Chapter 54
“I see.” the witch-Honora-says.
We have explained everything to her and now we watch her pace by us as she thinks. She walks to the “Follow me to the back. This requires all my attention.” She says, walking behind the counter and thro “Sit.” She walks around a round table.
We all sit around the table except for her. She walks up to a few shelves and starts grabbing things. “The only way this man could enter your dreams like this depends on two things. Obviously, a witch is read the complete chapters for free.”That… shouldn’t be it. We severed that link. He was my mate.” I te “Contrary to what you might believe, the severing of a mate bond does not happen instantaneously. Y must have taken advantage of the fading connection that was still there.”
“What can we do?” Poppy asks.
“It is a simple remedy to sever whatever connection lingers.”
“Wait,” I say. “How exactly can he hurt me in this dream state, my mouth has still not healed yet and a “It is a magical wound and so it will take longer to heal. Be glad it wasn’t a mortal wound. As for the p “Wait…if I could move…I could hurt him?”
Her stare lingers on me for few moments and then she nods. “Yes. I supposed you could. Would that b “Yes!” I quickly say.
“But wouldn’t this be dangerous?” Colt asks.
“It is a chance to kill Ezra and I am taking it.” “But Cass”
“I am not changing my mind, Colt.”
“Cass, please think about this first.”
“I’ve made up my mind. I need to do this.”
I am not letting this chance go to waste
I turn from him ending this discussion.
“What do I need?” I ask Honora.
loor, locks it, and turns a sign around that says “closed”.
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can’t I ever move?”
, it is most likely this other witch’s doing.” you want? It is doable.”
She holds a golden amulet with a green tone in the middle of a gold plate. “Wear this when you go to sleep. Whatever spell they have on you will vanish and you will be able to freely move.” I hold the amulet and after inspecting it, I put it on. She then holds her other hand out with a blue flask. “This will sever the connection completely. Take it when you are ready to end it.” I take the flask, it contains liquid inside.
“Thank you,” I say.
“It is no bother. Now, the matter of payment.” Honora asks.
“Of course.” Lotus nods and Poppy takes her purse out. They walk out to the front of the store where Poppy pays. I can only assume that it is Warrick’s money.
I stare at the potion in my hands wondering how this is going to taste.
“Cass, are you really doing this?” Colt asks.
My attention now goes to him. “Yes. I am. If there is a chance that I can end it, then
I am taking it.”
Colt shakes his head. “This is dangerous. He can hurt you too.”
“But I’ll have the upper hand.
He won’t know that I’ll be able to move.”
Colt sighs.
I put a hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him.
“Look, if it doesn’t work the first time, then I’ll take the potion and end it. But I have to take this chance, Colt. Wouldn’t you take it if it was you?” With a scowl on his face, he reluctantly nods.
I get on my tippy toes and put my arms around him. “I know you are worried but please trust me.”
With another big sigh, he hugs me and whispers. “Okay.”
A bell suddenly rings almost in my ear. Bryn waves the bell she bought getting our attention and points at the dry eraser board that says.
“Let’s go already”
“Can you give her her voice back ’cause she is just as annoying without it,” Dash says. The board goes flying directly to his face again but this time when Dash ducks, the board flies past him and connects with Miles’s forehead. “Son of a-! That hurt, Bryn!”
She stomps on the floor, taking the board back, and writes “Sorry” but has an attitude about it.
Shaking my head, I leave them arguing and walk up to the register where Poppy pays.
“Anything special I need to do when using the amulet or drinking the potion?” I ask Honora as she rings Poppy up.”The amulet you can just put it on and when you go to sleep it will work. The potion is actually pretty bitter so I suggest a glass of water in hand. Don’t throw it up.” She smiles. “You know, you look…familiar. How old are you?”
“Twenty-three,” I reply.
Something in her eyes flashes. She nods. “I see.” Her stare falls on Lotus. They share a peculiar glance.
“You look just like your mother.” She says.
“My-…you knew my mother?”
She nods. “Yes. A very gentle lady with so much will in her.”
I smile as the thought of her enters my head.
Bryn’s bell rings again getting everyone’s attention.
The board in her hand reads.
“Can she help me with my voice?”
We look at Honora who clearly doesn’t know what Bryn is talking about.
“Huh? That’s a good question.”
Though Lotus seems hesitant to talk about my power, we still tell Honora what happened.
She looks at me with wonder. “Curious…this power of yours.”
