The door behind me closed with a loud noise that made me jump. It was pitch black and I couldn’t see anything. If it wasn’t for Jax’s presence, I would have been terrified, but I knew he wouldn’t let anything bad happen to me.The torches on the wall lit on fire, casting an amber light over the room. The room was different from the pass way we had just walked through. Instead of the pebbled stone walls, the walls were smooth, and the ceiling was lower. If I didn’t know any better, I could almost believe that we were in some sort of basement. The weak white light in the shape of a dome in the middle of the room caught my attention. I looked closer and saw a skinny woman laying on a small bed.When we walked closer, she sat up, her hair all tangled and it looked like she had large dark circles under her eyes. I guess the light from t

Mark walked all the way back to the cabin with me in his arms. His strength impressed me, as I wasn’t the lightest person.He placed me carefully on the bed, before giving me a kiss.“Just rest, I’m right outside if you need me.”Before he moved away from the bed, I grabbed his arm.“Please stay.”His eyes met mine.“Are you sure? Leah said that you needed to rest.”I nodded my head at him. A moment later he was in the bed next to me and I cuddled up to him and rested my head on his chest. The warmth of his body mixed with the familiar smell made me feel safe.

I watched as Jax left the room before moving my attention to Mark. “Thank you.” I took his hand in mine. “Asking Jax for help must have been hard for you.”Mark grunted. “I would do anything to keep you safe.” He kissed my forehead.“Would you mind holding me,” I asked weakly.The weight of the mattress moved and a second later Mark was in bed next to me. I snuggled up to go and shortly after I was asleep again. This time my sleep was peaceful. I dreamt I was a wolf and was playing around in the forest with Mark, in his wolf form.When I opened my eyes, Mark was snoring away next to me. I gave him a gentle kiss, as not to wake him, before I got out of bed.The house looked a bit

After I closed the circle and called all the elements to me, I drank the potion Leah had made for me and read out an incarnation before thinking of Leaf and the place that had been my home for the last couple of years. The energy entered my body and I let it consume me.When I opened my eyes, I was sitting on a field. Leaf’s house was up ahead. I laughed to myself and started walking. I couldn’t believe it actually worked. When Jax told us that Freya had told him to go home and stop us from doing something silly, it made me question if we were doing the right thing, but the spell was the only way I knew how to get here. And I desperately needed to get the hands on that book, for mine and Mark’s sake.I don’t want to accept Mark as my mate until I know I can get my magic back, as if I don’t get my magic back I’d die soon enoug

I sat down on a beach that overlooked the Temple. I didn’t know what to do. Yes, I was desperate to get my magic back, but my reason for it has changed since I met Mark. Now it was all about survival. I could not allow myself to mate with Mark until I got my magic back so that my body wouldn’t perish from the lack of it. There was no way I would send Mark to an early death. He meant too much to me.I was lost in thought when suddenly an energy scooped me up and the next thing I knew, I was standing in the temple. Hecate in front of me. She had returned to her more known form. A woman with a black dress and black hair.“So have you decided what you want to do?” “I can never betray Mark like that.”“You’re saying that y