"Found him."
Shannon's eyes lit up. But when she looked at the exact location the supernatural light pointed to on the map, her gaze darkened.
There were two sources of supernatural lightning, one belonging to Marilyn, and the other belonging to Hector, who carried the energy of Marilyn's fox fur.
Shannon had used a strand of Marilyn's fox fur to conceal Hector's energy when entering Zaprath School. Since then, he'd always worn that red string.
Shannon had no choice but to attempt to track him through Marilyn's supernatural energy. Sure enough, she found him through the powerful supernatural energy of seven-tailed foxes.
To her surprise, the two supernatural energies overlapped almost perfectly on Jamborough's map. Who in Jamborough would have a reason to target Hector?
Shannon could only think of the Wynthorpe family.
She'd guessed she was their target ever since Thalia had told her about their search for the most suitable vessel. That was why she'd been rapidly honing her supernatural powers while staying on guard against the Wynthorpe family since entering Zaprath School.
Yet, she never imagined they wouldn't make a move on her and go after Hector instead.
A rare flicker of fury rose in Shannon's gaze, mixed with an ice-cold sharpness.
Now that she'd pinpointed where Hector might be held, she suppressed her anger and turned to Benjamin. "I can't go to Seastone with you. Hector is in Jamborough, and I have to find him."
Benjamin had also seen where the supernatural energy pointed and understood her choice. His dark eyes were calm and resolute as he replied, "Alright. I'll go with you."
Frowning slightly, she didn't bother blocking her supernatural energy to stop the tracking attempt. Instead, she let her supernatural energy flare.
Red supernatural energy coiled around her as seven fiery fox tails emerged behind her, moving in sync with her will.
Marilyn lifted a hand and gathered a thin strand of supernatural energy at her fingertip. The thread of supernatural energy drifted forward, and at the same time, her seven tails subtly swayed in the same direction.
While Shannon was tracing her and Hector's location through supernatural energy, Marilyn, too, used her supernatural energy's psychic sensing on the fox fur to track its source. Soon, she found him in a sealed barrier in a room tucked away in Wynthorpe Manor.
It was the Wynthorpe clan's unique barrier designed to conceal all traces of a living soul, but it couldn't hide the supernatural energy of a powerful demon.
Marilyn took a look and knew this was her family's doing. She stared at the unconscious Hector through the barrier and couldn't help but frown.
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