Chapter 41

Grayson

“You have to be joking,” I said to my father. “Do you honestly think I would allow you to kill my unborn children? Or help you with whatever you are planning, for that matter?”

“So you choose to let her die?” My father almost seemed… pleased?

“No. She will not die. I will be there with her when she gives birth. She will not die.” I felt myself becoming increasingly angry. How could he even suggest that?

“And how do you plan to get to her without my help?” he sneered.

“Just like I’ve done everything else - on my own. Now leave.”

“You do not command me, boy!”

“You do not have power over me!” I lost my temper and shot a bolt of magic, causing my father to disappear again. Good. At least I knew how to get rid of him.

I sat down and started to cry. The truth was I had no idea how I would get back to Abby. I missed her so damn much, it was physically painful. To hear that she was hurting, that she was dying, was too much.

I sat there for what felt like a long time before I heard a