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“You get some towels wet, okay?” Jesska said. “I’ll go get ice.”
“Is my mom going to die?”
“No, baby. She’s going to be fine. I promise.”
Sophia went about her duties, and Jesska stepped outside to find Jóvin hovering. “M’lady? You’re to stay inside.”
“I need ice, Jóvin.”
“I’ll get it for you, m’lady.”
She shoved the bucket at him. “Fine. Hurry,” she snapped, and stepped back inside, heading to her bedroom. Megan was naked from the waist up, as was Ari. He had his arms wrapped around her from behind, and she appeared to be calmer, although her skin was a blotchy red. Jesska gasped, making her way to the bed and covering them both with a sheet for privacy. “Do you really want Sophia to see this? It will scar her for life.”
“I have to stay connected to her,” Ari explained. “It helps with the conversion.”
“What’s conversion?”
“When a human is bound to a Kalt Einn, her body will change to be like ours.”
“Pardon?”
“I’m sorry, sister, I don’t have time to explain everything to you right now,” Ari said. “Perhaps it would be better if you didn’t watch.”
“Are you saying I will go through this if Kaspar binds me?” Jesska asked, horrified.
“Já.”
“Is she dying?” Sophia’s small voice sounded from the threshold of the bathroom.
“No, baby,” Ari answered, and waved his hand. “Come and lay the towel over your mama. Touch her as well. You can help.”
Sophia rushed to do as he said and then she settled her hand on her mother’s head. Megan sighed and shifted, turning towards Sophia. “That feels good, honey.”
Jesska felt like she was intruding on a family moment, so she went back into the living room just as Jóvin arrived with the ice. He had three buckets full—where he got the other containers she wasn’t sure, but she was glad for the help. “Thanks, Jóvin.”
“M’lady,” he said, and then left her again.
“Jess?” Sophia called from the bedroom. “Do you have the ice?”
“Yeah, honey. Right here.”
Jesska didn’t have time to obsess about what her body would go through when Kaspar bound her, because she was too focused on making sure Megan was as comfortable as possible. Once Megan was calm and sleeping, Ari pulled his shirt back on and left the suite. Sophia curled up next to her mother on Jesska’s bed, and Jesska closed the door for privacy, fell onto her sofa, and curled up in a ball, bursting into quiet tears as the realization of what she would be subjected to sunk in. Megan’s body had been wracked with pain and her skin had changed from milky white to a dark red in front of Jesska’s eyes for several minutes before returning to normal. Jesska knew Megan was fighting the urge to scream for her and Sophia’s sakes, but she couldn’t hold back the occasional whimper which seemed to frighten Sophia. In the end, Ari had forced them out for a time before letting them back in when Megan was calmer.
Jesska didn’t give herself much time to freak out, sitting up and wiping away her tears. She needed to do something, and she knew exactly what. She grabbed her cell phone, made a quick call, and then took her purse and keys and left the room.
Chapter Fourteen
Jóvin stood in the hallway and pushed away from the wall when Jesska walked out of her room. “M’lady.”
“Jóvin,” she said, and headed to the elevator.
“You can’t leave, m’lady.”
“I have something important to do,” she said as she waited for the elevator.
“It doesn’t matter. You are to stay here.”
The elevator dinged and the door opened. She moved to step inside, but Jóvin grabbed her arm. “I can’t let you leave.”
