truly the Goddess of Light, it was a blessing she was here.
“When you return, I will restore your connecting line, creating the bond that was set the moment you shared your first kiss.”
My breath caught as I looked at Nicholas. Our first kiss and the memory he’d kept from me now lived safely within the very
chambers of my heart.
Without even a second to think, the Goddess summoned a swarm of what looked like butterflies towards us. As they
wrapped around our bodies, I felt my heart thud in my chest.
I woke up lying down on the cold stone of the hall.
“Nic? Nic?!” My voice broke as I tried to reach my hand out, to find him, to touch him.
“I’m here. I’m here!”
Forcing my eyes open, I felt his warm hands touch mine and then my face before he pulled me into a hug tight enough to
break ribs. The sobs of his sisters were behind us as I looked over his shoulder to see their faces of bewilderment, of
confusion and amazement.
The portal was closed, dormant and dark. We sat in the middle of the hall while what seemed like sunlight beamed through
the cracks in the ceiling—like magic.
Pulling away from me, Nicholas kissed my lips urgently, as if to check I was really there. Both our hands, bodies and
clothes were drenched in our own blood, but our wounds seemly healed.
“Can someone, please in Goddess’s name, tell me what just happened?!” Genu’s voice shouted through the hall.
We didn’t fully understand it ourselves. Both Nicholas and I shared a look with each other and without using words, we
came to an unwritten understanding. As his voice entered my mind, I cried.
“There you are.”
Taking hold of his hands, I interlocked my fingers with his and made a vow to never let go.
“The last thing I really remember was me stepping into the portal,” Nicholas admitted.
“How are you both here?! We watched you die!” Morgana was emotional as she kneeled down in front of us both, holding
her hand over ours.
“The Goddess only knows,” I said with a small smile on my face, until my attention was drawn upwards to Dorian.
He was on his knees, covered in blood and bruises. Clearly he’d put up more of a fight than I imagined. Karim was crying
over Panya’s body which made me happy. She deserved to die. Vanessa was pulling Nicholas from me to smack him and hug
him tightly, breaking down as she did.
“Is that it?” April asked, as she looked around the room.
“We must seal this room so no one may ever enter it again,” Nicholas commanded as we all got to our feet and headed