“Can you help her?” Poppy asks.
“I am not sure I can undo it. But maybe I can help you control this power.”
“No.” Lotus immediately
says. “It is not a good thing to resort to magic or unnatural things for everything. Let’s figure this out first and then we can deal with your power and help Bryn without magic.”
As enticing as Honora’s suggestion sounds, Lotus is right. I’m not sure I want to mess with magic when this power of mine has been so unpredictable already.
“Very well. But I’ll be here if you need me and I have a feeling that you will.” She says.
With a riled-up Bryn-pissed off that we didn’t take Honora’s offer-we say our thanks and head back home.
Once at the pack, we explain to Warrick how it all went.
He actually agreed with my plan and said that it was a smart move. I felt a bit proud at that but later had to put my foot down when they all wanted to watch me sleep. I completely refused and told them that I would only have Colt with me and Serge could stay outside of the door if they wanted someone more there.
Now alone in Colt’s room, he places a glass of water on the end table next to me. “Can’t take any unnecessary risks, okay?”
“I won’t. I have one try and if that doesn’t work, then I am out.”
“And can you get out?”
I nod. “Yes. Pain seems to do the trick.”
He takes a deep breath in. I know he doesn’t like the idea.
He k*sses my head and hands me the amulet.
“Ready?”
I give him a nod and put the amulet around my neck. I pull Colt in and let him fall on the bed next to me.
Cuddling, we wait for sleep to take me. I can hear Colt breathe in my ear.
“I love you. Be careful.”
“I will.”
After what seems like an eternity, I am met with the white room. I immediately see Ezra sitting on the brown leather sofa. He nonchalantly stares at me with a knife in his hand. I stay unmoving except for my pinky which I wiggle to test if the amulet really works and it does.
“You kept me waiting.” He says.
“Wasn’t really looking forward to coming back.” I say.
“Yet, here you are.”
“Didn’t have a choice.”
“Mh…now where were we?”
“Stop, please don’t do this.” I plea, acting scared.
He gets up with a big smile. “Just like that, beg me.”
He kneels next to the couch I am on and puts the knife on the ground. I contemplate
whether to immediately take it but instead, I figure that maybe I can get just a bit more information out of him.
“How are you doing this?” I ask him.
“I have very powerful friends.”
“Why resort to this?
Wouldn’t you want this done in real life?”
“This is real life.”
“You know what I mean.”
“That is hard to do.” “Why?”
“I’m not a patient man. I’ve been waiting for you guys to make your move. I can’t keep waiting till you decide to attack the river packs to get to me. How long will that take? If I can have you now like this, then I will. I’ll ruin you.”
So he suspects we are planning an attack. Garret was correct, Ezra is no fool.
Ezra gets on top of me and latches his lips to my neck.
“Miles told us about a witch.
Is she the one who is doing all this?”
He pulls back looking a bit angry. “My f**king little brother. When I get my hands on him, he’s dead.”
“You’ve lost your mind, killing your family. Did she put you up to this?”
“Oh, I am very sane.” He smiles and drops down again to kiss my shoulder.
His hands start roaming my b*dy and as he does this, I eye the knife on the floor.
“Are Kacey and your mother still alive?” I ask.
“Don’t know why you care but yes.”
“Why did you kill her…why did you kill Lauren?” My heart hurts as I ask him this.
For a few seconds, he is distracted kissing me, going down to my breasts, and then, lifting my shirt he k*sses my stomach.
“It wasn’t planned.” He finally says. “I was so angry that I didn’t realize what I had done til I did it. But… I’d do it all over again now knowing how much pain it brought you.”
Gritting my teeth, I whisper. “I am going to kill you.”
“Yeah…” He lifts his head and smiles. “And how are you planning to do that up when you can even lift a finger?”
“Can’t I?” I ask.
He keeps his smile up but I can see how he is suddenly doubting.
Before he can realize it, I knee him in the nuts. He shouts and rolls down from
me. I get up and hurdle myself to the knife but soon feel Ezras weigh on me. I drag myself, my fingers just inches away from the knife while Ezra makes his way up to me, also dragging himself. When I feel him right behind me, I elbow him in the face. He staggers and I quickly grab the knife. Hurdling myself back, I stab him on the side where his waist meets his hips.
He screams in pain but before I can take it out and stab him again, a strange woman suddenly appears.
Black wavy hair, black eyes, and small in stature, more like a human.
She stares at me, her eyes blazing, and screams “What have you done!”