Page 127 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

When the door was closed, they heard the man head away, and that’s when Nate needed to know.

“Why are you having him send his wife and child to his business. This place is very secure. I can feel the safety here,” he asked, keeping his voice barely above a whisper.

Avalon wasn’t shocked her husband was onto her. He did, in fact, know her best.

This wasn’t his first time navigating something with Oracle.

And it wouldn’t be his last.

“Because I have to break his spell to let a crack open in the protection. I don’t want to risk his wife and child in the process,” she admitted.

Oh, Nate did NOT like this.

Not.

At.

All.

That meant that the dead here would be able to get out, and they’d all heard how angry Trey was.

This could blow up in their faces, and honestly, they needed the protection just as much as the people here. His wife had to be out of her mind.

He lifted a brow.

“Why, Avi?” he whispered. “That risks them, and Raven will likely suspect something. Are you trying to piss a witch off?” he asked.

She pointed at the mirror, and in it, Nate could see faces staring back at him.

He actually jumped.

“Jesus Christ,” he muttered.

That was always disturbing, no matter how many times it happened.

She kept her voice low.

“They need to help us. I won’t be able to pull this off without as much help as possible. Without the dead, we’re outmatched. I’m strong, Nathaniel, but this is pure evil we’re doing battle against. Lucian is going to die, and then, it’s going to be stronger than me. I can’t protect Genesis without Lucian living. I have to weigh the cost. You know that.”

Oh, he knew, but he didn’t have to like it.

Nate whispered.

“But they could be taken. If you lose the Littlemoons’ dead, they are all going to be pissed. They use Trey and Bethany to do their jobs.”

Yeah, she was aware.

“And that’s why I have to do this quietly. They know the risk. Without the dead, the living, and the witches, Genesis, Lucian, and I are dead. He wants us trapped in the static, and he’s going to win. I’ve looked at this in every possible scenario, and there’s only one way. We have to trust in the dead here and hope for the best outcome.”

Well, shit.

Here, they were going to endanger these people’s spirits and really cause chaos. In the process, risking their lives too.

Goddamn it.

This was going to go bad.

Especially if Salem’s army of dead disappeared.