LOGINSelene's POV
My brow pulled together. "A prophecy?"
"The day the witch tol
Victor's POV I turned back to the window.Outside, the city continued. Traffic, lights, people moving through streets that had no knowledge of what had just happened inside that hall. The world was completely indifferent to the fact that I had just watched everything I cared about walk away from me in front of five hundred witnesses.I pressed my fist against the window frame and held it there.
Victor's POV The rage didn't leave me when they escorted me out of the hall.It followed me through the corridor and into the car and back to the hotel room they had placed me in, and it was still there when I sat down on the edge of the bed and pressed my hands flat against my knees and stared at the wall and tried to think.But I could not fucking think.
Selene's POV The knock came without warning, and it was the kind of knock that doesn't ask permission.Anthony and I immediately broke apart. And as I pulled back, I pressed my fingers to my lips and turned towards the door.It opened before either of us could speak.My father
Selene's POV My brow pulled together. "A prophecy?""The day the witch told you," Anthony said carefully. "That you were about to meet your destined mate. You were talking to Melissa about it. I wasn't meant to hear. I was passing and I caught fragments and then I understood what you were saying and I stopped."The memory of that day surfaced slowly. Melissa's voice low and careful. My own doubt about what the witch had to
Selene's POV Nyra was quiet for a moment. Then, very softly, she said, "I think it is. And I think you already know what you have to do."I looked at the pill for one more second before I put it in my mouth and swallowed it.The bitterness hit immediately. It was not the gentle bitterness of medicine or the manageable sharpness of something unpleasant but necessary. It was overwhelming, filling every part of my mouth and p
Selene's POV At that moment, the pain tore through me again with a force that bent me in the middle and took everything.My knees hit the ground before Anthony could catch me fully, and the warmth spreading through my dress was not something I could stop or slow or pretend was anything other than what it was.The guests closest to me scattered backward. Someone screamed and the sound broke through the music
Selene's POV Victo
Selene's POV I too
Victor's POV I couldn't stop staring at Selene, at those eyes that held nothing but raw hope and terrible fear. My chest felt crushed, like someone had wrapped iron chains around my ribs and squeezed until breathing became painful.Kael snarled inside me, angry and desperate. "Say yes. Say it now
Victor's POV Mirel







