My hands tightened around his biceps. Horror filled my eyes as I darted them over his shoulder in the dark. I shook my head. I don't know how to do this.
"Only Dastien can kill them. He's their king." Aragon said.
"Why are they against him?" It surprised me.
"We still don't know. It has something to do with the Magic. " Elizabeth said.
It terrified me. my heart was pounding in my chest, fear rushed through me. This place was too horrible. I felt like I was a white dot on the black paper. Only my mate could save me. I didn't have the power to fight against it. I was responsible for everything.
"I won't let anything happen to her. " Darius said, his eyes were full of hurt. How could I do such a thing? I had hurt so many people, my one mistake has brought evil to our door steps. It took many lives. I understand why Esmeralda hates me.
Our eyes locked for a while. The earth shook again. I held on to his arms tightly. It stopped again. He withdrew his hands and took steps back still looking at me. If something is happening to one of us today. I would be responsible for everything.
The white Shield widened, taking me in. It would protect me for whatever was on the other side of it. I was also relieved that I didn't remember anything. It would hold the guilt for a while.
His poker face in anger. The fire rose from behind him like giant wings. I held my breath as I glanced at them. He was looking breathtaking, so handsome and deadly dangerous. A fire wall rose between us, blocking my view and brightening my surroundings.
"Em," I spun hearing Silver.
"Dastien?" I asked, my heart was drumming in my ears. My muscles tensed because of fear.
"He will be fine. We should start." Elizabeth held my hand and toed me in the centre. "No matter what, don't open your eyes. You may feel something crawling on your skin, someone holding you." She turned to look at me. "Remember, Queen Emersyn. Nothing can burnt you, nothing can kill you."
"It's impossible."
She smiled. "It's not. Hold Cecilia's hand." She left my hand and lifted her hands to her side. Silver, Esmeralda,Elizabeth and Miuccia grasped each other's hands.
"Close your eyes." Mama said.
Cecilia looked at her mate. Her eyes were holding sorrow, agony, so much pain that I couldn't explain in words. She was going to lose him forever. I couldn't see Darius' face as my back was facing him.
Cecilia inhaled a shuddering breath and held her hands out, palms facing the dark sky. She broke her gaze and looked at me.
"I'm sorry." My voice cracked. It couldn't lessen her ppai.
"It didn't go as you planned." She lifted her chin high, she didn't wipe her tears. She was proud. Proud to have her mate in her life, though it was for a short period.
Edward smiled my way before he followed Alessandro out of the shield. "Fire would kill them."
"It wouldn't." Silver said proudly.
I could ask her later. That could wait but Edward would never smile my way until he had something or a secret to share with me. I gripped her hands. Not knowing how much damage I had done. Was I an evil person, a selfish one? I didn't consider anything or anyone before doing this.
"Close your eyes my children. Don't open your eyes until I tell you." Mama told us. She isn't bad. She's protecting me from the darkness. Because of her curse, I couldn't even sense it.
I was peering at Cecilia trying to gauge her pain. Perhaps, I could never understand this. What did I do to them?
She looked at my back before closing her eyes.
I have to mend everything that I did wrong to them. But how? There is only this way to correct everything.
I closed my eyes. I could hear things from a distance too. The roar of demons, creatures didn't stop reaching my ears.
A soft mumble of enchanting encircled us. I tried to concentrate and tried to hear. I couldn't understand the language.
Goosebumps rippled through my body when something crawled from my feet to my leg. I squealed in terror.
"Don't open your eyes. They have to start again." I heard Cecilia.
I squeezed my eyes tighter. I was feeling dread with every passing minute that knew no limit. I was frightened of crawling with another hand or what was on my skin.
I shrieked again, jumping on my feet. Her tentative touch was gone and grasped my hands tightly. Whatever was crawling on my feet, it was scaring the shit out of me. Dastien was calming me through the bond.
"We have weathered worse days. Please, calm down." She said,
"I don't know." Everybody kept talking as if it was yesterday' talk. It was prohibited, against the rules of the death goddess that you couldn't remember anything about your past.
' We don't come under human's rulebooks.'
I clearly heard in my head. My concentration was also devastated, I gasped in pain and panicked when something sliced through my back. I sobbed as the cut burnt like it would kill me. Tears rolled down my closed eyes.
It was gone as quickly as it came. The rivulet of unknown sources flew through my views. I could feel its strength.
Memories began to jumble that I didn't remember living them. They made no sense. They crawling sensation, someone grabbing me to choke, slicing me, everything faded in compared to it
A chaotic parade of unknown memories began to flash in the back of my mind.
In one, I was standing in a place surrounded by beautiful flowers, my hands were raised up, three people were encircling me.
Then a seen face from this world flashed. He was smiling at me.
A beautiful couple looking at me with grasping love in their beautiful brown eyes.
