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“My mother was a seer too, but her visions were always important because they always came true.” Aeon kissed my shoulder. “She saw my father die and no matter what she did, he ended up dying.”
I closed my eyes thinking that was definitely worse than what I had to go through.
“When my powers started to show, I was getting snippets of what I thought was the future, but I wasn’t getting full visions like my mother. It was frustrating and it felt useless. But one day I saw my sister getting hurt. The following week, she walked out of the house in the clothes I had seen her in.” I turned around to look at him, seeing him staring at the flames. “I asked her where she was going, why she was going, trying to be the annoying little brother I could be, and it saved her life.”
He looked down at me with a solemn expression. I cupped his face, giving him all the comfort I could.
“We were making repairs on a building, and it was on the way she was going to walk. In my vision she was underneath something, but I couldn’t see what it was. Just that small interference made all the difference. When I told my mother about it, she said the goddess gave me a power that might not seem like it was useful, but if out of a hundred visions one saved my sister, then it might be worth it.”
“That makes sense, but what about the anxiety it gives you, isn’t it exhausting?”
“You will never be able to save everyone, and if it’s their time, then it’s their time. The goddess gave me visions to change things but also to prepare me. I saw my family die, I knew when they were going to die. Actually, my mother had seen different things and I hated it, but my mother pointed out that not everyone gets a chance to say goodbye or say what they need to say.” He looked lost in the memory of his mother.
“She sounds like she was an amazing woman,” I said, running my fingers through his hair.
“She was one of the best people of the pack. She was selfless, a fierce warrior and she loved like it was her last day on earth.” The longing in his voice made me want to cry. “The night my family died, she told me she had seen my future and one day the spell would be broken but I had to have patience...”
He took a deep breath, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
“And I had to prepare to sacrifice anything for the spell.” He looked worriedly at me.
“Do you think it’s me you have to sacrifice?” I knew that look in his eyes. “Is that why you held off mating for so long?”
“That and losing you would be a fate I didn’t want to have to live though. I had seen a future where we were all holding on to you and you laid in our arms motionless. Almost all of my visions had you or one of us die with you.” The fear in his voice made me launch myself at him, making him roll onto his back.
“Death won’t keep us apart, Aeon. I will haunt your ass until you come home to me.” I kissed him trying to ease his fear.
“What will you do, molest me while I’m awake during my hour?” He pulled away from me smirking.
“You better believe it, because this is mine.” I grabbed his semi-hard cock. “You belong to me Aeon, you’re a piece of me that I have been missing for a long time and without you I’m incomplete.”
“I couldn’t live without you Katarina. Lucien has said it before and I thought it was a dumb idea, but as soon as you leave this world, I will follow you. We will follow you. I don’t care if you think we could be free. I won’t live in a world where I get to live my life and you don’t. Our bond will not end in death, and if I have to sell my soul to the goddess then I will. You are my eternity and I expect no less time with you.”
Aeon rolled me onto my back as he kissed me deeply while I swooned. It wasn’t long before I felt Lucien join. Even though I hated the thought of them dying for me, these men always had a way with words that I couldn’t live without. I just hoped none of us had to experience a future without each other. If I couldn’t break the spell, I didn’t know if I could die knowing they would follow or go crazy without me.
* * *
It wasNew Year’s Day. I had exactly four months to find a way to break the curse. It was two in the morning and I couldn’t stay in the castle anymore. A fresh foot of snow lay on the ground as I walked through it.
My mind was racing with what-if’s, what more could I do, and what if I’m not meant to break the spell. It was not safe to be out here this early, but since I couldn’t find anything more in my grandmother’s grimoire, I needed to get out of my prison for some fresh air. Unfortunately, that’s what it was starting to feel like, and I didn’t know how the guys had done it for so long.
The crisp air was helping me keep a tight grip on my emotions. All I wanted to do was cry, destroy my room and hit something. It felt like I was fighting a losing battle that I initially thought I could win, but now felt like I had always been destined to lose.
“Katarina, what are you doing out here so early?”
I turned around to see Zev behind me, naked. Yeah, that fucker was still big in the cold, go figure. I shivered involuntarily because he looked cold.
“What are you still doing out here? Go inside before you catch hypothermia.” I took off my cape to give it to him. It was bright red, reminiscent of Red Riding Hood’s cape, but I had three wolves who were luring me into their debauchery instead of something innocent.
“I don’t need it, but what if I had been a wolf, or one of the guys was still called to the curse.” He looked angry, giving me back my cape.
“Would it have mattered? If you had killed me, I would come back,” I snapped, pushing it back to him.
“Coming back to life isn’t always quick,” he said frustrated, putting the cape over my shoulders. “You could be hurt for a week and waste all that time because you’re stubborn.”
I shrugged off the cape as I threw a punch at him. He barely dodged it, grabbing my fist, wrapping my own arm around my chest, pinning me against his chest. I could feel his heat against my back. He was deliciously warm and as much as I wanted to sit here and soak up his warmth, I needed some violence.
I stomped on his foot, swinging my hand down to his crotch, which he did not expect. He let go of me with a snarl. Turning around quickly, I punched him square in the face. He blocked the next hit before he was able to grab my left hand, pinning it to my back, pushing the front of my body against a tree.
