Page 323 of Cursed Evermore
His hand stretched toward mine, fingers straining, desperate to reach me.
Thayden released the sword, and Wolfe's form dissolved into shadow, then unraveled until all that was left was the echo of his hand reaching for me.
The sky drew him in with one breath. Then he was gone.
"Wolfe!" His name clawed out of my throat, anguish given voice.
The shackles burned hotter, searing my skin, dragging me to my knees as the sky sealed shut where he'd vanished. My sobs raked my throat raw, but still, I screamed his name, as if sheer will could bring him back to me.
And then?—
The heavens shifted.
Silver light crept across the courtyard, drowning out everything else. My tear-blurred gaze lifted just in time to see it. The new moon cresting, pale and pitiless, sliding into the heavens.
Its cold glow spilled over me, and my breath faltered.
The reset had come.
Thayden turned toward me, the smile still on his face. "Hello, my love. I've come to get you."
His smile was the last thing I saw before the curse took me and my mind swept right back to Gryffyn Forest.
Father was riding toward me on his horse, fleeing for his life. The all-consuming vortex behind him opened wide and swallowed him whole.
I screamed, then the world went black.
To be continued …
