C Chapter 235

Audrey

Time slowed, each second stretching into an eternity as the silver arrow sliced through the air, its deadly point trained directly on Edwin’s heart. The world blurred around me, narrowing to that single glint.

“Save yourself!” Edwin’s voice echoed down the bond.

But there was something that they didn’t know-something that not even Edwin knew. Something that I didn’t even know until this very moment.

Something that changed everything.

Fiona and Axel believed they had us cornered, trapped within their grasp, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth.

At that moment, I thought back to the moments just before dawn-when the sky held onto the last vestiges of night, the moon hanging low, pale and ghostly as the first traces of light began to thread across the horizon.

Barefoot, I stood in the clearing, the cool dampness of the grass brushing against the hem of my dress.

Tina pressed a bundle of wildflowers that she’d picked into my hands

“I figured you’d at least need a bouquet,” she whispered, her voice choked with tears. “Every bride needs a bouquet.”

I managed a tiny smile. “We’ll have a real wedding, you know. Once we’re able.”

Tina sniffled. “I know. It’s just… This should be special, too.”

I nodded, glancing down at the dress I’d picked out. It was the same silver one I’d worn to the charity gala, the closest thing to white I could find in my closet. It was no wedding gown, that was for certain, but it worked in a pinch.

Across from me, Edwin was grumbling with annoyance as Charles fiddled with his hair and Gavin adjusted his shirt. He was dressed simply, a pair of black trousers, an untucked button-down with the first few buttons undone, hair tousled.

He was barefoot, like me, so that we could both feel the earth beneath us.

My heart swelled at the sight of him looking so simple and free, and I blushed, looking away.

“You’re sure you want this?” Betty asked softly, her fingers brushing my wrist. “You’re sure it’s not too soon?”

I nodded. “Yes, I… I want this,” I murmured. It was last-minute, unexpected, but… lives hinged on this. Not just Peter’s, but ours, our friends, that little girl with cancer.

It was time for the Silver Star to emerge.

I was ready for it or

that was driving me to do this-it felt… right. Edwin and I had marked each other a thousand times over whenever we’d made love, and our bond was secure, but we hadn’t yet

either of us had expected, but

love down the bond,

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began, “witnessed by the spirits of our

sacred bond of

for a moment, I let my gaze

stood beneath a large oak tree, its gnarled branches stretching upwards into the sky. Moonlight filtered through the leaves, casting intricate patterns on the forest floor. The air smelled of night-blooming jasmine, sweet and heady. Somewhere in the distance, the hoot of

where countless people had walked before. We’d picked it out quickly,

her through all trials, to be her anchor in the storm

fingers tightened around mine. “I swear

and support Edwin, to be his strength when he falters, his

stuttered. I took a breath, deep and steady, before

a step back. “Then let the marking

to face each other. His hands, warm and familiar, cupped my face as

my head, baring myself to

into my skin, the pain was sharp and swift, but it quickly dissolved

he was, pouring into me. It was more than the bond we’d come to know, far deeper than that. It felt as if our bodies were

us.

it was my turn. My fangs found the place where his neck met his shoulder, sinking into his flesh, drawing the taste of him into

every promise I could never put into words. When I pulled back, we were both breathless, our foreheads pressed together, little trails of red blood dripping down

“By the power vested in me by the Moon Goddess,

m***d by the sensation of my own heart pounding through my ears. Edwin’s hands cradled my face, pulling me into a kiss

apart, I turned to face our friends, a smile breaking across my

quickly, my smile

thought…” Hooked up at Edwin, my

nothing. No glimmer of power, no sensation of my

shook his head, a tiny chuckle escaping his lips.

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looked down at my hands, my eyes

may not have felt it, but there was silver light pouring from my skin, soft but growing, brighter with every

Avis caught my attention, her eyes wide

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