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Von
She was shattered in so many places and stained with so much ichor that my trembling hands did not know where to touch and my blurry eyes did not know where to look. And no matter how hard I tried to heal her, her body would not respond to mine.
Her deflated lungs ceased, her veins shattered, her bones broken.
Don’t leave me!I roared through our bond.
But she did not respond.
I clutched her to me, weeping into her broken body, my wings curling protectively around her. I should have done more to protect her from him—fromthis.
I should have done more. . .
And I never should have listened to Ezra. I should have stolen her from this place, from this realm, and taken her to mine to keep her safe, locked away from anything that could harm her, just as my instincts had been screaming at me to do.
Let her live, Ezra had told me when Sage was reincarnated.Don’t tell her what she is. Just let her memories return on their own. She wanted to live like a mortal in her past life, now she can finally do that. Do not rob her of it. If you truly love your mate, you will sacrifice your happiness for hers and you will let her live.
And so, for Sage, that’s what I did.
It had destroyed me to be away from her, but I’d let her live out the life she had once wished for, andthiswas the result. But I refused to let this be the end.
“You will not take her from me!” I roared at the sky—at the Creator, at anyone who would listen.
There wasonething I could do to help her.
I gathered her in my arms and stole her away into my shadows, taking her tothose who had made that fucking blade.
I took her to Mount Kilangor—to the home of the Three Spinners.
I thundered into the throne room with Sage’s lifeless body in my arms. The Goddess of Fate sat at her spinning wheel, forging threads of green. The Goddess of Destiny stood behind her sister, inspecting the freshly spun thread.
“Weave her another fate!” I demanded of them.
Their heads jerked in my direction, assessing Sage.
Fate spoke first. “I do not need to read her spool to see that her story is finished.”
My voice turned pleading. “Please. I will give you anything.”
And then I did something I had never done before . . .
I dropped to my knees.
Looking at Sage, I said, “I will relinquish my throne. My title. My powers. Whatever you want. I will pay whatever cost in exchange for her life.” I tore my unwilling gaze away from Sage, looking to the Spinners in search of an answer.
“None of that interests us,” Fate said, canting her head to the side.
“We have everything we need.” Destiny gestured to the room around us.
“There must be something. Name your price and I will pay it. I refuse to go another span of centuries without her.”
They exchanged looks with one another, and it told me all that I needed to know.
“She will not reincarnate again,” I sputtered, choking on my bitter words.
“The heart, which was necessary in her creation, has been destroyed, so no, she will not reincarnate again,” Destiny replied, her hand waving. A spool of white emerged from the wall of shelves they kept them on. She grasped it and began to unwind it—going to the very end of it, reading. A confirming nod. “She has reached the end of her journey in these realms.”
No.That couldn’t be.
