Lady Thora’s silence was almost worse than her words, she had stopped speaking for a moment and that made my room eerily calm and the cold breeze gave me chills.
“That can’t help out. There is only one way to keep her safe.” She uttered, shortly after.
Hearing that, I stiffened. “What is it?” Lady Thora’s clouded eyes seemed to darken.
“She must be bound,” she said. “Her soul must be anchored to something strong enough to resist the crimson-eyed man’s pull.”
I frowned, not liking the sound of that. “Bound? To what?”
“To someone,” she corrected. “A mate. A bond unlike any other. One that will tether her to this realm so that she cannot be taken.” She explained and at the same time, her words struck like a hammer.
I could hear my father inhale sharply beside me. He turned his head s
