Chapter Twenty One
“I didn’t tell my mother about… you.” I said to him, “I didn’t do it for you though, but for her. She has moved on, Bruce; she’s in love now, and she is happy, it will remain that way.”
“You did the right thing. It has been so many years; she deserves to be happy.”
“She does.”
“I don’t expect your forgiveness…”
“I don’t plan on giving you that. What I am interested in knowing is what exactly you are. I know you aren’t a werewolf.”
“You are right; I am not. I am a warlock.
“A warlock?” I repeated.
“Yes, similar to a sorcerer but also… different in some way. A sorcerer is born with magic flowing through their veins, but a warlock isn’t born with magic; we earn it, and for this reason, we operate on a different level.”
“That’s how you were able to make Mom forget about you.”
“Yes. It was a simple spell.”
“When you my father?”
made her forget about you, why did you compel her to believe Slade was
“Because I knew it would make her hate him even more, and hate is one strong emotion; the hate in her heart would force her to go through each day just to prove to Slade that she was stronger than he ever thought, and that’s exactly what she did. I feared after I left her that she would… give up, and so I had to.”
“I wish I could forgive you, Bruce, but I can’t; it’s too hard.”
Bruce nodded. “I know that, and I don’t deserve it.
You wanted to get rid of your ‘darkness,‘ but I won’t help you with that, not because I can’t but because you shouldn’t. We all have our own darkness, Riley, but being able to control it is what makes us powerful. He took out a small bottle filled with a glittering liquid. He passed it to me.
“What is this?”
“You should drink it immediately; it will help with your wings.‘
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I nodded but made no move to take it. He didn’t push.
“I’ll be gone, but Riley, for your sake, don’t come looking for me.”
And with that he was gone.
+25 BONUS
I lay on the bed, alone.
All I could think about was Isabella, the new girl.
Stupid as it may seem, I had this feeling of déjà vu. I remembered Zara–the new girl Ryker had brought to the pack. Ryker had promised me that I would be named his mate; but then he betrayed me by announcing her to the pack as his mate. Thane would never do that to me, but yet, I had to remind myself that she was his first love.
I wondered if he had been thinking of her when he mistakenly called me ‘Bella‘.
I walked into the bathroom, hoping to get a quick shower, when a sudden wave of dizziness washed over me. I stumbled forward, my eyes scanning the space for something -anything, to grab onto, but I ended up tripping on my own footing, and I fell to the floor, my head coming in contact with the hard tiled floor..
I groaned; the metallic smell of blood filled the air. My vision blurred, but I didn’t miss the figure by the bathroom door.
Daemon.
“Help me.” I whispered to him, but he wasn’t looking at me; his attention was on the cut on my forehead, which was now bleeding.
Bloodlust. That was clearly what he was experiencing.
The water dripping from between my legs got both our attention. My water just broke, but… it wasn’t time yet; the baby was barely seven months old.
“I’ll get Daisy.” He said, his voice strained, and with that, he was gone. I felt so afraid; this couldn’t be happening; it wasn’t time yet.
Just then the contractions began; this felt even worse than the first.
Daisy walked in, accompanied by some other healers; together, they easily picked
me up.
“You will be fine.” She assured me.
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But this time I didn’t believe her.
