Chapter 39He had a point though, that could actually work. We would have to discard his body, but we could lock it in a coffin and let it sink to the bottom of the bermuda triangle, for all I cared. That would be the easy part. Getting him over there and then cutting the tether would be the hard part. I turned to Katrina. “What if we sent him to The Otherside via magic, then cut the tether?” I said. Her face got a concerned look on it and Kember started to protest but Katrina hushed her, which I thought was a little strange. “That could work! We can get working on a spell to send him over there!” Katrina said, and she went into a huddle with her sisters whispering about something. I wanted to turn on my Vampire hearing, but with no magic in this area I couldn’t if I tried. They were most likely just talking about the spell anyways. My brothers and I started heading towards the Witches and they stopped talking as soon as we crossed the barrier. It was a little weird but things were
Chapter 40Rowen stayed with me for the next few hours while we brainstormed other ways to get rid of Sage without killing him. “This whole fucking situation would be so much easier if we could just rip his fucking throat out.” Rowen bitched. “Trust me, brother, I know. Katrina would kill us both if that were to happen though.” I said, and he agreed. The last thing we wanted to do was piss off Katrina. That was definitely not on our to do list. Plus, if we wanted to tag team her later, there was no pissing her off. Titan laughed at my thought. “You sure you can handle tag teaming her with your brother?” Titan cackled. I rolled my eyes. How would it be any different than any other tag team with my brother?” I howled back. “Well duh, because it’s Katrina.” Titan said. I waited for him to say anything relevant, but he didn’t. “I know it’s Katrina, but why would that make any difference if we tag teamed her?” I asked curiously. I was genuinely interested in my Wolf’s point of view on th
Chapter 41Rowen didn’t say anything, but I could tell by the look in his eyes, he wasn’t here to talk. He closed the gap between us and smashed his lips against mine, taking my face in his palm while shutting the door behind us. He pushed me up against it and pinned both of my hands above my head with one hand. He caught my gaze before he started slowly tracing down my neck and chest with his free hand. His touch triggered goosebumps to sprout along my entire spine. He then followed his trace marks with an assault of kisses, causing me to gasp out loud. “Rowen, what ar…” I tried to ask him but he stopped me with another deep kiss. He pulled away for a moment and we locked eyes. I could see the passion burning in his rose gold eyes. It wasn’t just lust, it was more. It was deep… Raw, and real. It was love... Neither of us spoke, we just sat in that moment trying to wrap our heads around what we were doing. He softly kissed me. “Is this ok?” Rowen whispered against my lips. “I don’t
Chapter 42(Ramses) I had already finished getting dressed and Katrina headed into the shower leaving Rowen and myself in her bedroom. We walked out to her kitchen and we both snapped to produce brandy at the same time, laughing when it appeared and turned our respective colors, instantly, and at the same time. Of all my brothers, I was the closest with Rowen. We had been through a lot together, and I always had his back, same as he has mine. “I can see why you love her so much.” Rowen said to me. I raised an eyebrow to him. “I do love her. I have for a long, long time. But you know me, brother… Love is such a permanent word.” I said, then took a sip of my brandy. “I know, but she knows you love her. Even if you don’t say it.” He replied. “I do try and show her that, everyday.” I said. “You realize this was a first and last for her with both of us, right?” Rowen said. I nodded to him. I did know. I knew my brother well. And I could tell by his actions before we even started,
Chapter 43We went to the backyard through the tree line to Katrina's altar. From what Kiera was saying, the ritual, in order to be strong enough to stop a Pyromancer from infiltrating my mind, would have to be done by all three of the Witches at the same time.They would need to channel each other's powers since they couldn’t risk using The Ancestors. They didn’t call my other brothers, I'm sure they weren’t needed here, and they could fill them in when they arrived later tonight anyways.“Ramses, come lie down right here please.” Katrina said, and pointed to the ground between the three of them. “Calm down darlin, if you and your sisters wanted to tag team me, all you had to do was ask.” I said with a grin.I was just trying to make a joke to lighten the mood. She rolled her eyes. Kiera turned the brightest shade of red I had ever seen and looked at the ground. And Kember looked as if she were entertaining the idea.I made a mental note to entertain that idea again, at a later time.
Chapter 44Before we knew it Raziel and Raphael had arrived at Katrina’s. Katrina stood to welcome them and she had them sit down. Raphael sat next to Kiera on the other couch. Raziel grabbed Kember from her seat and sat there, pulling her into his lap with him.That still struck me as odd. Raziel mostly hated everyone. I say mostly, because I knew he didn’t really hate everyone, he was just so aloof that it seemed like it.He didn’t say anything to Kember, but she was running her hand up and down his arm softly and he was allowing it… That told me there was something there. I made it a point to ask him sometime.“So the first thing I need to explain is the tether. When two people are tethered together they have access into each other's minds. including all of the knowledge and secrets that reside there. The reason a Witch has to be the one to tether is because we know how to protect our minds from the other party when tethered. But we can’t withstand severing the link from our side. S
Chapter 45I put my head back on Rowen’s chest and listened to his breathing. “This is a hard conversation, and I never wanted to have it to begin with. I love you, Katrina.” Rowen said, while pulling away from me so he could look me in the eyes. “I love you, and I want nothing more than to spend every single day of the rest of my life with you. But I know it’s not possible. I could never leave my home… My covens, my responsibilities. Just like you could never leave yours... We even live in different countries. I would love nothing more than to see your beautiful face with my mark on it… Permanently on it… For everyone in this world to know you are mine. But that’s just not possible. You do not belong to me, and that is not my choice to make. It will be easier in the long run if I leave and never look back... It will hurt now… But in the long run it will be better for both of us, and you know it too. You’re right though, that is exactly what I planned to do. Tonight, actually. But I w
Chapter 46I looked at my Wolf in awe. He was fucking beautiful. I had never seen him in his Wolf form. Reavers had a Wolf spirit in our minds but could never turn into a Wolf. It was just something we could never do. I never thought about how my Wolf would look if I could turn. This was not what I was expecting, but it made sense. “Holy shit, you are fucking beautiful dude!” I hollered. Titan bent down on his front paws, and turned each shoulder back and forth posing. “Why thank you sirr.” He howled back. This was fucking insane. “Where are we? How are you here??” Hell, how am I here?” I asked. He jumped ahead of me and turned in a circle playfully. His bronze fur was shining in the multitude of twinkling lights. “Dude, this is your mind! We are literally inside your head. This is where I live!” He said. “My mind? How did I get in here?” I said. “I have no idea. One minute you’re there, everything is fine and you’re about to tether to Sage and banish his ass. And then radio silence