Epilogue
AZIZ
Hours after finding my mate and getting her to safety, I was still on edge.
She told me that a witch had escaped after stabbing her.
I knew the threat to her wasn’t over with.
It never would be with crazies out there thinking they could end the world by taking out the sun, which means killing Apollo.
After Jett cried in my arms, I took her straight to the shower where I cleaned us both up before taking her against the tile wall. I needed her like I needed my next breath.
We moved from the shower to the bed, where I took her again.
Only when I satisfied my need for her did I let her get dressed. We waited for Dreven to bring me a bag of clothes from my apartment. I was going to have to give that place up because no way was I living apart from her. I don’t think I’ll ever let her out of my sight again.
It didn’t take Dreven long to bring me clothes along with my car. I took Jett to the Spiked Raiders MC clubhouse to check on her best friend. I don’t know if she was going to be okay or not, but she was alive.
Whether she survived the emotional turmoil of what she went through.
“You got a minute?” Corbin asks quietly, getting my attention from where I was watching Jett sitting next to Arely on the bed, where she was all but comatose.
I nod and follow him down the hall to the main room. Orpheus was there along with Sibley. The members of the club were standing around. The room filled with tension and anger. The auras of it were thick enough to taste. The clubwhores that are typically around were nowhere to be found.
“What?”
“They drained Jett’s friend to the brink of life,” Zavier speaks up first.
“We’ve done what we can for her. At this point, it’s up to her to find her way back,” Karsyn murmurs, sadness filling her expression. “It’ll take time, but she’ll do it. I hope.”
“We’re gonna keep her here at the clubhouse. It’s the safest place for her.”
“She has a shop in town,” I note.
“I can run it for her if no one has any issues about it,” Sibley says, stepping forward to offer her help.
“Best thing to do is talk to Jett. See what she says,” I tell them all.
“You would need to ask her mother. She’s an oracle and lives in Asheborne. I’m sure she’s waiting on a call from me. I’m stupid for not already calling her.”
“Nonsense child,” another voice fills the room.
We all turn to look in the direction to find a man and a woman standing just inside the clubhouse.
The woman steps forward, eyes scanning the room.
“My daughter will survive this, but it’ll take time.
Only when her mate kisses her will she wake.
” She stops to look at Sibley. “Arely would be honored if you would help at the store. I will show you the way she runs it tomorrow evening. You can change the hours to be open as you see fit.”
Sibley nods and lowers her head slightly. “It’s an honor.”
The woman then looks to Jett. “Times will be dark in the coming months, but know this, my child, and listen closely, with your mate at your side, all will be well.”
All will be well.
I knew it would be because I intend to make sure it stays that way. Jett means everything to me, and so does the child I’ve learned she carries. No blood witch was going to take her from me.
I’ll put a hit on every last one of them to see them destroyed if I have to. They will never come between those I love. Not even the Blood Moon itself could stop me.
Darkness can come as it wants to, but I’ll see that it never takes the lightness that fills my mate. She’ll forever be the light that shines in the dark for me.
To me, I thank the fates for giving me the gift of her as mine.
Oracle Prophecy
The wheels have been set in motion.
The days are numbered. The darkness will try again. And again.
There’s no end until the time is right.
First, the mate of another is to be born. Only the heart of another can make it so.
She’s to be born. Daughter of the Vampire King.
The daughter who will hold the fate of the world in her hands.
She’ll need to be protected, and only a hybrid can do what is needed to be done.