“I know you’ll have the gift of fairy sight now. But I’m not sure if you get anything else. The fairy princess bestows powers to her mate, but I don’t know if it works the same with me. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.” He laid back down, feeling utterly content, and pulled her toward him again. They had exchanged all their powers and had completed every possible bond.
For the first time since everything happened, the two of them fell into a deep, relaxing sleep. They clung to one another, afraid to let go, their breaths in sync as the moonlight shone through the window. They were not the only ones celebrating at this moment.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
Drip. Drop.
Drip. Drop.
Kali sneered in disgust as she heard the light footsteps approaching. “You’ve got to do something about that nasty floral scent you have going on there.” Her black orbs pinned on the woman walking up to her.
“I’ll change my scent if you change yours. Really, the smell of decaying flesh is revolting.” Selene folded her arms and curled her lips up.
“What are you smiling at?” Kali spat at the goddess.
“You do care.” Selene smiled widely as she watched the woman with dark hair turn away from her.
“What are you talking about?” Kali said poisonously. She stared into her bubbling pot, sticking her pale boney finger into it again.
“You know what I’m talking about. You and I both know you don’t need that black pearl.” Selene continued to grin at Kali.
“Your obsession with me is starting to get gross.” Kali rolled her black orbs, not that anyone would notice, though. There was no white in her eyes to be able to see the difference.
“You sent her on a quest knowing she would have no problem retrieving the pearl. You just wanted to help her.” Selene approached Kali.
Kali sighed, pinning her dark gaze on the goddess. “Don’t you have something better to do with your time? You know, like figure out how you’re going to get the Gemini twins to do what we need them to.” She smiled smugly at Selene, whose body stiffened. “You really think they’re going to do what you need them to just by asking?” She tilted her head as she studied the goddess. “You already have a plan, don’t you?”
“They won’t refuse me. I don’t need another plan,” Selene said quietly.
“We shall see. If you can’t manage to get them to agree, I’m sure I can.” Kali’s eyes glinted with cruelty as a sinister smile spread over her face. The light from a candle flickered over her dark orbs as she stared at Selene.
“I’ll handle it when the time comes.” Selene glared back at Kali. “Reiya and Hunter are my children. And even though Xander isn’t my child, I was the one who saved his soul. They’re mine to handle. I won’t tolerate you messing with any of the children I consider mine, Kali.”
“So possessive, just like your werewolf children.” Kali clicked her tongue in annoyance. Maybe their possessive natures did come from Selene. After all, she was a very possessive goddess. “I wonder how the fairy queen will feel about you putting her children in danger …”
“It can’t be helped. I need the three of them. They’re the only ones who can do what WE need.” Selene’s shoulders dropped and she held her hands out. “This is the future we’ve been working for. We’ve been waiting for all the pieces to fall into place, and it’s almost time. Their last obstacle is subduing the demons. Then it will finally be time to get Endymion.”
Kali looked down quietly. “We really screwed up before.”
“But we’ve learned, and we paid for our mistakes.” Selene smiled softly at Kali.
Kali stared into her pot. “The future we want still isn’t clear, though. Not yet.”
“Once the siblings are reunited, we’ll start to see the picture clearer. The time is coming soon.” Selene looked around at the dark cavern. “You won’t have to stay here much longer.”
Kali looked at the light at the end of the cave. She had sacrificed a lot in order to stop the darkness. In order to freeze the ordinances of the black hole, she had to seal herself away in this cave. She gave up her beautiful eyes in exchange for the dark ones she had now. She also lost a brother, while Selene lost her partner … her mate.
“I wonder how he’s been,” Kali said quietly.
Selene knew she was talking about Endymion. He had sacrificed himself in order to stop the black hole from devouring the world. A black hole that was only created because of Selene and Kali. It was their fault. They had messed around too much with fate and destiny and tipped the balance, accidentally creating the black hole. Endymion had sacrificed himself and sealed the hole from the inside. The only way for the magical void to leave would be to restore balance, which was what Kali and Selene had been working for centuries to do. After the balance was restored, they wouldn’t have to worry about the black hole anymore. For all this to work, they would need the Gemini twins and Hunter. They would have to put them in danger in order to get Endymion back.
“I wonder if he knows we’re trying to rescue him, or if he’s given up hope.” Selene frowned and looked back at Kali.
Kali sighed and nodded her head. “He knows we would never give up on him. It’s taken a long time to fix the mess we’ve made without intervening like we did before.”
“If only we could use our powers … we could fix all of this. We could erase the black hole …” Selene frowned. If only they could just use their powers against the black hole, but it was impossible. And using their powers to balance the earth was what got them in trouble in the first place. No, they had learned their lesson. It was just a painfully slow process.
“Kali …” Selene said softly. She looked at the girl who had always been like a sister to her. Sure, they bickered and fought, but it was just because they were close. And with Endymion sealed, they only had each other for comfort. “When we get Endymion back …”
