Chapter 33

Really? You have an industrial kitchen and enough food stores to feed a marching army, plus me?”

Rubby gaze warmed. “He does have a very healthy appetite. ”

Ella snorted. “He needs a southern-cooking granny who equates love with food and stuffs him to the gills every time he visits. ”

“I’m not a grandmother, but I’ll see what I can do while he’s here. ” Rubby allowed herself a small smile, but made a tentative gesture to hold Ella an additional second. “One last thing. I was talking to Nathan, and he agrees we should reinforce the fault line, thicken the energy at the place where it was weakened. A Great Rite would be appropriate. ”

“Makes sense. ” Ella’s fingers curled into balls inside her hooded sweatshirt pockets. I don’t want to see that. I can’t watch Nathan lie upon another woman, raise energy with her….

“So you concur?”

“Yeah, why not?”

Rubby arched a dubious brow, telling Ella she should have started the day by chugging a pint of Deception. “Wolfi, another of our coven member