Then a mirror, a baby face girl smiling at me.
Dastien was beaming at me. He bent forward.
Again Dastien, but I didn't feel. He was looking at me with sadness in his eyes.
Each one was hurrying to replace the last. An unknown power was holding me, giving me strength to endure them.
What's happening?
But I couldn't force the words out. It felt like I was standing aside, looking at my memories moving in front of me, like a television screen, but this one was huge one, and the corners were wavering like calm water.
I tried to grip on one. I wasn't alone. My wolf and a set of burning eyes was next to me. Dastien.... he's my mate. There was another presence too. It was as comforting as Dastien's.
'Cecilia's mate. ' I recalled myself. I was wondering. How could it be possible? I could still hear the soft murmuring in the distance.
I grasped on one memory. My hands are raised in the air, my eyes are closed.
My mouth gaped, witnessing the gleam on my face. I was so beautiful at that time.
' You're still beautiful, my mate. '
I blushed hearing him in my head.
Esmeralda, Silver, and Elizabeth were enchanting something in Latin. Their eyes are closed, holding each other's hands . This was similar to what they are doing right now. Strange, I could understand them.
'For love, for the sake of love, you have to help us.'
What are they doing? Why are they asking for help when they are powerful like a goddess?
'They are praying to our ancestors. They always help.' Perhaps Darius said.
What is Darius doing in my head?
I heard a soft deep chuckled. I looked back at my memory nervously. My eyes caught someone.
"Who's he?" I received no answer.
The person was covered in a dark cloak, hiding himself completely. He lifted his fisted hand and opened his palm.
I gasped in shock. A wave of panic tightened my chest. We would have been successful. Someone did this intentionally.
' What's he doing? ' I asked in my head.
' He made a portal and tied it to you.' Dastien replied. I felt his wrath
I shuddered in fear. It didn't seem right.
' Tie like a matebond? '
Calmness washed over me. I looked to my left. Dastien and Darius were there with me looking at my memories.
'No it will end with the ritual. You'll be the same before the soul split.' I heard Darius.
'It's not a black magic. It's a request to our ancestors.' I heard Dastien. His eyes swiped over me. I felt so many emotions, love, proud, anger. 'Grasp them and open your eyes slowly.' I heard his command.
My feet carried over the display. I lifted my hand. Opening my palm, I touched them. A blast of light blinded my surrounding. I shut my eyes light.
I felt myself laying on something hard and soft. A hand was cupping my cheek. His thumb was running under my eyes. I wasn't feeling, but a source of power was running within me. I wasn't cold, fire was running through my veins. My wolf was strong, very strong. I could feel the part which was of Cecilia and loves Darius so much. I could also feel her pain. A jolt of fear rocketed through me. This pain, her pain always stayed there. I wanted to end this.
"Open your eyes." I heard the soft voice of Dastien.
I opened them slowly as he told me. His forest green eyes were looking down at me. Our eyes locked for a brief second. I looked over his shoulder. Silver, Elizabeth beamed at me. Esmeralda smiled at me but I couldn't ignore gloomy in her eyes losing them. Her family
My apologies wouldn't lessen anything. So I shut my mouth.
"Mama." She looked relaxed and flashed her beautiful smile down at me. She loved me more than her sons. "I'm sorry." I would have been success if that hooded person didn't mess with the magic.
Bending her knees, she caressed my cheek. I felt a wave of energy and heard the soft murmuring. My eyes widened in shock. What was she doing? She withdrew it, straightening her back.
"I can feel her. She's not with us but I could feel her within you, Em." Darius said, his eyes were flashing silver and glued to me. He was seeing through me.
My wolf was strong. I could control my emotions and feelings. They wouldn't know a thing until I wanted them to know.
Various kinds of scents lingered in the air. My eyes locked with Dastien. I felt a flood of love. He was letting me know his feelings.
But I was also aware of other scents. Darius was broken and sad.
The murmuring never stopped in the back of my head. When I looked up at her, she was looking at her son Darius. Sadness flashed on her beautiful face. It was gone immediately.
"Why are you blocking me?" My head snapped at the sharp voice of Dastien. The part which felt love for Darius and wanted to do things I would never contemplate. I felt it pressed. It never came to the surface. Never.
"Last time you did this. This happened." Darius flattened his lips.
"I don't know." I looked up at Miuccia
"Our ancestors. Only blessed women could hear them. " The light Queen muttered and all silenced.
"Do they want to punish her?" Esmeralda squealed, her eyes were big. I was wondering. Why wasn't she happy at the thought?
"Shut up." Aragon scolded her, giving her a cold look that sent shivers down my body.
It wasn't just Aragon. Dastien and Darius glared at her as they would kill her instantly.
"No." I said, concentrating on murmuring. They were saying something to me. Panic clasped my chest painfully. It was the hardest thing to do. My eyes once again drifted over to her.
