Tegan stared at the ground. “I need to sleep. I can feel Witch’s Shock creeping in, and I’m not sure how much longer I can stand here.”

Tenn cursed. “I’ll get Katherine.” He raced out of the room and was down the stairs in the blink of an eye.

Tegan stared at the doorway her soulmate had just gone through. “Constance and Timothy, I need you two to act as Leaders until I’m confident I will stay on my feet. Tenn can never think clearly when I go down, so I’m pulling you both in now. I can’t . . . I need⁠—”

Bentley lunged forward a second before her eyes rolled and she collapsed. He was there with open arms ready to catch her before she hit the ground. She was unconscious before he caught her, her arms flopped over his arms. Her skin was sickly pale and already covered with a sheen of sweat.

Tenn flew up the stairs with Katherine behind him, but those mismatched eyes spotted her in Bentley’s arms and a strangled noise left his mouth. He leapt across the room in one step, then scooped her out of Bentley’s arms. Katherine cursed and shouted before hurrying back down. He turned and sped down the stairs after Katherine.

For a moment we all stared at the door, then we turned to Constance and Timothy.

Constance shuddered. “It’s scary how well she knows her own magic.”

Tim sighed and pushed to his feet. He strolled over and shut the door to downstairs and then turned to the rest of us. “All right, well, I guess we’re in charge until those two are back. Hope everyone is cool with that.”

Easton scoffed and tossed a throw pillow at him. “Timmy boy, you two were our Leaders while we were still children. We’ll follow you two anywhere.”

“Thanks, Easy E.” Tim blushed, then blew Easton a kiss, which made the whole group giggle. “Right, let’s get started. We need to place a curfew. No one outside once the sun goes down. If the Unseelies make a move—or their bloodsucking friends—then we need to know civilians aren’t out on the streets.”

Constance pulled out her phone and started typing on it. “I’ll get on that. Daniel and Kenneth can help get Eden locked down and I’ll get word out to all the Headquarters around the world.”

Tim started to pace. “I’ll contact the majors and get defense-only battle strategies prepared. Let them know they could very well be attacked.”

Constance’s face fell. “We need to get as many civilian arcana to either Eden or one of the headquarters.”