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Zev was acting exactly how I thought he would. He showed emotion when she was dying, showing me that he did feel something for her. But Zev was a stubborn man and he was trying to go back to hating her or any other emotion than actually caring for her.
If they had just listened to me, we could have gotten past all this uncertainty, enjoy our mate together and work to get ourselves out of here. My head was starting to hurt from the lack of sleep, but I was too afraid to take my eyes off of her. She died on my watch. My wolf was paranoid she was going to die on us again.
She was almost fully healed now, so there should have been no reason for her to pass on, but my wolf was still on alert. He was more afraid than I was that they were going to come back and take her. We just had to wait less than a day for us to have the ward up. It had been three days since she started the spell, and the circle should have been charged enough for us to complete the spell.
If Caston were smart, he would have attacked during the day, but it seems he didn’t know all the details of our curse or why Katarina was here in the first place. He was smart enough to stay away because one of us would have ripped him to shreds just for laying a hand on her.
The promise I made to him was going to come to fruition. One day he would get what was coming to him and he better watch out because at this point, all of us wanted to see him dead.
A whimper came from Katarina’s lips, her face scrunched up with pain before she thrashed a little. She had been having nightmares since the attack. I pulled her close to me, which usually helped her settle her down. She rested her head on my chest, throwing her leg over mine and her arm across my stomach. Her brow relaxed and I felt her slip into a deeper sleep.
As much as I knew it wasn’t my fault, I failed Katarina that night. Different scenarios had played in my mind over and over again, wondering if I could have saved her from all the hurt and fear she had experienced. I ran my hands up and down her back, hating that everything felt like it was trying to pull us apart. Once we had this ward up, we all needed to focus on getting out of here. It was the only way for all of us to be safe and be together.
* * *
I wokeup in a pile of limbs with Zev and Aeon. Every night we had been waking up like this, giving me hope that there was a possibility we could all come together to break this curse. We needed to heal our bond, we had been at each other's throats for so long that we were drifting apart. It was hurting our pack.
Someone moved behind me and I heard mumbling. I couldn’t help but smile at Zev. He was never the best person to be around in the morning and it always made me laugh.
“Goddess, Aeon, roll over. My foot is asleep,” Zev grumbled.
“Calm your tits,” Aeon snapped, making me laugh.
“Calm my tits? What the hell is that supposed to mean?” Zev asked, clearly confused on what that meant.
I had heard Katarina say it a few times, thinking it was an odd expression when she explained what tits were.
“I don’t know, Katarina says it to us when she wants us to be patient.” Aeon sat up.
“What the hell are tits?” Zev looked bewildered.
I couldn’t contain my laugh anymore, enjoying their confusion.
“What is he laughing at?” Zev didn’t sound happy with me, making me laugh even harder.
They both looked at me like I had gone crazy until Aeon smiled just a little.
“Tits are breasts.” I cupped my hands in front of my chest like I was holding some in my hands.
I looked up to see them both staring at me like I had lost my mind before Aeon started to laugh.
“That doesn’t even make sense. How can your tits calm down?” He was fully belly laughing now. Zev's stony expression cracked into a smile before he too started to laugh.
The moment was freeing as well as healing and something we had desperately needed. We laughed for a few more moments, as our bond felt like it was repairing a little.
“I’m worried when we have to acclimate to the new world. If the things she talks about and describes are true, I’m extremely worried that it’s going to be very difficult to adapt.” Aeon looked a little worried but he still had a smile on his face.
“With the way her clothes look, I’m worried about what we will be able to wear.” Zev joined in the conversation.
“Well, for one thing, we won’t be able to walk around naked.” Aeon smirked. “But from how I've seen the Belladonna men dress, it looks constricting and I don’t know if I like that.”
“They wear too much clothing, I would die from the heat,” I said smiling, grateful we were talking about the future. “Maybe we should ask Katarina about—”
“It won’t matter if we are stuck here, so let’s just get this ward up and we can figure out what we need to do,” Aeon said, getting up quickly and walking away from us. His sudden change in mood, made me worry he was going back to his old ways.
“Aeon!” I called out to him, glancing at Zev who had a hard look on his face.
“Not everyone can be as optimistic as you Lucien, we’ve learned that not everything is sunshine and roses.” Zev got up following Aeon.