Tears that welled in her eyes told me that she heard them too.
"You can hear them, mother. What are they saying?" Darius asked.
Only women, I should say queens of our family could hear them, summon them. I understood why she summoned them. It wasn't my fault but someone misused the opportunity and tinted the blessing. I called them twenty two years ago.
She shook her head at Darius and leaned in to kiss my head. "Hasta Lavista, mi hija." She glanced at me, for a long second. She turned sharply and didn't look back at us.
"Mother, " Darius shouted. Blood ran through his gaze.
Elizabeth and Silver were crying. They understood,they must have heard them too. are queens. I glanced at Alessandro and Edward. "Brother-in-law" I told them, smiling. They're Dastien and Darius ' younger brothers.
"I'm glad you remember us." Alessandro offered a smile.
It was only Dastien who wasn't giving any reaction except his arms were locked around me as he wouldn't let me go.
Darius," I held my hand out. I waited for him to take my hand.
With hesitation, he curled his cold meaty fingers around my hand. "What are the ancestors telling you? Tell them. It's...."
I shook my head. "I have to go." Gripping his hand, I smiled at him.
He didn't return. I could feel his anger. "No,"
"What are you saying? Go where? It's your home, Em." Alessandro asked, narrowing his eyes
"She's going to die." Elizabeth said between her sobs.
Edward and Alessandro looked at me with big round eyes, I could see the beautiful color of their eyes. "You can't do this." I felt hesitation in Edward's voice. Perhaps it was my Wolf's power that helped me to understand them through their emotions and the scent in the air.
I smiled again, I didn't know how to handle so much knowledge that they cared for me, their feelings for their mates, their love for their brothers.
I kissed Darius' tensed body relaxed, but his anger remained the same. "You won't destroy this beautiful place or anything or won't let other do his." I gestured at Dastien. I tried to smile but my tears-pooled eyes betrayed my strong personality.
"No," His voice cracked. He lost Cecilia today. He must not want to not to feel his presence around her.
"I don't have a choice." I withdrew my hand. "I needed to talk to Dastien."
"No," Silver squealed. "I won't talk to you ever." She looked pretty serious.
"No you can't do this. We're friends, sisters-in-law. " Tears pooled her eyes.
She took me in a bear hug. " Please, don't do this. We'll ask for their forgiveness." Elizabeth suggested with tears.
"It's their forgiveness, Silver." I told her hugging her.
Esmeralda wiped my cheeks with her soft fingers. One tear escaped from my eye. Before it could drip. Elizabeth caught it. A white glow emerged through her hand. I glanced at it with wonder when it converted into a beautiful sprout. She guided it to the earth.
"It would tell the future. A symbol. Strong one." She whispered and embraced us.
"I can't see her going again." Esmeralda turned on her heels and broke into a run.
I looked at Aragon with beseeching eyes. With a soft nod, he strode behind her.
"She isn't going to listen to us." Elizabeth told Silver.
"I can't see her going either." Silver broke the hug and ran toward the same path Esmeralda went. Alessandro went after her to stop.
I stepped back, breaking the embrace from her. She wouldn't let go of me. I had nothing to say. I loved both as my sister.
Edward wrapped her in one-side-hug and walked away.
The enchanting, murmuring poured in my ears again. "They're waiting. I have to go, Dastien." My voice might be cracking, my feelings and emotions would be a mess. The pain that was rising in my chest was worse than any other pain. It wasn't mine. "I won't be able to leave if you won't allow me, my king." Emotions laced my voice.
His arm snaked around my stomach as he tugged me closer to him. His warmth engulfed me. "What if I don't allow it?"
My head jerked to him. The emotions on his face wretched my heart. My throat choked painfully. "You know this can't be." I lifted my hand and placed it against his cheek. "I love you. I will always be your. In every birth, my King." Holding back my feelings, my love for him, I murmured. It was so difficult.
"You'll die. I'll die." he said, leaning in. He rested his forehead against mine. He closed his eyes inhaling my scent. it calmed his anger but the storm within him continued.
"No! No!" Lifted my chin. The moment made my lips brush on his stubble. "No, yo-u can't do this. This world needs you. You know what will happen without you. I can't endure the pain. Before the death-pain would kill me. Please," Tears ran down my cheeks.
Opening his eyes, he brushed his lips on my cheek. The tears disappeared in steam. "You know the rules of mate. Darius and I can't live without our mates."
"No..." I shook my head.
"Estoy permitiendo, Dulzura. Mi corazón late por ti." He kissed my cheek.
I looked at him, in his forest green eyes. I parted my lips to say something to him to stop doing that. A hand landed on his shoulder. I saw Darius. He wasn't looking furious anymore. A smile curled on his lips.
I inhaled a shuddering breath and nodded, allowing the murmuring voice who was calling for me, toward my death.