Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Mate Sacrificed Me and I Awakened Divine Blood: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

(Willow's POV)Arthur was fast asleep when we returned to the dorm. One small hand clutched the corner of his blanket, and his breathing was slow and steady.Callum drew a half circle in the air. Pale blue light spilled from his fingertips, spreading like ripples until it enveloped Arthur's bed.I asked, "What is that? It looks amazing.""A sound barrier. He is inside, and we are outside. No matter how much noise we make, he will not wake up.""That is incredible..."I was still staring at the bubble when warmth closed around my hand.I looked up into Callum's handsome face. A faint blush colored the tips of his ears, visible even beneath his moonlight-colored hair. Shy and flustered, he held my hand.He looked nothing like the meticulous professor he was in public.In all my years, I had never seen a man blush so adorably."Callum."Morwenna's voice drifted from behind us. A hand reached past Callum and smacked the back of his head.Callum frowned. "Come on. I am your older brother."

(Willow's POV)I left the lights of the Amber Hall and its false smiles and empty pretenses behind. Only after I rounded the corner and saw Deep Tide's blue-and-white crest did I breathe more easily.Before I reached the entrance hall, Morwenna rushed out, her face bloodless and her lips trembling. She seized my arm."Willow... Lily... Lily is gone!"My mind went blank."What do you mean, gone? A child that age cannot simply disappear!"Morwenna staggered as I shook her, her eyes reddening. "The nanny said Lily wanted to go to the playground last night. Then someone shouted that a child was missing... By the time the nanny turned back, Lily was gone. They searched all night and did not report it until this morning."I released her and lunged for the doors.My knees buckled. Every step felt unsteady beneath me.Just before I collapsed, a hand reached from behind and caught me firmly beneath the elbow.I turned. It was Callum.Shaking, I clutched his arm. "You told me she was safe here!

(Willow's POV)On the way back from the church, I followed the gravel path toward the dorms.Callum remained at the church to deploy North Atlantic forces to investigate the twelve disappearance sites. His aides were combing through the case files, hoping to uncover a lead.As the moon rose, I quickened my pace, hoping to return before Arthur fell asleep.As I rounded the ivy-covered stone wall, a hand shot out of the darkness and yanked me aside!I gasped at the pain. Before panic could set in, I looked up into a pair of mismatched eyes.Why was Fiera here?"Let go." I tried to shake him off in irritation, and he only gripped harder."Have you not caused enough trouble, Willow?" Anger roughened his voice. "Five years. You took my child and vanished without a trace. Now you come back and latch on to the prince of the North Atlantic..."He stepped closer and pinned me against the wall. The back of my head struck the rough brick, and a dull ache spread down my neck and through my body."

(Willow's POV)Callum and Morwenna stepped in front of me, shielding me, then placed Arthur in my arms.For a moment, my heart fluttered.During five years on the run, I had slept beneath bridges with Arthur, hidden in cattle sheds, and endured a blizzard curled up in the hold of a broken fishing boat.Now, however, the two of them stood before me like an unbreakable shield.The old man called his wife several times, but her phone rang in the bedroom. She had apparently left it behind.What none of us knew was that a hidden cellar lay beneath the little shell house.In that cellar, the merwoman clamped a hand over Lily's mouth, forbidding the children to make a sound."I am terribly sorry. My wife is forgetful and left her phone behind." The elderly merman before us offered an ingratiating smile. "Perhaps you could come back another—""Is that so? What a coincidence."Callum had come prepared. He was not worried about alerting the suspects, so he had brought ample support.He raised a

(Willow's POV)The people in the hall drifted away.The parents left with their recovered children in their arms, thanking us repeatedly as their footsteps echoed down the corridor.Morwenna gently persuaded the last few families to leave, explaining that it was late, that everyone needed rest, and that they could return the next day to talk in detail.The hall doors closed, leaving only the quiet glow of the lamps over the empty chairs.Headmaster Walburg remained beside the head of the table, regarding Callum with approval."Deep Tide has long been known for its peaceful nature, but this operation was also swift and preserved the college's standing in the North Atlantic. You did very well."Callum immediately abandoned his lazy sprawl on the sofa and straightened, his moonlight-colored hair sliding over one shoulder.He answered solemnly, "Willow found the clue. She examined Imya's records, linked the twelve disappearances, and determined that the same method had been used in every c