chapter 14

Kyan Kaif stirs angrily when we feel the pain ripple through the bond. It is worse than before, my pants stick to me as I walk up the steps to my room. Blood runs down my legs and soaks through my pants. Kaif’s panic makes my stomach drop as I stare down at my drenched pants. Kaif wants me to go to her and check on her. He urges me to bring her home and mark her to keep her safe. But I know she can’t really be safe here. Marabella believes she is tainted by darkness, but she isn’t a descendant of the God of Darkness or a descendant of Celeste like I am. Marabella was granted the touch of death. She isn’t incarnate like I am, and she isn’t stained the way my bloodline is; tainted, and doomed to complete the cycle every twelve generations. Kaif is doomed to relive his mistakes, which dooms me along with him. This darkness within me is far more than she can ever imagine. She fears herself, when in fact, she should fear me. She should fear what Kaif could do to her, what he has done to his