Chapter 45: Sealed Fate

Ivy POV

I knew the moment that he kissed me he felt something, and by the look on his face when he pulled away, I knew without a doubt he was confused by what was going on.

Why wouldn’t he be?

From what I had learned from Caleb, if the bond had not been completed, then it was stripped from us all, and I was no longer bound to them.

I would have a chance at a new life… or better yet, I could decide my fate.

 

“Damian,” I whispered, “you have to see that what we were told wasn’t the truth. What the prophecy said was up for interpretation.”

Shaking his head, he cast his glance towards Kate who looked just as shocked as he was.

“Don’t look at me. This is all far beyond my concept of anything. I can call my father, though. Perhaps he may know something.”

Kate quickly moved from her chair and made her way from my hospital room. Damian’s eyes still staring at the spot where she had once sat, not a word coming from his mouth.

“Please say something…” I asked, hoping for the silence to end.

“What am I supposed to say?” He replied as he looked towards me. “This wasn’t supposed to happen. We aren’t supposed to be mated anymore.”

The tone he used left a sinking feeling in my heart as I tried to understand why he was angry. I thought more than anything he would be pleased with the notion that the bond wasn’t gone. That even though my initial marks from the others had disappeared…

We were given another chance.

“Do you not want me?” The question came out before I could stop it. His mouth opened and closed as he thought about what he was going to say. Never had we had a proper conversation about what he wanted with me until this point.

To be honest, I was terrified of what he was going to respond with.

Would he reject me?

“We need to go see someone.” He replied, flatly turning on his feet. “I will get you some clothes and we will leave immediately.”

Stunned by his response to the situation, I sat dumbfounded as I watched him leave the room in search of clothing, and perhaps a doctor.

An hour later, Damian and I sat in his car flying down the interstate heading north towards the northern part of Damian’s territory. I wasn’t sure what was up there that would cause us to need to venture that far, but whatever it was had Damian determined.

“Will you please tell me what’s going on?” I asked softly, my eyes sliding towards the view at the window, tired of his cold persona.

With a deep breath, he sighed, “the woman who told me the prophecy years ago… She lives up here. We are going to go see her and see what happened.”

Once again, his wording choice caught me by surprise.

happened. As if being mated to me

until we turned onto a dirt road that led

to a stop, Damian quickly exited the cabin and came around to my side of

“Thank you.”

mine as he pulled me with

called out loudly as he knocked on the door. “We need to have a

face of a graying elderly woman. Her brows furrowed until her eyes set upon me, and then a smile crested her

my.” she said with a grin, “I see that you have been touched by the

goddess? What the

to know what’s going on,” Damian replied with

her way towards the cabin’s small living room. “I suppose you are here to ask how the bond is still there, but

I gasped, not understanding how

the twinkle in their corner,

no answer to how I know things, child.

we didn’t all complete it before the Harvest Moon left the sky. Well, it did. So how is

throat. “You complain like being bonded to

he was more grateful to have

but the laughter that left the old woman caused me to look at Damian, who stared at me wide-eyed

He snapped

just saying.” I shrugged,

her knees as she stared between the two of

Choose me for what?” I asked, not

for a gift, didn’t you?” The woman replied, causing me to think back on what she could be referring to. After a moment, the realization dawned on me and my eyes snapped back

she would

nose with utter annoyance laced in his features as we spoke. “How about someone starts explaining what the hell is going

I prayed to the goddess to take just my life but disconnect me from your brothers so they may live. I knew that losing me you would

us all would destroy

air in the living room as Damian

to save them… To save me?” He mumbled as if he couldn’t believe what

may all get on my nerves, but I do care about each of you in a different way.” I replied, not knowing how else to explain how I feel about them. They were all so complex, and in

unfortunately, our

eyes lingered on me for a moment more

what does this mean, then?

She replied, picking up a teacup in front of her taking a sip. “Everything is now in Ivy’s court. She can decide to allow the mate bonds to form, or

on me heavily with

they did before that drove them to mark and mate

in charge of this situation, and that notion blew my

letting the information sink in. “Talk about being put on

life. You don’t even have to accept all four of them. In the end, you can pick just one if that’s what you want or

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