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Silas groans, annoyed I stopped kissing him. He reaches for me, pulling me closer to the edge of the desk. But I don’t answer when he kisses me and he growls.

“What? Why are you being like this now?” he whines, making me look at him.

“Why am I going to hate you?” I ask. Silas glances at Dragus and I can sense their confusion.

“What are you talking about?” Silas asks.

“Dragus said I would hate you, that I will never agree, and you said I have no choice. Now what the fuck are you talking about?” I demand. Silas’s anger comes through the bond and the realization of what I said coming from Dragus and Matitus.

“You could hear us?” Dragus asks, stepping closer. I nod, confused myself.

“That’s a Dragon trait, not a Fae one,” he says, glancing at Silas.

“Must be her mark,” he answers, and it kind of makes sense. Silas pulls on my hand, wanting me to get up when I shake my head.

“Are you going to answer me?” I ask, looking to Dragus, his eyes instantly snapping to Silas for permission. Silas growls and the bond goes quiet. They have put their walls up blocking me out. They will not answer.

“It’s nothing you need to worry about right now,” Matitus answers, but I know they are lying. Silas tugs on my hand and I pull it back.

“I’m not going anywhere until you tell me what’s going on,” I tell them.

Silas’s breathing becomes heavy, and I can feel his anger radiating out of him, threatening to suffocate us. Standing, I reach in his pocket and grab the key to the safe. He grips my wrist tightly.

“It’s the book, isn’t it?” I ask, staring at Matitus and Dragus who don’t answer.

“Give me the key,” I tell Silas, but his grip only tightens and for a second I think he is going to break it. Matitus gives in, and I am pretty sure it’s because he is worried Silas is about to hurt me.

“We need a magical sacrifice.”

My gaze snaps to Matitus and Silas growls behind me.

“A magical sacrifice?”

“Yes, only the Oracle can break the curse or spirit user,” Matitus says.

My mind instantly goes to Abigail. She is a Witch. Was she a spirit user though? And when they say sacrifice, do they mean to kill them?

“So, you need a Witch or an Oracle?”

“No, a Witch is bound to their element and there are no Witches left anyway so a new Oracle can’t exist.”

“So that means?” I ask, confused.

“The book says only the blood sacrifice of the Oracle can break the curse or a powerful magical sacrifice.”

“I still don’t understand, why would I be mad about that?” I ask.

“Because if we can’t find the Oracle or she doesn’t exist to break the curse; it means we will need a Fae to give up their magic because besides the Oracle, Fae are the only spirit users. Dragon magic can’t be sacrificed because we charge from the fire element, mermaids, the water, Witches the earth. The angel is air. Except the Oracle, The Oracle is also a spirit user, and without an Oracle that leaves only a Fae to break the curse.”

“So, you need my blood? And what else?” I ask, trying to remember how the pentagram balance worked.

“For the Oracle to break the curse, we need her blood sacrifice and the blood of the night and light, so Vampire or Werewolf because they are cursed to the moon in a way and humans are light. It’s the same way they created the balance that created the treaty. Blood from each element and blood of the moon and sun binding us all to stick to the treaty.”

“Then how did the treaty break?”

“A spirit user broke the balance.”

“How?” I ask, staring at Silas who looks extremely uncomfortable. His aura was deadly.