Page 102 of Fated for Dawn

Ryker said, “My strength.”

“I’ll give up some of my stamina,” Chad said. “But not in the bedroom,” he added with a wink.

Lucien rolled his eyes. “Whatever is needed.”

Alister looked pained. “I’m human now. I have nothing to give unless you want my life.”

Love swelled in my chest, nearly choking me with the lengths they were willing to go to bring me back to life.

These idiots.Myidiots.

I looked at Hecate. “Not Alister’s life.”

Hecate’s gaze swept over us, and for the briefest moment, her lips twitched with what almost looked like a smile.

“I suppose, as a gesture of gratitude, I can make an exception one last time,” Hecate claimed, a trace of warmth in her voice. “Thank you, Evelyn. For everything.”

The goddess waved her hand, and the world spun.

Suddenly, we were back on the battlefield.

I stumbled, disoriented, then spotted Lia nearby. I rushed to her side as she stirred.

“Lia!” I gasped.

Her eyelids fluttered open, showing brilliant blue eyes—not the stormy gray I’d known for years.

Lia blinked up at me, confusion etched on her face. “Evelyn? Your eyes…they’re brown.”

The curse was truly broken.

“We did it,” I said, helping her sit up.

My mates crowded around us, and for a moment, we just held each other. The weight of everything we’d been through crashed over me, and I let out a shaky laugh that was half sobbing.

“Wait,” I said suddenly, looking around. “Where’s Zade?”

Rafe’s gentle voice answered with a hint of pride in his tone. “He’s on duty now. Remember?”

I smiled, picturing Zade’s stoic face. “I hope Lia appreciates his sunny disposition.”

Chad snorted.

I felt a warmth spread through me. We’d faced death and gods, and somehow, we’d made it through.

Together.

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Epilogue

As I re-shelved a tattered grimoire, my fairy wings fluttered—the only remnant of my lineage magic, likely too stubborn to fade even after five years.

I’d been working at the Arcanum Academy library, where supernaturals from around the world came to check out Alister’s donated collection. It had taken months to recover from the aftermath of Eris. With no elders left standing after my lightning wiped them out, new leadership had to be chosen. But the Academy was thriving. We had battled a goddess and won.

The influx of students meant expansion—and more jobs.

“Evelyn, darling, have you seen my reading glasses?” Alister’s voice rang out from behind a towering stack of books.

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