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“The Goddess’s Prophecy.”
My breath caught, mouth popping open involuntarily. “You know the prophecy?”
“I have every word imprinted on my heart, because it promises me a mate – someone who will love me no matter what. I’m assuming you haven’t heard it recited?” His stubble-dusted lips turned up at the corners in a knowing smirk.
Clenching my teeth, I gritted out, “I have not.”
“How badly do you want to know what it entails?” His words were no more than a whisper, and yet they struck with the force of a well-placed blow. Because I did want to know, more than anything; I wanted to know what the Goddess had laid out for me, and if I would have more choices stripped from me.
“I’d like to know what else I will be made to do against my will,” I hissed. His eyes darkened for only a moment before they sparkled with amusement.
“And what would you do to receive this information?”
I wanted to scream, to claw his fuck-me eyes out. He must have sensed the direction of my thoughts, because he offered up a list of options. “You could sleep in my tent with me, or you could kiss me.”
His options did not quell the firestorm building in my chest. “Only sleep? Nothing more?”
“Not unless you want to do more.” His slate-gray eyes heated as they searched mine, waiting for an answer.
“Fine,” I gritted out, fisting the blanket around me until I ripped a few tufts of fur from the pelt. “I will sleep in your tent, but there will be space between us.”
His smirk told me that I had lost this battle, but I planned on winning the war. “Then we have a deal, my sprite. I’ll tell you the prophecy.”
Clearing his throat, he recited my fate.
“The ones that are part of all will be born under a full moon
Her white light will fill the land
But her mates darkness will rise
Kings will fall
Rivers will run with blood
There is a choice
Follow the light
Descend into the dark
The harrowing pass decides it all”
Every word was seared into my memory, my only chance of recalling them later when I had time and space. Even if Ruslan wrote it down, I would not be able to read it. Cazius had only managed to teach me the letters, and there was no way I could string them together into words.
The second line snagged my attention with the mention of white light. That must have been the part that Endre remembered all those weeks ago when he saw my magic for the first time.
But the first part…the ones that are part of all?I was only Night Fae, so how would that involve me?
My face must have slipped from anger to confusion, because Ruslan offered, “King Zalan isn’t your real father.”
All semblance of self-awareness and control disappeared as my jaw slackened. “How do you know that?”
“Because your mother was mated to an Angel who lived in the Iron Realm. He was there under the guidance of Rares. When King Zalan and Queen Liessa arrived for Béke, he was roaming the streets of Radence and saw her. After trailing them to the citadel, he sought out Rares to explain. Mates are different with Angels and Demons – they know immediately when they’ve found their mate. Rares involved my father, who then revealed his plans to King Zalan. He couldn’t wait to breed his wife to the Angel after seeing the powerful Félvér Rares created for King Azim. What better way than to start with his wife, whose child he could claim as his own?
“King Zalan was insanely jealous, though, and he insisted on watching every second they were together. But since Liessa was mated to the Angel, their draw was beyond anything they could resist. He caught them several times together without him present. If she weren’t already pregnant with you, he would have killed her. As it stands, that’s what he did after you were born.
“And because we had intimate knowledge of the prophecy, we knew that you too would be born under a full moon, based on the time of your conception. So my father proposed a marriage alliance to strengthen our houses and conquer the continent. Though your mother was Night Fae, she had a hint of Crystal and Day blood in her from generations back. So together, we are part of every race on this planet.”
