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That struck a chord as her knowledgeable eyes only accentuated the truth of our privilege. The sacrifice of my parents was the cost to be given these positions of power. I couldn’t back away, and this was why she went through all this painful bullshit.
She wanted to honor them. To prove to them that by offering her another chance at life, we were able to fulfill and uphold our end of the bargain. To continue where they left off.
I couldn’t be a coward anymore, no matter how frightened I was for her to see whom I potentially once was. I’d have to secretly hope Milo was right -and if he is, maybe it’ll get rid of this lump of fear trying to settle in the depths of my heart.
“You’re right,” I said. I couldn’t agree more. “Can you hold on a bit longer?”
“As long as you need me to.” She gave me her best smile, and I gave her another hug.
“That’s my girl,” I hummed into her ear. “My Sweet Fighter.”
“Is that going to be a nickname?” she decided to ask to lighten the mood. “It hasn’t been taken yet.”
I chuckled and rolled my eyes. “Everyone giving you nicknames when I should have been the first to do so.”
“Are you jealous?”
“Very,” I huffed but kept a grin on my face as I leaned away and reached for her hand. Wrapping my fingers around hers, I lightly squeezed while I looked down at her. “Everything is ready. All you have to do is relax and let your magic roam free. I’ll do the rest.”
“That sounds easy enough.” She looked relieved. “Why are you scared?”
I blinked a few times because I wasn’t expecting her to ask such a direct question.
When I didn’t answer, she lightly squeezed my hand back and smiled.
“Your secrets are always safe with me, Viktor.” Her voice was barely audible, like the squeak of a mouse. “Remember that.”
She began to step forward, tugging me along with her while I got over my moment of stunned scrutiny.
“Sometimes I believe we underestimate her.”
My wolf was right, and I couldn’t agree more.
When we reached the edge of the lagoon, Willow paused with a cute pout on her lips.
“Are we going swimming?” she inquired, her displeasure at the idea making her cringe.
“No.” I could feel the pulsing energy beginning to react with our presence. “Just follow my lead, Willow.”
She squeezed my hand, and I squeezed hers in return. With a deep inhale, I took the first step forward.
My feet didn’t plunge into the chilled waters. Instead,silver circles of magic emerged to life at the touch of my feet - each step creating a new circle for me to step upon. I couldn’t help but glance back to ensure Willow was following my lead and saw that pink magic circles were forming under her steps which only confirmed that our magic was beginning to entwine with each other.
Good.
The moment we reached the middle of the lagoon, I moved to face Willow. I lightly laid my hand on her hip, as if we were about to conduct a waltz upon the water.
Willow looked at me, intrigued, before her eyes seemed to look further upward into the sky.
“Willow?” I whispered, attempting to get attention, but her eyes seemed so far away, as if she were viewing an entirely different world.
“It’s time.”
My wolf’s declaration triggered the release of my magic. The silver magic circles beneath my feet began to expand and spin - triggering ripples around the once peaceful lagoon.
In an evening without wind, a gust began to pick up around us, spinning quicker and quicker, until it carried the beads of water and lifted them upwards with whatever leaves were sucked into the spinning vortex.
Glancing below, I saw Willow’s circles of magic were just as massive as mine. The two energies interloped upon the surface that was beginning to thin entirely until we were standing upon our created platform, and the lagoon’s waters were further sinking as more of its properties were being sucked upward.
