“Was he weakened?” When we all turned to look at her, Savannah shrugged. “Sounds black magic-ish to me. To siphon magic and then power others with it must weaken him a little, no?”

Everest smirked. “Correct, Darkling. Though his own people do not realize this or they would have killed him by now. His grandson, the Prince, has most of the King’s magic at this point.”

There was lots of cursing at that point.

“If you see him, run. As fast as you can.” Everest pointed to our High Priestess. “Especially Tegan.”

Tegan’s face fell. “That was him.”

He nodded. “The Prince wanted to siphon the Aether Witch’s power so he attacked her when you fled Avolire. Tegan’s magic attacked back, which is what caused Sam to almost shift, which then caused Tegan to stop it⁠—-”

“Thus, Witch’s Shock and why it was different this time.” Tegan snarled.

Everest leaned forward to meet her gaze. “Do not face him, Tegan. The others are looking into how we can protect you from that, but we do not yet know the answer.”

Tegan nodded.

“Did you hear him, babe?” Tenn growled, his face pale. But it was the brokenness in his mismatched eyes that unnerved me. “Did you hear what he just said?”

She met her soulmate’s stare and pressed her right hand over her chest, lining the two crystals of their glyph together. “I will not face the Unseelie Prince or any Unseelie strong enough to siphon my magic.”

Tim pinched the bridge of his nose without releasing his grip on Jackson. “Yeah, let’s all avoid him.”

Everest nodded. “You must capitalize on the daylight.”

Warner threw his hand up. “Hey, Mountain Frost Man? Why can the demons come out in the daylight now? It’s not all the time but before we took down King fuckface, we were fighting demons in the sunlight. What’s up with that?”

“Short answer? Mother has the ability to allow them into the sunlight, but it takes a lot of her energy to do, at least in her current form.” Everest rubbed his hands together. “And know that when she manages to return here in her physical form, the demons will be out in the light.”

Tenn tied his hair up in a man-bun. “What can you tell us about the fallen angels who’ve been summoned?”