LORELAI

“How long have you been pretending to be Vaughn?” I demanded, stepping forward again.

I needed to distract this crazy witch from hurting Kai.

Just seeing him under her foot, struggling, his pain writhing inside me through our link was enough to have me clutching my fists, my magic balling there despite it being weak and trying to crawl back inside me.

“Hmm, intermittently for a while, but then he started to figure out that he was being seen in two places at once, and his annoying little soulmate was starting to clue on to when I was there and when he was.

“Couldn’t have that now, could I?”...