Chapter 54
Chapter 54
“I see.” the
witch–Honora—says.
We have explained everything to her and now we watch her pace by us as
she thinks. She walks to the
front door, locks it, and turns a sign around that says “closed“.
“Follow me to the back. This
requires all my attention.” She says, walking behind the counter and through a door.
“Sit.” She walks around a
round table.
We all sit around the table
except for her. She walks up
to a few shelves and starts
grabbing things.
“The only way this man could enter your dreams like this depends on two things. Obviously, a witch is helping
him and he has a connection
to you somehow, a link.”
“That… shouldn’t be it. We
severed that link. He was my
mate.” I tell her.
“Contrary to what you might believe, the severing of a
mate bond does not happen instantaneously. Yes, you cut
the cord but the connection lingers for a little while longer. It slowly dissipates without a tether until finally
it is completely gone. This
man and witch must have
taken advantage of the
fading connection that was
still there.”
“What can we do?” Poppy
asks.
“It is a simple remedy to
sever whatever connection
lingers.”
“Wait,” I say. “How exactly
can he hurt me in this dream
state, my mouth has still not healed yet and also, why
can’t I ever move?”
“It is a magical wound and so it will take longer to heal. Be glad it wasn’t a mortal
wound. As for the paralysis, it is most likely this other witch’s doing.”
“Wait…if I could move…I
could hurt him?”
Her stare lingers on me for few moments and then she nods. “Yes. I supposed you
could. Would that be what
you want? It is doable.”
“Yes!” I quickly say.
“But wouldn’t this be
dangerous?” Colt asks.
“It is a chance to kill Ezra and
I am taking it.”
“But Cass=”
“I am not changing my
mind, Colt.”
“Cass, please think about this
first.”
“I’ve made up my mind. I
need to do this.”
I am not letting this chance
go to waste
I turn from him ending this
discussion.
“What do I need?” I ask
Honora.
She holds a golden amulet with a green tone in the middle of a gold plate. “Wear this when you go to sleep. Whatever spell they have on you will vanish and you will be able to freely move.” I
hold the amulet and after
inspecting it, I put it on. She
then holds her other hand
out with a blue flask. “This
will sever the connection
completely. Take it when
you are ready to end it.” I
take the flask, it contains liquid inside.
“Thank you,” I say.
“It is no bother. Now, the
matter of payment.” Honora
asks.
“Of course.” Lotus nods and
Poppy takes her purse out. They walk out to the front of the store where Poppy pays. I can only assume that it is Warrick’s money.
I stare at the potion in my hands wondering how this is going to taste.
“Cass, are you really doing
this?” Colt asks.
My attention now goes to
him. “Yes. I am. If there is a
chance that I can end it, then
I am taking it.”
Colt shakes his head. “This is
dangerous. He can hurt you
too.”
“But I’ll have the upper hand.
He won’t know that I’ll be
able to move.”
Colt sighs.
I put a hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him.
“Look, if it doesn’t work the
first time, then I’ll take the
potion and end it. But I have to take this chance, Colt. Wouldn’t you take it if it was you?”
With a scowl on his face, he reluctantly nods.
I get on my tippy toes and put my arms around him. “I know you are worried but
please trust me.”
With another big sigh, he
hugs me and whispers. “Okay.”
A bell suddenly rings almost
in
my ear. Bryn waves the
bell she bought getting our
attention and points at the
dry eraser board that says
“Let’s go already”
“Can you give her her voice back ‘cause she is just as annoying without it,” Dash says. The board goes flying directly to his face again but
this time when Dash ducks,
the board flies past him and connects with Miles’s
forehead.
“Son of a-! That hurt, Bryn!”
She stomps on the floor, taking the board back, and
writes “Sorry” but has an
attitude about it.
Shaking my head, I leave them arguing and walk up to the register where Poppy
pays.
“Anything special I need to do when using the amulet or drinking the potion?” I ask Honora as she rings Poppy
- up.
“The amulet you can just put it on and when you go to sleep it will work. The potion is actually pretty bitter so I suggest a glass of water in
hand. Don’t throw it up.” She smiles. “You know, you
look…familiar. How old are
you?”
“Twenty–three,” I reply.
Something in her eyes
flashes. She nods. “I see.” Her
stare falls on Lotus. They
share a peculiar glance.
“You look just like your
mother.” She says.
“My-…you knew my
mother?”
She nods. “Yes. A very gentle lady with so much will in
her.”
I smile as the thought of her
enters my head.
Bryn’s bell rings again getting everyone’s attention.
The board in her hand reads
“Can she help me with my voice?”
We look at Honora who
clearly doesn’t know what
Bryn is talking about.
“Huh? That’s a good
question.”
Though Lotus seems
hesitant to talk about my
power, we still tell Honora what happened.
