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Baba Yaga scurried into the tower. She took in everything in a glance and stiffly got to her knees to haunch over Andie and check her over.
“Andie is very weak. Archere, who has rooms next to her, says she barely sleeps,” Lilith murmured.
“Indeed. Well, we’ll make Andie sleep. And she needs some healing energy. Rhett, pick her up and carry her to my quarters,” Baba Yaga said, frowning as she checked Andie’s pulse. She exchanged a worried glance with Lilith, and Jase did not miss it.
Pandora might have been human, but she, too, carried Sins. Hope had always been hers, but she’d absorbed Lust when Kraken died. They were immortal, and so was Pandora now, and she shouldn’t get ill either. Yet the evidence was before their eyes: Andie was clearly sick, which meant they weren’t sure what condition Pandora was in, not until she shifted.
“Try to force her to shift. We must check Pandora,” Jase ordered.
Lilith and Baba Yaga both nodded as Rhett scooped her up.
“We’ll work with Andie first,” Lilith declared, then left the room, hot on Rhett’s heels.
“I have to inform the council,” Jase said, worry gnawing at his gut.
“You need to deal with your soul mate. I’ll tell the rest of the council,” Mary stated, turning him to face his mirror. In the few minutes he’d been distracted, Willow was now pointing a finger at the creatures and clearly telling them all off.
Jase sighed. “Can a mate bond be severed?” he inquired.
Mary looked shocked, and it was all Jase could do to stifle a smile.
“A mate, Jase, is a gift from God. Proof He hasn’t forsworn us yet,” Mary stated stiffly.
“And do you know what He can do with his gift? He turned against us when we absorbed the Sins. And He has shown no interest in us ever since. We were loyal soldiers and sacrificed everything, and where exactly has He been? Definitely not walking with us. If a human as a soul mate is his idea of a gift, He can shove it where the sun doesn’t shine,” Jase spat in anger.
Mary flinched, but Jase held his ground. His anger at God knew no bounds. Jase had spent millennia begging God to save his brothers and sisters, and there’d never been a reply. None of the Heavenly Host had bothered. Yet they were meant to care about them? No, God’s gifts always had a catch.
“So much hate,” Mary replied, her eyes narrowing.
“You’ve no idea,” he spat and walked towards his portal. “I’ll find a way to break this bond and then I will be back,” he said before stepping through his mirror.
Mary Worth/ Marie
“There is no way, Jase,” Mary murmured sadly.
Jase’s loathing for humans was tremendous. Not even she’d realised how much. And now she worried it might be too late for him to accept what was before him. A real gift, someone who would make him whole.
But if Jase continued to fight the mate bond, he could damage it irreparably. Worse, he could leave them mated but with a damaged bond.
Mary knew one thing for certain: a mate bond couldn’t be broken. And Jase would soon find that out.
Willow
She was at her wit’s end. Chatter, the dolphin, had insisted on accompanying her tonight. Beau and Bert, the turtles, weren’t going with her but wanted her to take Chatter. Luckily, Luna, the humpback whale, wasn’t here, nor was Segory the blue whale. Crackle the crab and Fish Diver, the seal, was also missing. But Chatter, his cousins, Giddy and Warrior, were all present. And all three dolphins demanded to accompany her.
A bright flash made Willow blink, and her eyes narrowed on the figure that erupted from the waves. Six months had passed since she last saw him, and he wasn’t any more welcome today than then.
“If you’ve come to take my ability away, go drown yourself,” she exclaimed at Poseidon as he approached The Swallow’s Nest in his merman form.
“Charming as ever, human,” Poseidon scolded.
“I’ve nothing to say to you,” Willow shouted, even though a part of her was thrilled to see him.
“Tough, I’ve got plenty!” Poseidon challenged as he came closer. Just as he neared the boat, a humpback whale popped up between The Swallow’s Nest and him. A large eye gazed at him steadily.
“Luna, no! Don’t get involved. Come here, girl,” Willow called, patting the side of the yacht.
Poseidon paused in his forward motion. He had no intention of hurting one of his own, Willow noted. It was just her he liked to make nasty remarks to!
