Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 122

Katherine’s POV

 

The estate is unusually quiet when I get home from work. I don’t notice the usual hustle and bustle, but I chalk it up to coming home later than I normally do.

 

I push open the door to my darkened office, pour myself a glass of scotch, and make my way over to the desk. I turn on the desk lamp and sit down, taking a deep sip of my drink.

 

“Hello, Iokaste,” I lean back in my chair, addressing the woman in the tall wingback seat across the desk, “You look like shit.”

 

“Hello, Katherine. Thank you for the compliment,” she snarks at me and leans forward from the shadow, letting me see her pale skin and sunken eyes be more clearly. Her spindly hand supports her chin. The longer I look at her, the more I realize she is way too thin.

 

“K-Kas. Are-are you alright?” I stammer when I see her true condition.

 

“Don’t worry about me, darling. You never have before. I'm here because I need you to do something for me. I'm going to give you a choice on how you do it,” she says, steepling her fingers in front of her face.

 

I laugh dismissively, “You're going to tell me what to do? Darling, not in this lifetime.”

 

“Well then, your precious Maven, Amari's Giatros, and Tessa’s Fuoros will stay with me until the end of their lifetimes,” she counts on her fingers casually.

 

“What are you talking about?” I stand up and try to mind link my sisters.

 

“No one’s here, Katherine,” Iokaste’s voice rings back in my mind, “They came willingly when I asked.”

 

“You're a fucking liar. The Maven won't go any where with you,” Islam my hand on the table at her falsehoods.

 

Iokaste leans her head back against the chair and cackles dryly at me, “You're supposed to be so damn smart. You're just as conceited and foolish as the next person, Katherine.”

 

She stands slowly, supporting herself against the arm of the chair.

 

my eyes

you don’t comply with my request? Why, yes. Yes, I

 

“Kas, please let me

 

too late, Katherine. Sit,” she commands, rolling her eyes and swiping her fingers downward. I’m compelled to obey as she uses manipulation combined with

 

while she tells me what she wants from me as gently as if she is telling a bedtime story. I feel

 

I agree with that?” I grow] at her when

 

to deny that you haven’t done it

 

I cross my arms in

 

cold eyes look into my soul

 

The moon is low in the clear dark sky. In the distance, I can see glowing red eyes looking

 

heavily, take off my high heels, and remove my suit, “Seraph, time

 

do what she

to that degenerate. I'm

 

Katherine? There’s a reason

bones crack and elongate and fur sprouts from my skin as we take wolf form. We pad

 

tin Cora. [ Hello sisters! I'm looking for Coral,” I call through a mind

 

of trees in human form. Her voice is calm and reserved, “She spoke to me.I made

 

stands with her hands out to the side and lowers her head, exposing her neck. I look around and see

 

Seraph. Iokaste trapped us. If we don't, they will kill

 

rather die with blood on your

 

body stiffens, but she doesn’t fight back. Her windpipe and neck snap in one bite. Seraph releases her grip and stands back, watching the light of Cora’s spirit leave her eyes.

 

all mere feet away from me. I look around, trying to find an

 

my fate as well, darlings,” I hold my arms out and close my eyes. I can only hope for a better ending in the next

 

Kas’s POV

 

pain of Cora’s death. A few minutes later, another wave of agony confirms Katherine’s demise.

fireballs from my hands into the hallway and around the office. By the time anyone realizes there is a fire, nothing will be left except ashes. As the flames build around me,

solemnly at the sad faces, “I'll give you the evening to mourn the loss of your Luna. I will

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