“Leave?” Talon repeated, his brows pulling together. “What exactly do you mean by leave?”
Thorne was silent for a moment, clearly struggling to find the right words to describe something he himself did not fully understand.
“Gideon,” he finally said. “Gideon’s soul left the curse.”
Talon’s expression hardened. Diana remained quiet beside him, one hand instinctively resting over her large pregnant belly as she listened. Thorne looked down at his hands.
“I know how strange that sounds. I do not know how else to explain what I experienced.”
“Try,” Talon said.
“Talon,” Diana murmured.
“I am listening,” Talon replied, although his gaze never left Thorne. “But I need to understand.”
Thorne nodded.
“When Ravenna broke the curse, I felt the darkness beginning to separate from me. For so l
