"What if Hayden or Liam show up?"

"Better idea, I stay in the car in case something goes wrong, and Felicia pretends to be my oblivious, concerned girlfriend."

"Ask Kor about the companies Rex has been keeping. How he seems to get into weird fights and friends dying. I did find suspicious myself." Fernanda suggests.

"Sounds about right. If you get into trouble, just freeze everything and scream for help."

Nod. "I assume that they wouldn't do anything to overt in broad daylight, right?"

"I keep forgetting how little you know. Warlocks, demons, and witches live among mortals. They never really notice, and when they do, they just write it off. Korbrant won't try anything, but Liam might murder you in the street and get away with it."

"Felicia, your new hubby keeps the worst company."

"Yeah, yeah," Felicia says with an uncharacteristic sour humor, "this masquerade business is sure annoying. Should I just spring on Kor that we already know and are... recruiting?"

"Sure, we can tell him, if we can get Hayden on board. I don't think she'll listen to you, though. You're an idealist."

"So we need to matchmake her with Fernanda?"

"Not the word I'd use. We don't need to make Liam any madder than he's already going to be. Any other major points to cover?"

"You never actually mentioned what the others can do."

"Liam is pretty basic. Standard super-strength, plus a temper. I'm not sure I've seen the limits of what Hayden can do, but assume that on top of super strength, she can summon terrifying bone monsters as minions. Korbrant turns invisible. Dawad isn't even superpowered. His teeth are sharper than the average human's."

"Okay, that sounds... manageable."

"This can wait until tomorrow. I want to spend today with my fiancée."

Fernanda gives him a look that is more unimpressed than usual. "I suppose we can take a while longer to prepare. Maybe stock on potion ingredients."

"And process... things."

Theo hugs Felicia and doesn't offer any more input on tomorrow's events.

Felicia hugs him back, tightly

Fernanda and Beatrix can give them some space and take this time to stock on potion ingredients.

"I'm sorry for murdering several people and not telling you."

Felicia snorts a self-deprecating laughter. "I am sorry that the forces of hell exist and turned you into their evil minion."

"It was my choice. I didn't know what I was getting into, but it was my choice. I'm the only one. The others, they're just science experiments, they didn't get a say. I did."

Squeeze. "How... are you comfortable talking about how it happened?"

"They came to when I was nine. They offered me power, and I took it. They didn't get what they wanted from that experiment, so they kept trying."