Chapter 119-1
Troy
Ragor and I both raced to the same spot. I pulled Kiana away just as the heartbreaking notes of anguish erupted from her, and her father pulled away the invisible figure of her memory.
“Wolves are not meant to be nulls,” the Crone spat. “She’s not strong enough to handle the responsibility. Put her out of her misery and save us all.”
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The walls began to crack around us, and I pulled Kiana up and held her. There was nothing that I could say to her now that she would listen to, but I could hold her and whisper that she was loved and protected and so strong. I said these words over and over again as the den began to crumble
around us.
None of the people from her memories reacted, so this wasn’t the memory. This was Kiana, working through her pain. Stroking her hair, I let her bury her head in my chest as she trembled. When the shaking stopped, I still didn’t let her go, but she popped her head up. “What happened? Did the shadows take us?” she asked tiredly.
“Not this time. I think you took us.” I kissed the top of her head. We were now standing in the forest next to a small creek bed. The skies over us were night, but there was no telling how much time had passed. “Which is good. Either you’re finding your control over your own mind or…”
“I’m breaking it to pieces?” she echoed.
“If that’s the fact, don’t worry. I’ll put you back together. So, the Crone is definitely on my hit list
when we return.”
“You can’t kill her.”
“Watch me,” I said cheerfully before I framed her face with my hands. “She is wrong about you, Kiana. She’s a jealous bitch that you have both a wolf and magic, and I know that is what makes you so damn strong. If she hasn’t figured out just how strong you are by now, then she will.”
“The witch who is now the Mother heard her. Do you think one of them told Lunessa?”
“I doubt it. If they did, Lunessa doesn’t seem to believe them. Not after all the help she’s given us, although I will say this. If she wanted to get rid of both of us at the same time, trapping us both in your mind is definitely a way to do it.”
When her eyes widened, I tried to grin. “Kidding.”
“That’s not a funny joke. You could be right.”
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Chapter 119 1
Footsteps behind us jerked our attention away, and we both turned. Ragor walked up the river, one hand out, like he was holding Kiana’s. Stopping by the water, he knelt down. “Wash your hands, Kiana, and don’t go wandering off.”
He looked down for another second before he smiled sadly. “I know baby, but you can’t be Andrea anymore. Think of Kiana like a nickname. Maybe it’ll grow on you. If not, we can think of another name when we move again, okay?”
“So fucking weird,” Kiana muttered. “I still can’t see Katherine. I guess her image works a little
differently.”
Ragor walked a few steps from Kiana, and his whole face changed. “I cannot believe what you are suggesting. You want to bind her magic? You’ve spent all this time telling everyone how special she is, and now one old hag tells you she’s dangerous, and you want to rip away half of her? Why don’t you just take her wolf away too while you’re at it!”
“Listen to him,” Kiana whispered. “He’s defending me. What the hell happened that turned him so against me? That turned him into the man who would cut me with a dagger dipped in wolfsbane just so I’d always have scars?”
“I don’t care. I don’t care how he started. He spent more time being a monster to you than being a good father. I don’t regret killing him.”
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