Is that what I was?
I could be happy not knowing. I just wouldn’t have the stupid ring. I finally had a life I wanted, why would I f**k with that?
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t.
“Do it,” I said.
Rivka ordered me into the center of the room.
Rohan kept a respectful distance but stayed in visual contact with me.
The women linked hands and settled them on my head. Elena said a few words in Romanian, and they pulled their hands away with a snap, like they were pulling a tablecloth off a table without disturbing the dishes.
The veil shriveled into a black wisp of smoke, curling upwards inside me before exploding into flame, hot and violent, on the cusp of burning me to ash exactly like in my dreams. A rushing noise filled my ears.
Magic welled up inside me, rushing out from newly fo
