Chapter 90

MADDOX

It was absolute hell as I waited for Beauty to come back to me. I knew what Jaxon and Selene had said, but I was afraid to hope because I was terrified that I had lost her entirely.

Alyson Noel had said that you never knew what you had till you lost it. Now, that was the fucking truth.

Beauty had effortlessly become the most important thing in my life and the thing in my life that I could not live without. That was a truth that became so fucking clear when she died. My life meant nothing without her. I would not be able to survive it. Some might think that it was extreme of me to think like that, but they could shut the fuck up because they were not me.

‘Son, you are a Demigod. As such, your bond with Kalen is extremely potent and stronger than a typical mate-bond. Losing her, or her losing you, would rip that bond apart, leaving behind a void that could never be filled,’ Mom’s voice filtered into my mind.

Well, fuck. At least that explained things and proved that I was not over