KILLIAN'S POV "I'll kill him." Marcus grabbed my arm. "She'll kill you in turn." I glared at him. "You think I'm going to let him touch her and do nothing? Why would you let those two be alone in the first place?" Marcus dropped his arms to his side. "There's more. Chris had information that I also came to tell you. You won't like this, and I think it best if you sit down." I cocked my head. "Spit it out." "Killian, I'm serious. I think it's best if you sit." "Marcus. Just say it." "Vivian has mate bonded with Caleb." I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me. "What are you talking about? That's impossible. She's a rogue. She can't." "It's happened. I brought her here. She's waiting outside. I think she knows more than she's letting on." I stumbled backward. My wolf knew she was meant to be mine, but somehow, the Moon Goddess had cursed me and bonde
VIVIAN'S POV "Again." I glared at Clarence from the ground. "When am I going to be on the offensive side?" "When you learn to not fall on your ass." I stood, dusting myself off. "Fine. Hit me again." Clarence had been suspiciously friendly today but firm in his training. Insistent that we needed to train harder and get me ready to map out my destiny, whatever that meant. I stared across at him, noting the determined look on his face. Maybe he was starting to really care about me. I braced myself for his next attack. As he threw the next wave of energy, I felt the force hit my body, pushing me down to the ground, but I pushed back, forcing my wave of energy back. I felt a burst of pure rage building up, and then I was sending waves of energy out, and the force pushing me down was gone. Instead, I watched Clarence's eyes widen, and he was thrown to the ground. Did I just do that? I ran over to him. "Clar
VIVIAN'S POV Fire. There was fire. I could smell it. I jumped out of bed, rushing to my door and swinging it open. People were running in the halls, heading outside. There was panic everywhere. I took off in the direction everyone ran, knowing I needed to see what was happening. Once I reached outside, I saw it. A blazing inferno at the gates. Buckets of water were being thrown; hoses were spraying at the water. I saw a line of what I presumed were the witches lining up, holding hands. Were they strong enough? Could they beat this? I watched in awe as they began chanting, and the blaze started to die down slowly. It was very slow. The buckets of water continued to be thrown. I just stood there in shock. I watched as the fire continued to lessen, the witches continued to battle, and the water brigade continued their fight. Suddenly, a hand grabbed my arm, and I was jerked back. "What are you doing out here?" It was Marcus. "I..
CHRIS'S POV "What do you think is going on out there?" Caleb asked. I rolled my eyes and didn't answer. Ever since my memories started to cme back, the more and more I wanted to put my fist through his face. Especially knowing he was mated to my Vivid. Vivid, who I hadn't seen since we kissed. "Chris, man. Can you hear me?" "You're not used to being ignored, are you?" "Come on, dude. I didn't do anything to you." "Didn't you, though?" I heard him sitting up in his bed. "What have I done?" "Other trying to get between me and Vivian when we were together; now you're mated to her?" "Oh. You know? Did she tell you?" "I'm not deaf, you buffoon." He was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry, man. I know it's not how you wanted things to go down, but she's my mate. We're meant to be together. And once she accepts that, we'll make a great couple." I made a
KILLIAN'S POV "You're not letting some witch probe in my head, Vivian!" Caleb yelled. It took everything in me not to storm into his cell and rip his head off, but I knew Vivian wouldn't like that based on the desperate look she shot my way. "She's not probing around in your head, Caleb. She needs to hold your hand and mine, do some light searching and figure out if our mate bond is the real thing. Aren't you curious?" Caleb glared. "It is the real thing. I feel it. You feel it. You're just trying to make yourself feel better about rejecting me by coming up with some crazy conspiracy theory that it's not." "Caleb, please. What can I do to make you feel better about this?" Vivian pleaded. Caleb looked at her and then at me. "I'll make you a deal." "Anything." "If our mate bond is real, I want you to agree that you'll be my mate. You'll stop this talk of rejection. You'll agree to let me claim you."
VIVIAN'S POV "I'm so glad you're here with me." Caleb was practically skipping, making me sick to my stomach. I forced a smile. "I'm glad to be here." He stopped walking and looked at me seriously. "Do you mean that?" "Of course I do. I told you before. I was playing the part back there. We're mates, Caleb. I'd always choose you over them." He grinned at me. "I knew it." He fist pumped the air. I caught myself almost physically cringing. Had he always been this obnoxious? Knowing what I knew now had all but withered the mate bond, I learned to be a hoax. I felt nothing. “So, tell me more about what you and Sarah talked about." Caleb narrowed his eyes. "Her name is Sam now. She said Sarah is what she used to go by." "Sam. I'm sorry. What did you and Sam talk about?" He grabbed a stick and started flicking it around in the air. "She told me that if I brought your parents to you, y
KILLIAN'S POV "Still no change?" I took a bite of my roll, staring at Chris over my plate of food, and rolled my eyes. I swallowed and then answered. "Don't you think I would have come and got you if there had been?" He rolled his eyes back at me. "No. You'd want to keep her to yourself. It's been two days. And she's still unconscious. Has Divinity been in there to see if she can do anything?" "She's been in there every day. She said she needs to rest. She lost a lot of blood. She's healing. Caleb did a number on her." "Caleb is an asshole, but I never thought he was this cruel. I don't see him doing this to her." I shrugged. "Maybe you don't know him as well as you think." He shook his head. "Something isn't adding up. He was in love with her. Then to almost murder her? No. When she wakes up, she can tell us more." "Hopefully. If she remembers anything, she went through a pretty traumatic
VIVIAN'S POV "This is where we found you." I looked at the ground where Killian was pointing; spots of blood were still covering the ground—my blood. Looking at Killian's face, I could tell he noticed, too. Chris's jaw was tense. No one was happy to be here, but they wanted answers. I looked towards the tree line, feeling a pull. Chris and Killian watched me, waiting for me to react to my surroundings. I started walking, letting myself be guided. As we continued to walk, the tugging felt stronger. I'd been here. I'd come this way. "Vivian? Where are we going?" I held up my hand, silencing Chris. I needed to feel, not talk. I paused, closing my eyes, and turned, heading in another direction, further into the forest. Where were we headed? Ivy started whimpering. She wasn't happy that we were returning to where we came from. Something here had scared her. The closer we got, the more I questioned if we should turn bac