Thea’s face paled, and Cassius grinned.
“I'll have to add more rooms to the house,” Cassius chuckled when Thea looked at him. There was excitement and pure terror in her eyes as Cassius whispered something to her. Then they filled with tears before Cassius pulled her forward and kissed her.
“Can we know anything else?" Thea asked eagerly.
Abe stared at her and smiled softly. He looked around and sighed like he wanted to share what he knew.
“Two of your children will be fated mates with each other,” he said, making all of us stop smiling and look at him.
“Whose?” Cassius asked.
"One of Thea and Cassius’... and one of yours,” he said, looking at me.
My chest squeezed tightly when Cassius smiled brightly at me. Thea was silently crying as she smiled at me too. Della would be very happy to hear about that.
Abram suddenly stilled, and his eyes glowed white. We all watched silently as he seemed to be having a vision. After a minute, he blinked, and his eyes were back to their normal color.
“I have seen it. I must signal Della that we are ready.” Without hesitating, he raised his arms, and a beam of light left him, shooting up to the heavens, so brightly that I closed my eyes. Abe’s star mist wrapped around us, and we were whisked away.
Chapter 27
Haden
When Abe's magic disappeared, we were in a field I did not recognize. The sun was starting to set behind the tall pine trees that lined the edge of the grass. I saw Della running toward us, then the stars burst from the woods behind her, chasing her.
“Della!” I began running for her. All of a sudden, she stopped running and beamed at me, her eyes flashing red with wickedness. I stopped, and the stars stopped too, realizing that she wasn’t moving anymore. Then everyone looked around the field, trying to figure out what was happening. Della didn’t seem stressed at all. Then we gasped, seeing all of the gods and goddesses emerging from the trees around us. I saw Mikel and Remiah step forward, locking eyes with me and smiling.
“I’m glad you all could make it!” Della turned to see everyone. “I want you all to witness what happens when you try to take the fate of everyone around you into your own hands. These are the stars.” She pointed to them, and they seemed to shrink down. “And they planned to kill all of us.”
A soft murmur erupted around us. My parents were glaring daggers at Della.
“They thought I was running from them, but I just wanted to make sure we were somewhere big enough that you all can see that you do not fuck with me or my mate. You do not mess with the realm; you do not mess with the balance of the gods! I will set the gods free tonight.”
She turned to me and gave me a soft smile. “Haden, would you come here, please?”
I immediately went to where she stood in the center of the clearing. She held out her hand, and I slid mine into hers.
“I love you, Storm,” I whispered.
“I love you more.”
Together, we walked right up to the stars as if they weren’t trying to kill us. I watched her and realized she had no fear in her eyes. Her body was relaxed. Fuck, my wife was not worried in the slightest that she was about to kill all of these fucks. She stopped in front of a woman with bright red hair cascading over her shoulders.
The woman’s eyes glided over me in a way I didn’t like.
“Haden, this is Abarra.” She smirked. “Abarra, this is Haden.”
I looked at Della, confused, but she dropped my hand and stood next to Abarra.
“Choose who you want to be mated to,” Della demanded.
I laughed softly, thinking she was kidding, but quickly realized she was being serious.
“We don’t need—” Abarra looked at Della.
“No, we do. Your parents picked her to be your mate, and she made a bet with me. So, husband, who do you want, me or her?”
I smiled at Della when her eyes flashed bright red. She was fucking irate at the idea of another woman thinking I would ever want them. I grabbed Della’s hand and yanked her to me, kissingher deeply. Abarra scoffed. Della pulled back and gave me a flirty smirk.
