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“How the hell did this happen?” Jase groaned, a hand holding his forehead as pain shot through it. This was giving him a headache.
“Because you foolish man, like it or not, Willow is your soul mate and is inheriting your powers.”
“But I’ve not touched her!” Jase vehemently denied.
“But you did. When she was wounded, you carried her. The connection would start growing if you had an open wound, a tiny scratch, and your blood intermingled. But because you’re so far apart, Jase, it’s taken time. There is a clear mate bond, or Willow would not have your power to speak to any creature at sea,” Andie explained from the doorway.
Jase spun on her, ready to rail at her, but stopped. Andie was pale and looked tired. Mary moved swiftly as Andie’s knees went out from under her, and Jase leapt forward as both women fell forward. He held Andie up and carried her to Mary’s chair.
“I’m okay,” Andie said, waving a listless hand.
“You are anything but,” Mary shot back, and Jase sensed her reaching out to Lilith and Baba Yaga.
“So much is happening,” Andie muttered.
“And you shouldn’t be shouldering it alone,” Mary scolded.
Andie snorted. “Who would share my burden? This is mine alone.”
“It doesn’t have to be. We’re aware there is more to the story than we first believed, but there’s too much you hold tightly to, Andie,” Mary said urgently.
Jase didn’t disagree, but after Pandora’s betrayal, he’d had a hard time forgiving her, and the truth was he hadn’t. Everything that had happened to them was because of this one curious human.
And if Jase admitted it to himself, this was where his hatred of them began—with Pandora. But he knew she alluded to there being more to her story, so he had stayed quiet and didn’t rail at her like he longed to. Instead, Jase kept his distance and let his disdain show on his face. He cared not if that hurt Pandora or not.
But looking at Andie now, he couldn’t deny she was in pain and clearly unwell. Her vitality was gone, and she looked a mere ghost of her former self.
“You have to tell us what is wrong,” Jase ordered.
Andie gazed up, and a small smile crossed her lips.
“I can’t. No, Jase… I honestly cannot. To do so would endanger someone else. And he must be protected.”
“He who?” Mary demanded before Jase could.
“I cannot say. Speaking will bring danger to everyone. When it is time, I’ll be free. It approaches fast but is not yet. A reckoning is coming, and we will be ready,” Andie murmured.
That was more than they’d ever got out of her since she’d returned to them.
“I see so much; the future is in constant motion. But I know your prophecies, your soul mates, and what is to come. But I can’t see beyond the final battle,” Andie mused. Her eyes stared at nothing, but she was focused on something.
Jase wanted to shake her but refrained.
“What?” he asked gently.
“Final battle. The Legends against their suppressor. The truth will emerge, and the Heavenly Host will engage. Judgement will arrive to the guilty,” Andie said and blinked. “But I cannot see past that; it is rather annoying. Strangely, I can view everything else except this ending.”
Andie sighed, and then her strength seemed to leave her, and she collapsed in on herself.
Jase cursed and caught her as she slumped forward.
Rhett, Dullahan or Headless Horseman, as he was more commonly known, strode into the room with Lilith on his heels.
Lilith rushed across as Jase laid Andie down on the cool flagstones.
“What happened?” Rhett demanded.
His form flickered; Maeve noticed curiously as Rhett reigned Dullahan in.
