Only then did he quietly state, “You are witch.”
She shook her head.
He felt his eyes narrow at her lie. “You knew the danger, where she’d be. And you went there armed.”
“I did,” she agreed, steadily holding his gaze. She went on to explain, “My grandmother held magic. This was passed down to me through my mother, who did not. I am not witch but I have the sight.”
She had the sight.
And she was loyal to Madeleine. Loyal enough to put her own life on the line to protect her.
Bloody brilliant news.
“I warn you, wolf, it is not under my control,” she continued. “I cannot call it up as my grandmother could. If I sense something, however, I can pinpoint it, keep it in focus, and it is never wrong.”
Although brilliant, this was annoying.
“If you sense something in future, woman, I bid you to tell me,” he commanded. “For tonight could have had a different ending.”
She shook her head again.
“I saw the dragons,” she whispered and Apollo tipped his head to the side. “I knew Miss Maddie did not die tonight.”
“If you saw all you saw, explain why you didn’t share it with me.”
“Dragons?” she asked, shaking her head yet again. “Impossible.”
“Not in Lunwyn,” he returned.
“I have heard much of this. However, I thought it lore. It was too fantastical.” She drew in breath and finished, “It must be seen to be believed.”
“Now you’ve seen it, believe it and share any future visions with me no matter how impossible you feel them to be,” he ordered.
She held his gaze for a moment before nodding. However she did not step away from the door.
He grew impatient with her delay as well as what he read behind it.
He disliked both, but more the latter.
“You will be recompensed for your actions and your loyalty displayed tonight,” he said low.
“I wish nothing but to remain in service to Miss Maddie,” she replied and he felt his head twitch in surprise.
“That is not a difficult wish to grant. You excel at your job and she cares for you,” Apollo told her. “That said, with what you did this night I will still reward you in coins or baubles, your choice. Simply tell Cristiana when we’ve returned and they will be provided for you.”
“I will accept either to save for when I am no longer able to work. You choose which you will bestow. In the meantime, I simply wish to remain at Miss Madeleine’s side.”
Apollo felt his skin prickle at her reiteration of something he’d already assured her she’d have. Before he could ask after it, she told him.
“She is not of this world,” she said softly.
He said nothing.
“She is special,” she carried on.
He said something to that.
“She is,” he agreed.