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

pass by my window until we turned onto a dirt road that led

to my side of the

“Thank you.”

a moment before nodding his head and turning towards the cabin. His hand slid through mine as he pulled me with him. The fact that Damian was holding my hand was a surprise on its own. Never had he shown that kind of

knocked on the door. “We need to

slowly, revealing the wrinkled face of a graying elderly woman. Her brows

a grin, “I see that you have been

What

to know what’s going on,”

aside and made her way towards the cabin’s small living room. “I suppose you are here to ask how the bond is still

I gasped, not understanding how

her eyes turned towards me, I saw the twinkle in their corner,

I know things, child. Just

complete it before the Harvest Moon left the sky. Well, it did. So how is it

throat. “You complain like being bonded to

think he was more grateful to have

be mumbled, but the laughter that left the old woman caused me to look

snapped with

I shrugged, rolling

her knees as she stared between the two of us. “I like this one. She has a spark in her. No

Choose me for what?” I asked, not understanding what she

me to think back on what she could be referring to. After a moment, the realization dawned on me

she would

with utter annoyance laced in his features as we spoke. “How about

I sighed, “when I thought I was dying… I prayed to the goddess to take just my life but disconnect me from your brothers so they

us all would

the living room as Damian sat staring at me with

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

I would. You 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 a perfect world, things would be

our

eyes lingered on me for a moment more before

then? Are we

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,

pressure weighed down on me heavily with what she

could they initiate anything. They wouldn’t feel the pull like they did before that drove them to mark and mate with me before. Instead, they would only feel the connection

this situation, and that

the information

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 none

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