THE CURSE OF LUST
"Because I found something at the Bodleian. Old texts from your time. Writings on spells, curses, witches. I have been working on them for days, trying to decipher them. And I think I have."
He handed me a book, his notes marked in the margin.
"I think what we felt when we kissed was not just us. It was the curse. Reacting to you. And to me."
I blinked at him. "What do you mean?"
He guided my eyes to the passage he had underlined and read, his voice low and steady.
"It says: Only the kiss of true love, the union of fated souls, creates a ripple strong enough to shatter the curse."
The words blurred. A cold that had nothing to do with the window crept up my spine. I let out a sudden, incredul