Soul Mates Bewitched by Elizabeth A. Lance

So don’t lecture me on kissing a girl I don’t know.”
    Max frowned. “But, you don’t know…”
    “I don’t know what?”
    “I can’t say. Just, there is more going on than you know, and she is part of it.”
    “I know there is more going on, Anca told me as much. The Unseelie aren’t just looking for the Chalice. They’re searching for something else. What is it, Max? Why are you keeping me in the dark?”
    “I don’t have a choice. It’s a Fae matter, and your Jillian is in it up to her eyeballs.”
    “What are you talking about? How is Jillian involved in Fae matters?” I asked, but I had a funny feeling I already knew. My dreams had been telling me as much.
    “I’ve already said too much. What happened after you kissed her?”
    I sighed. Max wasn’t going to tell me anything. Typical, he was always trying to protect everyone. “How does Anna stand your over protectiveness?”
    “She deals with it. Now spill it. What else happened?”
    “Her ex-boyfriend showed up and we got into it. Jillian called him a warlock.”
    “Name?”
    “Brice something or other. He’s a Guardian.”
    “Sure he is. Stay away from him, Tones, he’s bad news.”
    “You know, I’m really getting extremely tired of nobody telling me anything, Dude, and being left out.”
    “Look, just promise me you won’t go out without back-up. I know I can’t keep you from hunting, but let me send Daire with you.”
    “Fine. Daire can tag along.”
    “And stay away from Brice, he’s dangerous. And don’t trust anyone.”
    “Not even you?” I raised an eyebrow.
    “Funny. Don’t trust anyone you haven’t known for the last ten years. Especially not Jillian.”
    “I’ll think about it.”
    Daire appeared a moment later. “You sent for me, my prince?”
    “You are to stay with Tony. If he hunts, you back him up. Watch his back.”
    “It would be my honor to hunt with the Bearer, my prince.”
    I blinked slowly. “What was that? What did you call me?”
    Max glared at Daire. “Nothing. It was nothing. Just do as I said, Daire. And keep your mouth shut.”
    “Yes, my prince.” Daire said dropping to one knee.
    “And, Tones, don’t pester him with a bunch of questions he is not at liberty to answer. You will know what you need to know when you need to know it.”
    I frowned as my best friend flashed out of my room and back to where ever he had come from. Probably the Felidae Compound, where Anna and the babies were.
    “Are you planning to hunt this evening?” Daire asked.
    “Probably. I have things to do this afternoon,” I replied, thinking I would corner Uncle Nicu and get some answers one way or another.
    “Then, I shall return before dusk,” Daire said as he, too, flashed out of my room.
    “Great. Just what I need. More questions with no answers,” I said to myself. I left my room to go in search of breakfast, and then Uncle Nicu. Maybe I could make him give me some answers.
    The kitchen was deserted when I got there, but the sink was filled with Uncle Nicu’s breakfast dishes. I sighed. Maybe I would find him down in the club. I ate a bowl of Frosted Flakes and did the dishes. It gave me time to think of what I really wanted to ask Uncle Nicu. I placed the last bowl in the drying rack, shut off the lights, and left the apartment. I walked quietly down the stairs to Uncle Nicu’s office.
    The door was slightly ajar, and I could see Uncle Nicu through the crack. I don’t know what made me stop and listen, maybe my psychic abilities were kicking back in.
    “I know, I have been trying to keep him away from them. I sent him away for God’s sake! You think I don’t know that?” Nicu said into the phone. “Jillian is doing her best to keep him out of harm’s way, but he’s eighteen and has a mind of his own. He showed up with a Light Fae, Auberon’s heir.”
    I held my breath, waiting to see what information I could glean from the exchange. Who could Uncle Nicu be talking to?
    “Yes, he is