Chapter : 852
Third Person POV
Selene’s heart skipped an erratic beat, and a wave of dizziness suddenly washed over her. She swayed on her feet slightly, having to use her vanity before she fell to the ground. She blinked a few times, lifting her gaze to meet her own eyes.
She looked normal… but something inside of her changed. Something was happening… she just wasn’t sure what it was.
“Selene?” She heard her husband’s voice before she saw him at the doorway of her walk-in closet. “Have you seen my mother? She isn’t anywhere.”
“No,” Selene said, her eyes remaining on her own, like she was trying to recognize herself.
“Something is happening,” Zachary said. “I could feel it.”
Selene blinked…..so she hadn’t been the only one. She turned to face her husband and mate, her eyes wide.
“You felt it too?”
He blinked.
“Yes,” he said, stepping towards her. “I could feel… the shift.”
“What do you suppose it means?” Selene asked.
Zachary opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by another voice.
“It means that the true host of magic has awoken at last.”
They both turned and gawked as Cora stepped through the door. Her eyes were shifting between Zachary and Selene, her lip sucked into her mouth as she fought to keep herself steady. Selene could tell that she was nervous; she kept running her hands up and down the skirt of her dress, and Selene could practically hear her heart beating out of her chest.
Cora let out a shuddering breath, her nose and cheeks pinkening slightly.
“I’m sorry to just walk in…” Cora said softly. “I never used to knock… I suppose old habits are hard to overcome.”
“Cora…” Zachary breathed, his eyes wide. “H…how? When…? W…where?” He tried to ask, but each question failed to pass his lips.
“I know you must have a million questions,” Cora said, tears filling her eyes. “You must hate me for abandoning you all those years ago. And if you don’t already hate me… then you soon will. I have done you so wrong, Brother, and I am so sorry… this is all my fault…”
Zachary stepped towards his sister.
“Cora…I thought… I thought something happened to you,” he said, reaching out to touch her. “Are you really here?”
Cora nodded.
“Yes, I am really here…” she said. “I
wasn’t going to come back…but then she came to me and I knew I
couldn’t stay
away any long
Have
ruined so many lives, and for that,
my debt will never be repaidd am so sorry…”
Tears flooded her cheeks as she cried. Zachary didn’t think twice; he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. He tried to soothe her she had when they were sure why she
children. He wavere
was so upset and what was going on, but he knew that he didn’t want her to feel bad about anything.
Selene was also confused; she adored Cora when they were younger. She was the kindest in the Blackwell family and actually made
friends with Selene when Selene manied Zachary, rather than, shunning her as the rest of the family did.
Then, right after Lila’s birth, she just disappeared. It broke Zachary’s heart, and after years of no contact, he assumed the worst. It broke him, but at the same time brought him a bit of peace to lay her to rest.
“I am so sorry,” Cora continued to sob, her body trembling.
“What do you have to be sorry about?” Zachary asked. “Why did you leave, Cora?”
She pulled away, her bottom lip trembling.
“I am the reason they are dead…..” she whispered; her voice was so low, Selene almost didn’t hear her.
“Who?” Zachary asked, his brows furrowed. “Cora, you aren’t making any sense.” “Our parents,” she blurted. “I am the reason they are dead…”
Zachary let out a low chuckle, shaking his head.
“They were in a car accident, Cora. That wasn’t your fault…”
She shook her head, her lip trembling even more.
“Don’t you remember? Mom and Dad were taking my best friend, Ivy, and me to dance class at the time.”
Zachary nodded.
“Yes… and then I got a call saying that there’s been an accident and I needed to come to get you right away.”
She nodded and let out a shuddering breath.
“In the backseat of the car, I was showing off my magic to Ivy, and I lost control of it,” she admitted, looking away shamefully. “I was the reason we got into the car accident…I was the reason they are dead.”
Zachary’s heart broke at her confession, but he tried not to show it in the sake of his sister.