[Armal’s POV]I lay on the grass with Mia pulled close against me. After finishing with my punishment, I showered and found my way here. This would probably be the last moment of peace we would have until after we retrieved her body, and that knowledge alone made me wish that time would just stop."This is why I didn’t want to tell you." Mia sighed, catching on to my quickly dwindling thoughts. "We’re fine just like this."Fine like this? There was no way she was believing what was coming out of her mouth. Hell, I didn’t even believe it.How we were now wasn’t enough. Sure, it was fine for now, but I wanted to be with her forever, and in order to achieve that, she would have to be separated from Amya."Armal," Mia sighed, grabbing my cheeks and forcing me to look at her. "You know I would never want you to do something that would cause you trouble, right?""It isn’t any trouble." I insisted. "Even if it meant defying heaven and hell, I would do whatever it took to have you with me at

[Amya’s POV]I let out a sigh before collapsing in my seat. I had to admit that using my powers to bring both Armal and Mykel to the oasis had really taken it out of me."Are you okay?" Pam asked, eyeing me with worry. "You don’t look so good.""I’m okay." I responded, forcing a smile."You won’t be once I’m done with you." Mykel warned, snapping his eyes open. "Why the hell did you do that?""Welcome back." I said, trying to feign innocence. "I don’t quite know what you mean.""Don’t play coy.""Could we not do this now?" I sighed, closing my eyes.By this point, I could feel a massive headache coming on. Maybe I really did overexert myself this time. Or maybe Mia’s fighting in the oasis was draining my energy as well. I couldn’t be sure, especially since we never ran into an issue like this before."Are you okay?" Mykel asked, repeating Pam’s question from earlier."I don’t know." I admitted, "Maybe after a little sleep."As I spoke, the pain in my head continued to intensify. Shit,

[Mykel’s POV]"You’re going to make me yack." Pam groaned as I planted another kiss on the top of Amya’s head. "Could you stop?""Close your eyes." I chuckled, using a finger to push Amya’s head up enough for me to kiss her lips. "Or enjoy the show.""Wait!" Amya gasped, lifting her hand and covering my mouth.As I tried to process her rejection, a bark of laughter escaped Pam, while Lucien and Grendal fought to remain sober."I think that’s her way of agreeing that you’re being disgusting." Pam cackled."Actually," Amya countered, "it isn’t that I don’t want him to kiss me, but I kind of just threw up and haven’t been able to brush my teeth or wash my mouth."At her words, I felt a wave of relief roll through me. She wasn’t rejecting me. That was great."It appears that you will have to wait until we find an inn, lover boy." Pam giggled. "And even then, she will be sharing a room with me.""Fuck that."When we got to the inn, there was no way in hell that I was going to let Amya out

[Mykel’s POV]Satisfied that Denny and his idiot squad wouldn’t be anymore of a nuisance, I pulled Amya to me and began to move."Are we really just going to leave them like that?" she whispers, shooting a look over her shoulder. "What if they try?""They won’t," I assure her, smirking. "Denny knows damn well that if he betrays his word, I’ll kill him, no questions asked. Now, stop wasting so much energy on other men because you’re going to make me jealous.""Aw, do you really think I’d be interested in anyone but you?" Amya purred, skipping around to stand in front of me. "Don’t worry, you’re the only one for me; after all, the goddess said it was so."Growling, I reach out and attempt to grab Amya to punish her for her poor joke. However, she easily shimmies out of the way as a tinkling laugh escapes her."Catch me if you can, big guy!"Letting out a sigh, I began to move but stopped as Armal’s presence suddenly pressed against my skin.Shit, did this mean that he was back? If so, w

[Amya’s POV]I hover nearby while Mykel tells Armal and me about his discovery while in the Oasis, but I can’t quite believe what I’m hearing.All my life I had hoped to meet my wolf, but after Mia suddenly appeared within me, I lost all hope and accepted that she was my other half. But now here was Mykel saying that he not only found my wolf, no, he discovered the wolf I craved was the very thing that was trying to kill me."It doesn’t make sense," Armal muttered, voicing my own thoughts. "Why would Amya’s wolf want to kill her?""Maybe it feels that she betrayed it by accepting Mia?" Mykel offered, sending a pang of pain through me. "I can kind of understand its sentiments."Frowning, I eyed Mykel as the clear jealousy he had constantly felt since discovering his best friend was mated to my other half appeared. I guess he was right; he understood, even if I thought it was ridiculous."So what do we do?" I asked, wanting to change the subject. "We aren’t going to destroy my wolf, are