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the D’Danann, had vanquished a good number of the Fomorii and sent the beasts back to Underworld.
    When they found no other clues, Hawk and Tiernan gave orders to return to their home base.
    Damn the Underworld, the Fomorii were still one step ahead of them.
    Tiernan folded his arms across his chest and focused his gaze intently on the witch Silver Ashcroft. She was standing, slightly bent over her scrying cauldron. The piece of parchment was still in his pocket. He intended to show it to the witches when Silver finished her second scrying attempt. The room carried the scent of Silver’s lily perfume and some kind of citrus smell that she said she used to cover up the musty odor of the old apartment.
    The witch, Hawk, and Tiernan were again in Silver’s apartment within a building in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. The building was owned by Jake Macgregor, a Special Forces agent who dealt with paranormal crimes. After Silver was banished from the powerful D’Anu Coven she had belonged to, for using gray magic, several of her sister witches left with her to form their own D’Anu Coven. But this Coven was now entirely made up of witches willing to use gray magic.
    Jake had offered a portion of the building he owned to the D’Danann and the D’Anu witches to use as a headquarters while they searched for the rest of the Fomorii demons and Balorite warlocks. Jake had inherited the building from a wealthy uncle and drew a steady rent income from residents, but fortunately he had several available apartments.
    Silver drew Tiernan’s attention as he looked back to hercauldron where wisps of fog still rose in lazy spirals. “I saw Darkwolf, and that demon Junga when I scried,” Silver said with a touch of anger. “I couldn’t tell what they were talking about, but Darkwolf was looking over some kind of map.”
    Hawk rested his hand on Silver’s shoulder and said, “Do you know where the bastards are?”
    Silver sighed and shook her head, her long silvery-blond hair spilling over her shoulders with the movement. “Not yet.” She glanced from Hawk to Tiernan, a determined look in her stormy gray eyes. “But I
will
find them.”
    â€œWere there any clues?” Tiernan rubbed his temples. “Did you notice anything about the place they occupied when you had this—this vision?”
    Silver nodded. “I was just about to get to that.” She pulled away from Hawk and paced the length of the apartment’s common room, her heels clicking on the tile floor. Her silk blouse pulled against her breasts and her skirt reached to mid-thigh. Her apparel was much different from that of the D’Danann ladies of the court, who tended to wear long dresses with full skirts.
    Tiernan actually preferred the clothing of Silver and of the D’Danann warrior women over that of the ladies of the court with their silks and satins. The D’Danann warrior women girded themselves in leather tunics and breeches, as did the male warriors. But it was not for him to say what the women of the court wore.
    â€œI saw walls filled with books—rows and rows of them,” Silver said. “It was like they were in some kind of library.”
    Tiernan raised an eyebrow and Hawk grunted. “There were also works of art and a large window.”
    Silver continued her pacing. “I believe it’s a private library.”
    Silver sighed and paused in her pacing to glance at her desk in one corner of the room. She went to the desk and picked up a photograph. “I can’t help but hope that oncewe locate that damned warlock Darkwolf, we’ll be able to find Copper.” Her voice caught and he could hear the tears in her voice. “Before something happens to her. That vision can’t come true. It just
can’t
.”
    Tiernan moved closer to Silver to view the picture of her sister and his heart set to