Valentina
I sat back, speechless. William's first words to me were about our destiny, and I assumed a direct quote from the spell's description, if not the spell itself. And so the ring of the house shall draw your destined bride to thee, and her blood shall waken you once more to the land of the living.
All this time, I thought he only considered me his destined bride because I had brought the signet ring here and been the one to wake him up. I didn't realize I was the only person that could wake him. The person meant to be with him no matter what. Somehow, my brain hadn't put it together quite the way Henry had explained it. But hearing it that way...changed everything. "Oh my," I murmured, the only coherent words I could string together.
"Of course, the other price to pay for the spe
