"I'm so sorry that happened to you," I say thickly, guilt clawing at my chest. My actions had nearly cost Will and Annabelle everything.
Will shakes his head. "Ella, he was going to turn on me eventually—especially once I figured out he was blocking Annabelle from feeling our bond. I’ve never known anger like that. Doing something like that? That’s a different level of evil."
"Tell me about it," I mutter. "When I realized what he was doing to Annabelle, I was livid."
His gaze sharpens. "How did you know? How did you even know what to do?"
I take a breath and tell him everything—about my time in the Fae realm, about Sen, how she had been watching me, guiding my bond with Austin, and about the anchor Erebus had buried within him.
"So you see, Will, I had to dive in eventually. But the m
