Chapter 318: No Deal, Part 2

"I didn't make a deal. Not yet anyway. But we don't have long to decide." I picked at my fingernails, my body slouched.

"What're the terms of this deal?" He spit the word deal as if it were poison on his tongue.

"She'd do the spell to help us conceive, and in turn, Isach will do what he can to ensure his coven doesn't come after her or her coven again, and if the Zoya are planning anything, he'll warn her." My words were thick with emotion, and my bottom lip trembled as tears pooled in my eyes.

"Isach is in on this deal, too?"

I nodded, and the first tear blazed a hot, painful trail down my cheek. "He wants out of his coven. Ivy offered to let him align with hers. She offered me - us - protection from the Zoya. Sean and Jax, too. That's the price for this deal."

"Jesus Christ, Chloe." Trent laced his hands on top of his head and began to pace again. "Do you have any idea what you're dealing with?" He stopped to face me, gaze hard and unflinching.