The tree house began to glow with soft golden light. She felt her grandfather's presence, not literally, but the memory of him, his strength, his love, his protection. It filled the small space and spilled out, creating a barrier. The demon hit the barrier and screamed. Ivy kept chanting. Outside, Dominic arrived with the survivors from the cathedral. He looked up and saw the golden light surrounding the tree house, saw Ivy silhouetted in the window, and felt something in his chest crack open. She was magnificent. Powerful. Everything an Alpha should be. Everything he'd been too blind to see six years ago. "Protect that tree," he ordered his warriors. "Nothing gets through." The demon attacked again, trying to break the barrier. The witches had followed it and were adding their power to Ivy's, strengthening the sacred circle. But Lucian was there too, and he was furious. "You cannot banish what is bound to me!" he roared. "The demon is mine!" "Then we break the binding," Mor
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