10. Prophecies and party favours

Everest

I won’t lie, it had been rough. Finn’s dismissal of the mate bond had crushed me. I had barely begun to explore my feelings for him when they were ripped away from me. I’d questioned everything with him before, for sure…but when I felt that bond snap into place, I knew that everything I had needed was right in front of me. Seeing him walk away had been agony of the deepest level. I’d spent a week curled up in bed, too “sick” to go to training. My parents knew something was up, but they didn’t question it. They had no idea. Kali and Cas on the other hand had been by my side throughout the whole ordeal. They had searched for me the morning after to wish me a happy birthday and found me buried in the guest bed that Finn had stayed in, tear stained and exhausted. I didn’t have to say what happened, they both knew, and they didn’t make me re-live it. They’d taken turns bringing me food and water, keeping me company, bringing over movies…real sister stuff. After a week of mourning,