Page 227 of Shifting Hearts 1
“Dom and Jace?”
She nodded. “Can you imagine what would’ve happened if it was Jace and not Alex.”
No, I couldn’t. “I probably would have killed him.”
“No, you wouldn’t. You loved that man way too much. The spell would’ve broken.”
“He changed their names, why?”
“Because he is Jace, he can’t live without you either. I told you he was a lot like me.”
I giggled. Silence lingered. “His mark is undone.”
“I know.”
“He can’t lock on me, Gabby. Not this life.”
“I know. You have to tell them.”
“I’m so angry at him. The way he treated them. They were mine. And he left them.”
Tears welled up in Gabby’s eyes. “I know. But they are still yours.”
“And she raised them.”
“They didn’t eat their way out of her belly. They devoured yours. So fuck her.”
I laughed. “They didn’t eat themselves out of mine too.”
“Technicalities. You remember the pain. I hate her.”
“She raised them.”
“No, we did. Annie, me, Irene. We raised them. They didn’t even like her in the beginning.”
“Why did he not show them who I was?”
“He destroyed all the pictures. I wished I kept some. How long do you know Em.”
“More than a year.”
“Fuck, Morgan.”
“I did bad things, Gabs.”
“I know. You tell them, and then we leave okay.”
“What happened? The two of you were so close.”
“He refused to listen. He used to in the beginning, but I was always too late. After a while, Mel got to him. She doesn’t love him. Zack and I broke away. My kids are still here every full moon to be near him, but I refuse to stay. So please, say your piece and let’s go. None of them believed that you were this powerful.”
A knock sounded at the door.
She cussed in Polish. I didn’t understand.
Gabby got up and opened the door. “What do you want? You don’t believe it’s her, so what?”
“Seriously,” Jace said.
