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coming,” she mumbled.
    “There’s more. There is a certain part of the city that most mortals don’t know about and even fewer can get to. I’m talking about a place that is only findable by people that have already been there. It’s not on a map and can’t be found on those GPS gadgets that humans rely on so much.”
    “Voodoo country,” Tony offered.
    Trik gave a solemn nod.
    “Wait.” Cassie’s brow drew together as she looked from Trik to Tony. “Voodoo? Real Voodoo? Like it’s actually a thing?”
    “Voodoo is a religion, an old religion, based in darkness. It is as real as the people who practice and believe it,” Trik answered.
    “You think Tarron has taken my parents to this Voodoo part of New Orleans?” she asked her mate.
    Trik nodded. “It’s my best educated guess. Dark places draw dark things and Tarron’s soul is about as dark as they come.”
    “Great,” Cassie huffed. “And this is the man who has my parents?”
    “He won’t hurt them,” Tamsin told her. “They’re his only bargaining chip to get you.”
    Cassie figured she should believe Tamsin since he seemed to know what he was talking about, but it was hard to think any positive thoughts when her parents were in the clutches of a dark elf that had surrounded himself in a place that would only make him stronger.
    Trik took her hand and she hadn’t even realized that he had moved. He tilted her chin up to look at him and, as usual, his beauty took her breath away. “Don’t look so forlorn, my love. Don’t you remember who I am?”
    Cassie’s lips twitched with the urge to smile. “Even if I hadn’t, you would still tell me.”
    “True enough, but you obviously need a reminder.” He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers before pulling back and whispering against them. “I am Triktapic, King of the Elvin race, most powerful of our kind, blessed by the Forest Lords, and I am mated to the most amazing woman ever created. How can you even begin to doubt that I will defeat Tarron and get your parents back?”
    A single brow rose on Cassie’s forehead. “How foolish of me, great King,” she said dryly. “Please forgive my lapse in judgment.”
    Trik pressed another quick kiss to her lips and said with a wink, “I’ll think about it, but I have a feeling punishing you would be more fun.”
    Cassie let out a groan complete with eye roll as he took her hand and led her toward the garage where the others had already loaded into the SUV.
    “I’m so glad that you don’t have any self-confidence issues,” she told him as he pulled her behind him. “It just wouldn’t do to have a King that didn’t see himself as the great leader that he is.”
    Trik laughed. “Just admit it, Cassandra. You think my confidence is sexy.”
    “Okay, Quiver Boy,” ―she pursed her lips at him― “let’s just see if you follow through with your claims, then we’ll talk about who’s sexy.”
    They climbed into the vehicle and as Trik put the car in reverse and flicked his hand using his power, and no doubt to showoff, to raise the garage door, he glanced at her from the corner of his eye. Cassie knew he was about to say something that was going to have her blushing from head to toe.
    “You of all people should know that I have absolutely no problem with my follow through.”

Chapter 4
     
    “I see you, child—curious and desperate for truth. Don’t be afraid to walk into the darkness if you want to see beyond the shadows to the spirit world. Where once you were powerless, you will be strong. Where once you were unsure of your destiny, you will be confident. You only need to seek the truth. But remember, child, what claims to be truth may only be a reflection of the things you simply want to be true.” ~Voodoo priestess.
     
     
    E lora attempted to sleep with her head propped up against the window. The dull noise from the tires on the road steadily lulled her into slumber. Sleep would be a welcome retreat from all the worry