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It felt like one little word in my soul and I knew it was only a matter of time before I was his and he was mine. Our union was inevitable, but I didn’t like that it felt we were being rushed. Ihated this entire situation, and I couldn’t wait until we were free from this stupid curse so that we could all be together in peace.
13
LUCIEN
Two weeks. It had been two weeks since we decided to go down the path of doing two spells in hopes that Serena and Ryder would come through. We had less than a month until Beltane, our last day to break the spell with the possibility of losing my mate and the best thing that had ever happened to me.
Every day that passed, Katarina looked less and less hopeful. The burden of the spell was getting to her the most. We had a small celebration for Ostara, but nothing like we had for our other holidays. It was small and quiet as we gave our offering. Aeon and Katarina went right back to work.
Katarina said she didn't feel like celebrating, the spell was more important. She and Aeon had to modify the spell so many times, I could see their confidence waning. Mr. Potter hadn’t been cooking as much, trying to push himself as far as he could go in hope of finding some items we were still missing.
Zev and I weren’t much help. We would run the perimeter a lot and check in on Clodius as much as possible. We all knew he was up to something, but Katarina didn’t want to kill him… yet.
Ripping him limb from limb sounded good to me or a good chase would be even better, but we would need to figure out away to snuff his magic out, or he might just fry us to death. Though I think I would like to see if we could outsmart him, to make ripping him apart much more pleasurable.
The crisp air was fresh against my fur. It was slowly starting to warm up, but we still got the unexpected flurry here and there. I had just finished my run as Mr. Potter floated back onto the property with a few things in his hands.
“Any luck?” I asked, walking next to him.
“Not much, I found a few things we might be able to use, but I think I’ve gone as far as I can go,” he said, sounding tired. He still looked the same, but I knew he was pushing himself too hard.
“Go rest,” I said, grabbing a few things from his hands, so I could ease his burden. “I honestly don’t know how you rest, but you need to.”
“I don’t rest, never have had the need to, I've always had energy, but lately I’ve been so tired.”
We continued to walk together. I worried that if the magic was failing then what did that mean for Mr. Potter. Would he just disappear one day because there wasn’t magic to hold him here? Life without Mr. Potter wasn’t a life I wanted to live, but did I have a choice? He would leave when we broke the curse anyway, but right now it was just sinking in that no matter what happened, my life would be changing.
We dropped things in the library before I went to go to our room to shower. My mood had taken a nosedive when I realized how much everything was going to change.
“Whoa, are you ok?”
I had run into Aeon. His arms immediately caught my upper arms steadying me before I fell or worse, took us both down. When I looked up at him, I couldn’t hold back the tornado of emotions I was feeling. I rested my forehead against his shoulder breathing through the onslaught of emotions.
“Lu, what’s wrong?”
Aeon’s arms wrapped around me bringing me a comfort only he could with his confident presence and his unyielding love. Falling in love with him was one of the best decisions I had ever made. I couldn’t say anything, worried that I might start losing it.
Aeon didn’t say anything as he brought me to the room, heading to the bathroom. He helped me get into the tub to sit down. I couldn’t hold back the intense feelings anymore. Leaning my head back, I let the storm of my emotions break. Tears fell down the side of my face as I stared at the ceiling, letting my heart bleed for our situation.
When I couldn’t control the outpouring of devastation, I covered my face with my arm, trying to hide myself, embarrassed I was letting this get to me so much. I heard movement in the bath. I had thought Aeon had left me to have a moment to myself, but when I felt him get in the tub with me, I cried even harder.
“Lu…” His voice cracked with emotion.
“I can’t lose you guys,” I cried. “I’m not strong enough… I can’t…”
He gathered me into his arms, settling me on his chest and no matter how comforting they had been before, it didn’t stop the ache in my heart.
“Please tell me it's going to be ok, Aeon.” I inhaled shakily, looking up at him, but I knew I was asking a lot.
“I… I can’t,” he said with a stray tear falling down his handsome face. “I wish I could tell you everything is going to be ok, but I see so much more bad than good. I don’t…”
He pursed his lips together, like he was barely holding on by a thread. Another tear fell down his cheek, making me feel like an ass. Aeon had experienced all of our possible outcomes. Hehad seen what could happen, but he just didn’t know which one would come true.
“Fuck, A,” I said, leaning up. “I’m sorry, I know you…”
“Don’t apologize,” he said, looking at me. “Your feelings are just as valid as my own, don’t ever apologize for feeling.”
“It’s so much harder for you since you see the many possibilities,” I whispered, my voice clouded with emotion again. “I can’t imagine what it must have felt like to see her die.”
