Chapter 142

Skylar

The need to prevent Aron from raping me in the future is too strong, and I jump over him while in my wolf form. He falls down on his back, eyes. widened with fear as his eyes meet mine.

At this time, he isn’t the cold–blooded person I met as a child, but a teenage boy who has not yet committed the atrocities of his future self. Still, my heart hardens at the sight of him, for I know the monster he will become.

“Skylar… that’s your name, right?” he whispers, eyes filled with terror and confusion. “Don’t kill me…”

Jinx’s pleas echo in my mind, but I push them away. This is my choice and my future I’m changing. I open my mouth, ready to tear him apart, but freeze when I hear Lucas‘ voice coming from behind me.

“If you want him dead, go ahead. I won’t stop you. Just remember that you’re sinking down to his level, Skylar. I know what he did to you. It was terrible and something you will never truly recover from, but don’t you think it all worked out in the end, anyway? You’re with me now.”

‘I know,’ I respond through the mind–link. ‘But if this man didn’t ruin me, I wouldn’t have rejected you the first time we met, Lucas. We wouldn’t have to suffer!*

…but is killing him truly the answer? You could just threaten him, you

know.

I snarl, my mind consumed with the thirst for vengeance. How dare he suggest threatening a monster who will grow up to ruin countless lives! Yet… I can’t ignore the whisper of reason in his words.

‘He is also your mate, Skylar,‘ Jinx reminds me in a soft voice. ‘Lucas. doesn’t mean you any harm. If you kill Aron, however, there is no telling. what will happen to the future you built…hell, we don’t even know how it

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Chapter 142

with this little fix we’ve

My beastly claws hover just inches from Aron’s throat, my

hard, his fear–saturated scent hitting my nose, triggering another wave of uncontrolled rage. His eyes beg for mercy. What shall I do with him?

my fluffy shoulder lightly, careful not to startle me. The burning light has died down now, leaving him as his normal human self again – albeit with wings. “Think about this.”

me any better than him. But the thought of leaving

at him. for the first time since everything ended. ‘I…can’t kill him. I want to, but

is soft yet strong as he meets mine, understanding washing over his handsome features. For a moment, we just stand there–two souls interlocked in a silent conversation.

him so badly that I shape- shift back into a human and

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gentle. embrace. His angel wings blanket

I tell him. “Can I open a portal now?”

don’t see why not,” he says. “We

to our time. A portal opens underneath us, and suddenly, we are back inside my parents‘ kitchen, no longer at Lucas‘

immediately notice that the light

and I turn around to see him and

at them. “Did…something

what you’re talking about, but I see

“What?”

proud to say we are currently sharing my life force. Her cancer is but a memory.”

She’s glowing, her cheeks flushed with life, and her eyes sparkling with

standing to pull me into a tight hug. “I’m so proud of you for having defeated that terrible demon all on your

pushing back the dark clouds. that had threatened to consume my thoughts. We’ve won. There’s no longer

squeezes my hand. “I’m proud of you, too,” he

leaning into him. “We did it

chest, a thought nags at

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