They deserved to know. If they were helping me rescue her and risking their own lives, they should know the full truth.
“Ornella is able to open the portal underneath the castle.”
Silence. All three of them shared the identical look of shock and horror across their faces. April’s eyes narrowed as she
looked at me, thinking rather loudly why I’d kept it a secret and how I’d managed to keep it away from her finding out.
“How—How is that possible?” Vanessa asked, stunned.
“I’m not sure, I have a theory though.”
I handed the bottle to Morgana who refused it, simply handing it to April.
“The deal and our blood bond. When we made our deal, I sealed my life with her’s. She was only partly able to open the
portal. Thankfully, I arrived before anything broke through the cracks. However,” I paused, wondering if I should go on. “I
think since our wedding day. No, I will rephrase that. I know since our wedding day, we have been bound together. Our blood
mixed as one during our vows, but I think it was before then. Even since that ritual they forced her to do, I have felt this
emptiness in the pits of my soul as if something is missing. I believe that’s Ornella.”
“That’s impossible,” April muttered as she got up, walking away suddenly, her mind a whirl of thoughts and questions. “If
this were true that would make you,” she turned suddenly.
“Mates,” Morgana interrupted.
“Mates don’t exist. They are just fairy tales we were told as kids,” Vanessa argued.
All three of them looked at me with the same wide eyes as before. More secrets, more truths, more things I’d suspected for
some time now.
“They do exist, Vanessa, there's documented proof. Mother always said, her grandparents were destined to be together and
they died at the same time as one another,” April spoke up, rubbing her forehead from frustration.
“Nicholas, if she is blood bound to you, if she is your mate, that means she will be able to open the portal fully. Whatever
is hidden behind it will be unleashed on all of us.”
“That is why we must get back to the castle before that happens. I suspect that is what Lord Dorian is trying to do.”
“Wait, who is Lord Dorian?”
April read my mind, her face dropping and tears flooding her eyes as she saw the horrors I saw. The things Dorian did to
Ornella. Those memories weren’t just her’s, but also mine now. Locked away in my mind from when I took them from her. I
could no longer keep them hidden away if I were to be honest with my sisters, telling them everything. They only knew he’d
tormented her. I managed to keep them from knowing the full details of it all.
“Dorian will die for his crimes against our queen,” April snarled as her hand rested on the hilt of her sword.
Dark shadows surrounded her with bolts and strikes of electricity running throughout. It made my lips turn up at the edges in
