Semua Bab Bound By Love And Prophecy : Bab 71 - Bab 80

Jessica’s POVThe scream cut through the air like a blade.I turned, but it was too late.The witch — the girl who had volunteered first — was frozen in place, her runes flickering wildly.A wraith had lashed out — slipping through the air like liquid shadow — and had driven its clawed hand straight through her chest.Her magic exploded on impact — runes burning white-hot — before dimming into nothing.“No!” I screamed as she collapsed.Her body hit the ground, limp — the wraith already slipping back into the trees.“No!” I cried out once more. I ran towards her — not thinking — not even breathing. I was just running.I dropped to my knees beside her, my hands already pressing against the gaping wound in her chest. There was blood —bso much blood. It poured between my fingers, staining my hands, the grass and everything.Her lips trembled. Her eyes — wide and glassy, stared up at the night sky.“No, no, no,” I whispered, my voice cracking. “Stay with me. Please.”Her chest barely ro

Jessica's POVMichael stood in the middle of the room — his tall frame tense, his black hair slightly disheveled, and his silver eyes fixed on me.Then his eyes widened as they stayed fixed on my forehead.“Jessica! You have—”But I didn’t let him finish.I threw myself into his arms, and the tears I didn't know I was holding came rolling down.Michael's strong arms wrapped around me instantly, holding me tight like he was afraid I would slip away.“I’m here,” he whispered against my hair. “I’m right here.”I clung to him, my tears soaking his shirt, my heart aching with everything that had happened.I pushed the whispers and the rogue’s words away.I didn't care about everything that had happened — at least I didn't want to care.All I wanted to care and about was this.I had missed Michael so much I didn't even realize it — not until having him in my arms again.Yet, everything still kept coming, tugging at my thoughts.Michael didn’t say anything else. The steady rhythm of his hear

Jessica’s POV The room was quiet; the only sound was our breathing—still uneven, still tangled like us. Michael’s arms stayed wrapped around me, his forehead resting against mine as if letting go might break the fragile moment we had created. The marks on our necks still pulsed, faint but steady. I traced the mark I’d left on him, the skin warm beneath my fingers. “Did it hurt?” I whispered. Michael’s lips quirked into a soft smile. “A little,” he said. “But it felt right.” It did. It felt like something we were always meant to do. It should have happened a lot sooner. "I'm sorry," I muttered as I laced my fingers with his. His hand brushed over my mark, sending a shiver down my spine. “ For what?" He asked. I looked up, locking eyes with him. "For pushing you away. I didn't mean to," I said. He let out a chuckle, placing a soft kiss on my forehead. "It's fine," He said. "Though I've always wanted to know why you did it." My lips thinned into a line as my m

Michael's POV "I thought..." I muttered, but the words seemed to fade away in confusion.After I sent Lloyd and Beck to look for her, I made sure they kept in touch with me. Telling me every single detail of what was going on.Their job was to locate the hideout of the Vampires while I prepared a group of warriors to infiltrate them. But when they told me that they found her, I was glad — though pissed at the state she was in — hypnotized — and blisters all over her hands and feet after walking for miles.Lloyd had told me that she had been told everything about her identity at the Vampire King's Castle, so how come she didn't know about the Blood Moon?"Why aren't you saying anything?" She asked, pulling me out of my thoughts."That's because I thought you already knew about it," I said. "I thought the Vampire King or your Aunt must've told you everything."She nodded as she straightened up. "Yeah. I was told about my identity and that of my Mom, but nothing else — not about a Blood

Michael's POVMy eyes were glued to the human structures on my way back to the Redwood Pack as one of my warriors drove the car.Jessica spent the remaining hours of my stay at the Hotel avoiding me.I tried to get her to understand, but she just kept silent.It was like my words had broken her beyond my imagination. I hated it — I hated seeing her that way.But I couldn't let her emotions bother me. Everything I was doing was actually for her sake.If anything happened to her, I would kill myself.And she seemed to be having mixed feelings about Eric. Not just her, but also Lloyd and Beck.But I didn't know what to do.I and Eric go way back. He is beyond a friend to me, but a brother.I remember the first time he and I met. We were just thirteen.Luke had dragged me to the human land to sell me off to the king because I kept disobeying his rules.I had been put in a prison underneath the King's Palace, chained to the wall.I clenched my jaw as the memory surfaced — the cold, damp ai