*Tobias's POV*
Many say time goes slow in the worst moments of our lives. Those people are right. The last thing I saw was my Ava crying, begging me to stop. But I didn't.
" I love you." I said then I went into the pendant.
The fall from Earth into the pendant was slow. Slow and excruciating. And all I could think about was Ava and all I could hear was her cries, and all I could see were her tears.
All I could see was Ava and then nothing.
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*Ava's POV*Eventually, after I don't know how long I stopped crying. Only letting out small sniffles and hiccups.I held the pendant in my hands. My father and the rest of the men had stepped back, letting me have my space.Naomi kneeled silently next to me muttering something under her breath." What are you doing?" I asked her." Praying." She said." I thought witches didn't pray to God." One of the men said.They all looked at her for her answer, for her explanation." We don't," She chuckled," We pray to many things. We pray to the Dark Lord when we want gifts. We pray to Lillith when we want protection. But in this case, when a witch's soul and in some cases their body leave this physical plane we pray to
" So what do you think?" Naomi asked.I gazed out at her masterpiece. After the engagement, Naomi insisted she had to be our wedding planner. Neither Ava nor I could disagree. It was very obvious that Naomi had a better flair for decorating and all that other important things than we did so we let her have free rein over this whole thing and I certainly don't regret it.The church looked unrecognizable. White and gold cloth hung over the ceiling and down the walls. A gold aisle ran along the floor up to the rose-covered altar. The back of every pew was also laced with the cloth and secured with blood-red roses." It is absolutely amazing," I smiled," Must have taken you hours."" Nope, it only took half an hour. Life works faster when you still have magic." She smirked.Ever since that night we defeated the witches Naomi has been droning me that now that I am human she is the greatest between the two of us. And technically she is right.Some
I leaned back against a large, oak tree, positioned at the end of our garden. It is the only place on our entire property where I could actually get some privacy. The old bark snapped off as I shifted back and forth in my makeshift seat, trying to make myself comfortable. My mere touch causing the tree and the grass to wither and start to die
Hawthorn is a small, quiet village located five miles from the coastline on the southern end of the county. Its population is about one hundred people max. It is the halfway point between our hidden valley and our coven's temple, which is just through the woods.Whenever my mam went to the village to get groceries she would leave me at home.When I would ask her why I couldn't come with she would tell me that the villagers would kill me if they found out about me. She said they would fear how dangerous I could become and they would ki
When my mam would talk about the temple she made it sound like a luxurious place. So when I went there for the first time when I was nine I was very disappointed.The temple is just an old building. Its walls are cracked and some have fallen over. The remaining ones have long-dead vines twisting down them. The entrance into the temple is a large, wooden draw bridge.
Lizzie sunk back into her seat as Cleo stood up and made her way to the podium. The skulls crunched slightly as she sat, a sign that the bones were old and were weakening." Looks like I need more skulls." Lizzie chuckled, the smirk on her lips told me she really just wanted to hunt.Blood and bone witches get the blood and bones from mortals, so they developed a tradition of making the hunt for the perfect blood or bone a game. It was a gruesome game that left many dead- mainly young women and children because their blood and bones a
* Lauren's POV*I sat there on the dusty floor, filled with pride. My son is a bone, familiar, blood warlock, and an assassin. I am extremely proud, not so surprised though, I mean he is his father's son.Thinking of Halin made my heart hurt. My mother had told me that Halin and I had a mate bond.A mate bond is a very rare thing for witches. Your mate is the person
* Tobias's POV*After the testing, Cleo, Naomi, and I left into different rooms to get ready for the party. They both didn't say one word to me, they didn't even look at me.I closed the door of my room behind me and sunk down to the floor. As I hit the floor my falcon shrieked and flew to a ledge and perched h