Chapter 280

Kane's POV

I wait in my office until I’m sure Willow’s gone before I go to our bedroom. Letting her go like that, forcing her to leave, was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do since I sent Adare away.

It’s not until I’ve showered and dressed that I see the parcel on my pillow. I pull the note out of the ribbon. It reads: * Don’t worry about me. Stay alive until I’m back. Happy Birthday. Sorry I won’t be there. Love you. *

I smile and unwrap the gift. It’s a magical charm of some kind. Clear quartz cut into the shape of a tetragon, dangling from a golden chain. I can feel the powerful protection spell emanating from it.

Something inside the crystal, maybe an imperfection of some kind, catches my eye. Frowning I turn it up to the light and swallow past the sudden knot in my throat. Somehow, she magicked some of hers and Adare’s hair into the crystal, intertwining the two different coloured locks into a complicated braid that looped and twirled into a triquetra.

I take off the o