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cocky smile accompanied it. The girls at our table went dewy-eyed. Even Hayden. I wanted to punch her.
    “She said no, bro,” Zack said, standing. “Get lost.”
    Echo extended his hand to me. “This is between Celestia and me, Zack. Sit.”
    My jaw dropped. No, he didn’t just talk to my cousin in that condescending tone.
    “Do I know you?” Zack asked like he was about to kick some serious ass. If only he knew. He wouldn’t stand a chance against a Grimnir.
    Oh, crap . Wes and the rest of the guys jumped up and moved from their seats. This testosterone showdown was about to turn disastrous. The smirk on Echo’s lips said he’d enjoy humiliating my cousin and his friends for the fun of it. Dreadlocks crossed his arms as though he planned to do nothing.
    Sighing, I stood. The girls got up, too. Hayden watched me with narrowed eyes as though mentally saying, “You’ve got some explaining to do.”
    “He comes to the store,” I fibbed.
    Echo had never come to Tammy’s Cauldron, but Hayden wouldn’t know that. The store might be theirs, but she didn’t serve customers all the time like I did. Half the time she was in the séance room, balancing the books or taking care of online orders from their website. Tammy always said she was lucky to have a math genius and a computer guru for a daughter. Hayden was TC’s accountant. She even did taxes for her family.
    “Get lost, punk,” Liam said. “Celestia doesn’t want to dance with you. She’s with him.” He indicated Wes with a wave.
    “No, she’s not,” Dreadlocks said. Then he smiled at Zack. “It’s Zack, right? Celestia’s cousin?”
    “That’s right.”
    Dreadlocks offered his hand. “We are from the Guild. The name is Syn.” He jerked his head to indicate Echo. “He’s Echo. We need Celestia’s help with something. We’ve already spoken with Officer Sullivan, and he’s okayed it.” He glanced at Hayden and flashed those pearly whites. “Hayden, nice to finally meet you.”
    Hayden looked confused. I wondered how they knew Zack, Hayden, and Officer Sullivan. Had Eirik and Rhys given them a list of my friends and family? Using the Witches Guild to smooth things over was pure genius. Or lying must have come easily to them since they reaped around the world without people knowing who and what they were.
    Once again, Syn went into hyper-speed. When he stopped, everyone was smiling as though they hadn’t wanted to rip each other apart seconds earlier. He even took my chair and bumped fists with Zack and the guys. I didn’t know what runes he had used, but they were scary-potent.
    “Come with me. We need to talk,” Echo said.
    “I’m not going anywhere with you.”
    His eyes acquired a wolfish gleam. “The girl who took on the Ironwood Maiden and the goddess would not be scared to talk to me.”
    “I’m not.” And I had the glowing eyes thing down, too. It happened every time I did magic now, so I wasn’t impressed. “What do you want?”
    “I’ll explain outside.”
    My friends didn’t pay us any attention despite the fact that Echo and I stood right there by the table. Syn was discussing football with the guys, and the women were busy staring at him and drooling. Even Hayden appeared mesmerized.
    This was ridiculous. I grabbed my jacket. “This had better be important.”
    “It is.”
    He led me away from the table. I glanced back, but no one even noticed we’d left. Sullivan was busy talking to the two female Grimnirs. One looked like a Samoan I knew at my school down to the gorgeous mass of curly hair, and the other was a ginger with freckles. Sullivan didn’t even look up.
    Some bodyguard.
    “He’ll be okay,” Echo said, as though aware of my thoughts, and steered me toward the exit. “We won’t be gone for long. An hour, tops.”
    I opened my mouth to ask him what was going on when I saw Giselle Mouton and her coven girls staring at us with open curiosity. On a given day, I would have savored their reaction. Not