would accept it or not. She was on the razor's edge between screaming and crying, and only the need to remain composed in front of these dangerous people was keeping her steady.
    Krista let go of Mel's arm and looked at Luke. "If Cassie kills the person who set the hex, that might lift it. But she is weak right now, and we still don't know which of Ava's people placed the spell."
    "No offense, alpha," said Maya, "but I don't think your sister can kill witch as powerful as Ava."
    "She wouldn't have set the hex," said Krista. "Hexes are risky and they are a near constant drain on power. Anyone around her could have done it, though."
    "Can you figure out who did it?" Asked Luke.
    Krista nodded, "I can try."
    "So what do we do about the Well?"
    "You can destroy it," said Mel, "Once you find it. Krista and I have the spell do it, and she has the power."
    Luke nodded. He looked at Krista. "Figure out how to save my sister," he said before turning his attention to Mel. "Let's kill this witch."
     

     
    It burned within Luke that he couldn't console Mel after hearing her story. But it was neither the time nor the place for comfort, and she would have resented his offer if he had been stupid enough to make it.
    "So how do we find the Well?" he asked Krista. There was a certain irony in the fact that the two women who had let the Scarlet Emerald fall into Ava's hands were also the only two who might see his pack safely through this mess.
    Krista furrowed her brow, probably trying to come up with a way to explain how to find something inherently magical to a man who would never cast a spell. "The Well itself isn't physical. There are natural protections that ensure it remains invisible to the naked eye."
    Of course there were. Luke couldn't stop his sigh, but he didn't interrupt the witch.
    "But the Well will have had an effect on the land," she continued. "The plant life surrounding it will be larger than normal, trees with huge bases, mushrooms like something out of Alice in Wonderland, stuff like that. And there won't be any animals near it. Not even bugs. Logically, it must be deep into your territory if Ava and her people haven't found it. If it were on the edge she would have harnessed its power already and we would all be dead."
    "Can't you just do a spell to find it?" asked Maya.
    Krista shook her head, "No spell would lead me directly there. Ava's spells gave her an area. She can track it once she's close. There isn't one that would give me GPS coordinates, and even if there was, I'd be wary. Ava is damn powerful and any magic I do is at risk of being detected by her, no matter the precautions I take."
    "Then we'll find this thing by traditional means." He turned to Brynne, Jonas, and Killian, "I want you monitoring the pack. Put security on high alert and keep everyone close. I want daily check-ins from everyone. Now is not the time for a nice vacation. Update me on strangers in the territory and get some eyes on those witches."
    "You’ve got it," said Brynne.
    "Jonas and Sinclair, you two will take the eastern half of the territory. Mel and I will take the west." His advisors didn't like that, but this was the first step to easing them into accepting her. If she agreed to stay.
    "Do I get a say in this?" asked Mel, her tone halfway