Page 80 of Secrets & Curses of Fate

“If Haden dies, I will lose my mind.”?

He shook his head.?

“I cannot see your future anymore,” he whispered. “It almost seems like… you die.”?

“Gods can’t die,” I reminded him, but even as I said it, I felt fear. I had believed that gods weren’t able to change fate either, but I did.?

“What if everything we know is a lie?” he frowned. “I see you and Haden in the future, in love and happy, but then he is alone, and you are nowhere to be seen in the visions.”?

“Maybe I get taken by the night lily creatures.”?

He shook his head.

“No, I would see it. I cannot see anything anymore.” Brim’s eyes filled with tears. “The last vision I have of you is confusing and does not make sense.”?

“Tell me.”?

“You are standing in the Crimson Kingdom’s garden with Remiah.”?

“What is so odd about that besides the fact I am in Crimson?”? I asked.

I don’t know if I had ever seen Brim’s eyes lose all of their light like this before.

“Remiah was dead. It was her soul floating in front of you.”?

I shook my head. No, Mikel’s mate can’t die.?

“No.” I ripped my hands from his. “Mikel would never let her die.”?

“It was confusing. Remember that visions do not always give the correct information. Sometimes it gives images with no context. Maybe you were there to save her. Whatever you do, Della, youcannottell Mikel.”?

“I have to.”?

“I forbid it.” His friendly tone disappeared. “It is my vision, and I forbid it.”?

“How dare you?” I snapped at him as the odd sensation of his binding magic twisted around me. It felt like betrayal.

“You are getting too irrational, Della. I did it for your own good.”?

I stared at him.?

“You know more than what you are saying.”?

“Of course, but I won’t tell you, and you cannot force me to. Having too much knowledge of the future will drive you insane. You would go mad trying to change the fates of everyone around you in hopes that it would save Haden, but Haden is not the one who needs saving this time. You are.”?

I understood, but I also didn’t. How could he have done this to me?

“I hate you,” I sneered with tears in my eyes.?

“I will take your hate if it protects you.”?

I turned from him and left in my star mist. When my magic disappeared, I was standing on the main pathway of Raynor with Haden and Remiah walking toward me. I watched him closely, but I stayed hidden. He did not seem to sense me yet, and I thought maybe it was my enraged state that was hiding me well.

I walked behind them as they laughed about something. Usually, I would smile at the sound of his laughter. But instead,betrayal pumped through me as I watched him. My eyes took in everything about him, from the familiar tips of his pointed fae ears to the same circular scar on his neck that he had before.

Could he see his future in this life? Someone who was that powerful before their death would probably keep their magic, right? Had he seen me coming in his visions? I shook my head as tears stung my eyes. How long had he known that he was going to die before it happened? Was it only a day or longer? I tried to think back to that morning; he had been so sad the night before, and then we spent most of it talking about our future and getting tangled within each other. He let me plan for a future that wouldn't be ours. I still didn't know what he remembered. What if he remembered everything?

Had he been trying to make our last night special? That wasn’t fair. If he knew that he was going to be mine again, he should have told me and spared my heart the pain. I had spent the next 300 years wondering and waiting for him, hoping and praying he would be mine.

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