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PROLOGUE
ZEV
200 years ago
“Zev, our spy says something is brewing at the Belladonna’s.” Aeon looked more than just worried, he looked scared.
“What do you mean?” I asked, looking back at the room my father was in.
“There’s an enormous power surge—”
“Where is Vivienne?!” I panicked. “We have to find her.”
“I don’t know, he didn’t say anything about her. I think we—”
“They are going to kill her, we have to go now,” I said, rushing down the hallway. “We have to save her and the baby.”
“Her and the baby?” he asked, following me. “Zev, what aren’t you telling me?”
“I’ll explain everything on the way,” I said, taking off my shirt, as Lucien rushed up to us.
“I came as soon as I heard. Is it an attack?” Lucien glanced at Aeon.
“No, it’s Vivienne,” I said, taking my pants off. “They are going to kill her and the baby.”
“Baby?”
“Look I can’t explain now, but we need to go—”
A blast of magic hit me, infiltrating my body and the most excruciating pain exploded inside me. The magic felt and smelled like Vivienne’s magic.
Cursed until a Belladonna breaks the spell.
Bound together until the curse is broken.
Cursed while a daughter resides with them for a year.
Bound together until the words are spoken.
The haunting voice is the last thing I hear before I sleep, realizing now how she took advantage of me. I had been her pawn this entire time.
1
KATARINA
Ihad less than eight months to live if I couldn’t break this curse. My emotions threatened to spill over, making me clench my jaw to keep myself from crying. It had been a week since Zev had let drop his little bomb, and I had been avoiding everyone.
I let myself cry those first two days.
You don’t get to go home after a year. You die.
That asshole fucked me till I saw the goddess, and then told me I was going to die. My stomach clenched at the memory of our night together, fueling my anger. Did he plan this? Sleep with me to fuck with my head?
Zev had been angry with me since my father dropped me off three months ago. I was continuously paying for the sins of my ancestors because they were the ones who imprisoned him here with Lucien and Aeon. Their betrothed, a Belladonna no less, was the one who allegedly cast the curse. For some unknown reason, I was the one stuck here trying to break this damn curse, with not a lick of magic to my name.
My head was pounding as I scaled the roof by my room. I had been using it to leave so I didn’t leave my scent in the hall.
I had been hiding from Lucien again, even though my body was craving him. But fuck him, I was angry with him too. He’d had weeks to tell me the truth, for fuck’s sake, we are mated. He had countless opportunities to break the news to me.
