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“I’ll miss you every day, and I can’t wait to see you again,” I said, as fresh tears fell down my face.
I didn’t expect Ryder to do anything, he pulled out his wallet and I knew what he was going to leave with her. It was an old carnival photo they took years ago. She always had it on her dresser, and I knew he had one too. The pain on his face was too much to handle, I had looked away.
“Rest, Serena, and… I’m sorry.” Ryder's voice was gruff with emotion, and I couldn’t hold back anymore. A sob escaped and instantly a set of arms held me.
“Would you like one of us to continue?” Zev’s voice was slightly demanding, like he knew I would need him to take control.
“Ryder,” I whispered, knowing that it was time to set her free with fire. “Only if he wants to.”
“I will.” I heard him respond, relief rushing through me.
The moment the fire caught a rush of warmth enveloped me. I looked over my shoulder to see her engulfed in flames. I expected to feel anger or extreme sadness, but I felt relief that she could be free and not worry about the lies and my well-being for once. She deserved freedom.
Another set of arms held me as we watched the flames get bigger and once it died the guys stripped. Mr. Potter said thefamily ran, so I wasn’t expecting for them to run with me. Even Ryder had taken his clothes off.
“She’s family, Kit Kat. We always take care of our own,” Lucien said, grabbing my hand, bringing it to his lips.
I nodded, as they all shifted, and we ran. While we weaved in and out of the trees, I felt her. It wasn’t a big presence, but I could feel her comfort and to my surprise my grandmother and Ava. I gasped at their presence, grateful they were showing her the way home.
The fight isn’t over, but you are on the right track. Don’t lose faith.
The faint whisper came from my grandmother, giving me the encouragement I needed. I would break this damn spell; it was time to end all this suffering.
17
ZEV
Katarina had put everything into the spell. She was adding stuff, compounding ingredients and reading more and more literature, constantly working on the spell. I could see her getting infinitely more tired. We had a little less than three weeks until Beltane and the deadline was looming over us.
Over the past week we had grown more comfortable with each other. She looked at me more often, touched me just because. Every day all I wanted was to lay her down, feast on her till she fell asleep, and get a good night's rest. Mr. Potter had told us she wasn’t sleeping much, which made me want to spank her until she learned her lesson. She couldn’t wear herself out before she completed the spell.
I sat on a chair in the library seeing her work on the incantation. The days were getting warmer. Today she wore a big sweater with these tiny shorts. The sweater fell off her shoulder giving me a perfect view of her slender, unmarked neck. My gums ached to sink my teeth in her, to make her mine.
“Zev, can you hand me that bowl.”
Katarina interrupted my impure thoughts of her to make me look around for this damned bowl. I grabbed it, handed it to her, but she grabbed my wrist, preventing me from leaving.
“Can you put some of your earth magic in this stone?” She looked up at me with those big amethyst eyes.
“Of course,” I said, looking down at her.
I grabbed the crystal, filling the stone with some of my earth magic inside. Calling to my magic had become easier lately. Mr. Potter took me to the greenhouse last week to revive some plants he had been growing. I wasn’t as strong as I had been before the curse, but it felt great to be able to put my magic to good use.
I handed the crystal back to her, but her eyes stayed fixated on me. Her skin looked flushed as she licked her lips; I could smell her arousal.
“Hellcat,” I said, leaning over to grab her chin.
“Yes?” she asked, like she wasn’t giving me her ‘come fuck me’ eyes, as she liked to call them.
I didn’t think that was the right phrase though. Her eyes looked like they wanted me to devour her. Since her sister had passed, I hadn’t touched her in a sexual way. The guys and I wanted to give her space, but the last few days she had been giving us the look.
“Finish what you have to do.” I rubbed my nose along hers, taking a deep breath of her.
“I’m… I’m almost done.” She shuddered as her heart rate picked up.
I took a deep breath again, finding her smell to be sweeter today. It made my mouth water, it stirred this need in me, and I wanted to sink into her, filling her up with my seed.
“Katarina you better hurry,” I growled.
