Page 123 of Secrets & Curses of Fate

“Where is Haden?” I asked, panicked.

I could not lose him. Tears streamed down my face as she opened her mouth. Before she could answer me, though, I saw him.

His soul was lingering by the window, almost completely out of his body. He was watching me with sadness that made my heart stop.Not again. Not again!

“No!” I screamed and ran to him.

I held my hand out towards the house and then pulled it back with a hard jerk, my magic causing the side of the house to blow out.

Black smoke came billowing out, and I called the wind and rain to help me stop the flames and clear the air. Tears streamed down my face as I desperately looked for his body, his soul form watching me as I fell apart. It was not complete, though, which meant he was still alive.

“Haden!” I called into the smoke.

His nearly lifeless body was lying under a beam. With my magic, I shoved it off of him and dragged him out of the house. Tears ran down my cheeks, and I stared at his handsome face that had smudges of ash on it. I gripped his face in my hands and begged him to open his eyes. I could not lose him.

“Please, do not leave me. I love you!” I cried to the stars. “I will die if I lose you again.”

I could feel him slipping away. My eyes shifted to Remy, who was unconscious. She was slipping away too. There was only one soul I was here to collect, though. I knew deep in my heart that it was Haden’s, but I could not let him go. I refused to let him leave me. Haden’s soul was almost gone from him. His orange form knelt next to me as he watched me sob and hold his physical body.

“Della,” he whispered.

“I can only save one of you,” I cried to him. I shook my head frantically because I knew what he would say.

“Save Remy,” he said without hesitation.

I shook my head no. I couldn’t, even if I wanted to. The thought of Haden dying and never having a life with him was soul-crushing. My mate bond would never allow such a thing—just like with Holden. I did not have control over the need to save what was mine. I would sacrifice the entire realm to save only him. But it washisfate to die tonight.

“Did you hear me? Save Remiah. It’s alright, Storm; maybe we will meet again.”

Tears burned my eyes as emotions clogged my throat. I pulled his lifeless body to me and sobbed against his unmoving chest. I could not live in that hell again. What are the chances that the heavens gave him to me again?

A painful sob tore from me as our mating bond severed and faded away. The pain was too much.

He was dead.

“Storm…” he whispered. “You have to let me go.”

I didn’t know what he meant until I realized I was gripping his soul in my hand.

No, why must I lose him?

Panic wrapped around my heart and squeezed until I could not think properly.

“I’m sorry, Haden, but I can’t,” I whispered as I held onto his soul with one hand.

I can rip souls from gods.

Avesh’s words came to me out of nowhere, and I knew what to do. Lifting my other hand, I demanded that my own soul come forward. My soul ripped away from me as I called out to the heavens at the agony I was feeling.?A constant stabbing sensation tore through every fiber of me as I ripped myself apart to save Haden.

“Storm, stop.”?

My silver soul floated in one hand, and I looked at Haden.?He looked so fucking confused. Memories of holding Haden's dead body 300 years ago plagued me. I already buried him once. I already had to live in that fucking hell, and I couldn't survive it again.

“I cannot lose you ever again.”?

Then I ripped his soul in half, slamming the half of my soul against his before forcing it back into his body.

Then I took the rest of his beautiful orange soul and slammed it into my own chest. Our blended souls seeped into his lifelessbody, illuminating it in the dark night. The pain was nearly unbearable for me as the fused souls came together inside of my chest. I knew I had broken god laws to save him, but I did not care. My silver soul intertwined with his orange one immediately, fueling it with enough power to make sure he lived. I put my hand over his chest, and it glowed gold as I seared my mating mark onto his skin, claiming him as mine so he couldn’t die.

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