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She was enjoying this too much, enjoying pushing my limits and taunting me.
“You put a block on my soul, right? So, I couldn’t get marked by Isaac.”
The way her emotions shifted made me quiver. The amusement changed into heartbreak, and she gulped.
“I had to protect you and Isaac.”
“Protect us?”
“I had to talk to you first so you know what will happen once you are marked by him.”
So, she wasn’t a witch, but she did put a block on me. Making it impossible to get marked. However, by how she spoke about Isaac, I didn’t believe she was working against him.
She seemed sorry for what happened to him, she didn’t hate him like everyone else does in this place.
“I already made so many mistakes, this is the last thing I get to try before they find out.”
Now it was my turn to gulp. The sound of her words were so familiar. I heard those before from Isaac when he came back. When he wasbroughtback.
Holy fucking shit.
“Your Celine. The moon goddess.” The one I called bitch in the sky not too long ago. The one that created all the mate bonds, paired me up with Liam and granted the rejection even when I didn’t get all the necessities right. The goddess that brought Isaac back.
“Yes.” She said it so simply and left me gawking at her as she moved deeper intothe mountain.
I stumbled after her, trying to make sense of the jumble in my mind as I blurted out another question.
“How canyoube his mother?”
Chapter twenty-three
Hidden
Isaac
Therewassomethingwrong.I couldn’t feel Joanne anymore, and it made me restless. I tried to follow William’s tracks, but it was as if he vanished into thin air or stopped before the entrance of a cave. There was nothing inside, not a mark or any evidence they went in.
So, now I was returning to the horrific scene I had left behind, hoping to find some clues as to where they went.
Maybe I should try to follow Laila’s tracks? Perhaps they had split up as well. That couldn’t be the case, William would never leave his pregnant mate behind, or maybe they were forced to split up.
Logan urged me to shift, but he had been too out of control to let out. I didn’t want him to kill anyone unnecessarily; it would take too much time. Time, we didn’t have.
Ignoring the dried blood and the scent of decaying bodies, I found Laila’s trail. They never split up, but there was something different. As if she purposely left some breadcrumbs. The broken branches weren’t because there wasn’t enough room to pass the bushes. No, she broke them on purpose.
I didn’t understand why. William’s tracks were somewhat hidden but not impossible to follow, and then Laila’s tracks were the opposite. She wanted me to find them.
However, the tracks kept bringing me back to the same place. They didn’t double back and went in another direction. It was the same cave entry, but I had already been there, and nothing there helped me with my search.
And still, I tried again.
Even if I couldn’t find anything, it would be a great place to spend the night. I was sheltered from the coming rain and somewhat more protected, seeing there was only one way in or out.
A familiar warmth spread around my chest, and I sighed in relief. Sensing Joanne was okay, but when I went outside again to make one last round. The heat disappeared, and that same icy layer returned.
Why did my connection with Joanne peak when I was inside the cave? I turned back, staying close to the walls as I let my fingers brush over them, feeling the curves of the rock formations under my fingertips.
Every cut, mark, and chip was felt while I didn’t know what I was looking for, I closed my eyes, letting the bond lead me further.
