Chapter 91


    ‘Nina, please don’t ask me again. We are not allowing Alec to leave that dungeon,’ Magnus growls.


    ‘If you saw what he showed me, how it all came about. You would see how unjust it is for him to remain


    in there,’ I say.


    ‘Nina, I would never put myself in that position in the first ce. Your blood me made his choice, and


    he now suffers the consequences,


    ‘If I was burned at the stake, would you not try and kill those responsible?’ I ask.


    Magnus stiffens, and instead of responding, he walks away upstairs to our room and ms the door.


    With Reaper on my shoulder, I sigh and stroll over to the open window.


    That didn’t go down well,’ Reaper mind-links.


    Well, it’s aplicated situation for Magnus, he is my mate, and the vampire king is my second mate.’


    ‘Did you hear that, Reaper?’ I ask as I hear a gasp from the garden.


    Yes,’ he says and flies from my shoulder and circles through the garden, searching.


    Who’s there?’ I shout out the window. ‘Come out now, and I might let you live,’ I crack my knuckles and


    climb out the window. When Reaper lets out a caw, I know he’s located something… or someone. So I


    take a step forward and tackle the person.


    ‘Don’t kill me, please don’t kill me,’ Hank begs.


    “Hank? What are you doing in my territory? You were exiled from here. You were never supposed to


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    return,’ I growl.


    ‘I came to ah, apologise, yes apologise and make amends for my… terrible behaviour trying to


    ckmail Magnus into a mateship with my sister,’ he says in a higher-pitched voice.


    ‘You know I have every right to kill you for returning and trespassing?’


    Y-yes,’ he says, falls to his knees, and bows before me, ‘But you are such a kind, understanding Luna.


    Would you really kill someone for trying to right their wrong?’ he says, making me think of Juniper and


    how she would have wanted Alec to forgive the humans. I frown in thought. My gut is telling me to kill


    him, right here, right now. But my heart is thinking of Alec and Magnus and what would be the right


    thing to do.


    He looks up to see my outreached hand and takes it to stand up. Thank you, Luna,’ he says.


    ‘What were you doing in the garden anyway? Why didn’t you just knock at the packhouse door?’


    ‘Um, I thought if Magnus or someone else were to greet me at the door, they would not be as


    understanding as you would be and kill me without hearing me out first,’ he exins.


    I see,’ I say


    ‘Now that you have heard what I have to say and epted my sincerest apologies, I will be on my way


    then.’ He says, taking his leave.


    Wait, howe I can’t smell your scent? The warriors should have known you were here,’ I say.


    Hank fondles a symbol made from a precious stone around his neck. He doesn’t know what to say. I


    step forward and hold the symbol and take a closer look. I’ve seen this symbol before,’ I say, thinking of


    what it is and where I have seen it. I yank it from his neck, turn my back to him, and hold it up for


    Reaper to see. ‘Wasn’t this mentioned in one of the spellbooks? I’m pretty sure it hides your scent?


    “Yes, ihat’s an excellent observation’ Reaper mind-links. I return my attention to Hank, but he has


    already left.


    ‘Something odd about that, Hank,” I say.


    Are you going to chase after him?’ Reaper mind-links.


    “No, I need to check on Magnus,’


    Reaper flies over me and onto the railing outside my bedroom window, readying himself to eavesdrop


    on our conversation. Rolling my eyes at him, I enter the packhouse and ‘Skedaddle Dash’ upstairs and


    knock on the bedroom door.


    Thear a grunt which I take as a sign to enter. Magnus sits on the end of the bed with his head down.


    Instead of saying anything, I sit on hisp and snuggle into him. He immediately rxes and wraps his


    arms tightly around me.


    I’m sorry,’ I whisper.


    ‘l know, I am too,’


    We stay embraced silently in each other’s atms for a while.


    ‘I should finish off the paperwork in the office. Do you want toe with me?’ Magnus asks.


    ‘I think I’ll go down to the basement and socialise with my cover sisters,’ I smile.


    Entering the basement, there is a newrge circr table with wooden seats that have carvings.


    ‘This table is beautiful,’ l exim to , Fern, Lc, Ria and May.


    ‘We materialised it together. It’s just for us witches for meetings and other such things,’ May says,


    I notice the back of each chair has a name. I take the seat with Luna written in gold on the back. It’s


    veryfortable. ‘Well, we could utilise it right now. I have something I want you all to know.’


    Everyone stops brewing the potion and takes their seat.


    What is it, Luna?’ Fern asks.


    ‘Alec showed me what had happened to Juniper, his first blood me, and why he attempted to wipe


    out the human race. I want you to all know his story. I’m going to tell you what I saw in the vision he


    showed me,’


    Wait a minute. We have a vision spell as well. Please allow me to get the book for you.’  remarks as


    she walks over to the spellbook rack. She flips over the pages, ces the book in front of me, and


    retakes her seat. When I look down at the paper and pronounce the words Visionous Memorias, a


    great circle of magic appears and shows what I’m thinking about. I start where Alec left off, with Juniper


    rushing down the cobblestone path, entering the cottage, putting the healing potions in her basket, and


    departing to give the potion to the Hillsburys. When the vision is finished, everyone is wailing and


    crying, their eyes downcast. Behind me, I hear a shuffle towards the stairs. Magnus had witnessed the


    entire vision, and tears streamed down his cheeks. I dash over to him and give him a tight embrace. He


    gently squeezes me back.


    That was… incredibly difficult to watch, Magnus says quietly.


    I wipe the tears from his face and turn to face the others. They are crying into their familiars. The


    fennec fox whimpers as he licks May’s tears from her face.


    ‘It’s so sad,’ May sniffles, ‘Alec never even got to spend a whole day with Juniper, and she killed before


    his very own eyes,’


    ‘And Juniper never got to take her grandma back to Alec’s castle,’ Fern cries.


    ‘They killed her grandma,’ Ria cries.


    I take Magnus’s hand, and we walk upstairs and out of the packhouse and sit under the moon tree.


    Reaper caws and flies down from the tree onto the grass for a pat


    ‘I can see why you think it’s unfair that Alec is still in that dungeon, but it’s also for the best,’ Magnus


    says.


    ‘Are you kidding me? It’s for the best?’


    ‘Let’s say we let him out, Nina. What do you think he is going to do? Prance around and pick flowers


    from the garden? No, I’m your mate, which means he will want me out of the picture and will probably


    attempt to kill me or seed and kill me,’


    ‘He wouldn’t,’ I say.


    ‘Are you willing to stake my life on that, Nina?’


    Would Alec murder Magnus if we let him out of the dungeon? I’d never considered it before.


    ‘If Alec truly loves me, Magnus, he would never do anything to hurt me, and if that means you staying


    alive and being by my side, then I’m sure that is something he will ept and adjust to,” say.


    I need to let my wolf out for a run. I’ll see you tonight.” He says and shifts into his wolf, bolting towards


    the woods.