She looks at me with
wonder. “Curious…this
power of yours.”
“Can you help her?” Poppy
asks.
“I am not sure I can undo it. But maybe I can help you control this power.”
“No.” Lotus immediately
says. “It is not a good thing to resort to magic or unnatural things for everything. Let’s figure this out first and then we can deal with your power and help Bryn without
magic.“
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As enticing as Honora’s suggestion sounds, Lotus is
right. I’m not sure I want to mess with magic when this
power of mine has been so unpredictable already.
“Very well. But I’ll be here if you need me and I have a
feeling that you will.” She
says.
With a riled–up
Bryn–pissed off that we
didn’t take Honora’s
offer–we say our thanks and
head back home.
Once at the pack, we explain
to Warrick how it all went.
He actually agreed with my plan and said that it was a smart move. I felt a bit proud at that but later had to put my foot down when they all wanted to watch me sleep. I completely refused and told them that I would only have Colt with me and Serge could stay outside of the
door if they wanted
someone more there.
Now alone in Colt’s room, he
places a glass of water on the
end table next to me. “Can’t
take any unnecessary risks, okay?”
“I won’t. I have one try and if
that doesn’t work, then I am
out.”
“And can you get out?”
I nod. “Yes. Pain seems to do
the trick.”
He takes a deep breath in. I
know he doesn’t like the
idea.
He k*sses my head and
hands me the amulet.
“Ready?”
I give him a nod and put the amulet around my neck. I pull Colt in and let him fall
on the bed next to me.
Cuddling, we wait for sleep
to take me. I can hear Colt
breathe in my ear.
“I love you. Be careful.”
“I will.”
After what seems like an
eternity, I am met with the white room. I immediately see Ezra sitting on the brown
leather sofa. He
nonchalantly stares at me
with a knife in his hand. I
stay unmoving except for my pinky which I wiggle to test if the amulet really
works and it does.
“You kept me waiting.” He
says.
“Wasn’t really looking
forward to coming back.” I
say.
“Yet, here you are.”
“Didn’t have a choice.”
“Mh…now where were we?”
“Stop, please don’t do this.” I
plea, acting scared.
He gets up with a big smile. “Just like that, beg me.”
He kneels next to the couch I
am on and puts the knife on
the ground. I contemplate
whether to immediately take it but instead, I figure that maybe I can get just a bit
more information out of
him.
“How are you doing this?” I
ask him.
“I have very powerful
friends.”
“Why resort to this?
Wouldn’t you want this done
in real life?”
“This is real life.”
“You know what I mean.”
“That is hard to do.”
“Why?”
“I’m not a patient man. I’ve been waiting for you guys to make your move. I can’t keep waiting till you decide to attack the river packs to get to me. How long will that take? If I can have you now
like this, then I will. I’ll ruin
you.”
So he suspects we are planning an attack. Garret
was correct, Ezra is no fool.
Ezra gets on top of me and latches his lips to my neck.
“Miles told us about a witch.
Is she the one who is doing
all this?”
He pulls back looking a bit angry. “My f**king little brother. When I get my
hands on him, he’s dead.”
“You’ve lost your mind, killing your family. Did she
put you up to this?”
“Oh, I am very sane.” He smiles and drops down again to k*ss my shoulder.
His hands start roaming my b*dy and as he does this, I eye the knife on the floor.
“Are Kacey and your mother
still alive?” I ask.
“Don’t know why you care
but yes.”
“Why did you kill her…why
did you kill Lauren?” My
heart hurts as I ask him this.
For a few seconds, he is distracted k*ssing me, going
down to my breasts, and then, lifting my shirt he
k*sses my stomach.
“It wasn’t planned.” He finally says. “I was so angry that I
didn’t realize what I had
done til I did it. But… I’d do
it all over again now
knowing how much pain it brought you.”
Gritting my teeth, I whisper. “I am going to kill you.”
“Yeah…” He lifts his head
and smiles. “And how are
you planning to do that
up
when you can even lift a finger?”
“Can’t I?” I ask.
He keeps his smile up but I
can see how he is suddenly doubting.
Before he can realize it, I
knee him in the nuts. He
shouts and rolls down from
- me. I get up and hurdle myself to the knife but soon feel Ezras weigh on me. I drag myself, my fingers just inches away from the knife while Ezra makes his way up to me, also dragging himself. When I feel him right
behind me, I elbow him in the face. He staggers and I
quickly grab the knife. Hurdling myself back, I stab him on the side where his
waist meets his hips.
He screams in pain but
before I can take it out and
stab him again, a strange
woman suddenly appears.
Black wavy hair, black eyes,
and small in stature, more
like a human.
She stares at me, her eyes blazing, and screams “What
have you done!”