Chapter 58: Tallah Hensley

She doesn't give me the option to say no. Her mind is gone again before I can hide from her. I hover with Sage's arms around me, trying to decide what to do, my mind so tired I can barely think.

"Help is coming," I say, "but I'm not sure if it's the help we need."

Sage just shrugs, holding me tight. "We'll figure it out," he says.

Can I trust Tallah? She's the sister of Syd's second, Shenka. Tallah leads the Hensley coven here in California. I forgot she was here, actually, shame on me. And though Tallah held a heavy grudge against Syd for a long time after her sister chose to join the Hayles, Tallah has been quiet and keeping her own council for a long time, now. Ever since her attempt to have witches exposed to normals was shown to be folly, a trick of the Brotherhood.

I know little of her now. But she said nothing about calling the Enforcers. Only that she was coming for me. And that I made it? What does that mean? If she's been expecting me, who told her I was coming?