I throw myself from his lap, dash to our bedroom, slam the door behind me, and sit on the balcony. Reaper takes flight from his moon tree and lands on the railing.
'I'm guessing things aren't going so well?' He mind-links.
'No, he won't let me go back to Pandora's Box until the bond between Alec and me is severed.'
'What if it's unbreakable?' Reaper says.
'Then I'll have no option but to go against Magnus's wishes and meet Alec, or I can wait it out and eventually die from being separated from Alec for too long,'
I spend the following days primarily in the basement concocting potions practising spells, and reading Mysteria: The history of supernaturals to avoid Magnus. My mind and body are constantly fighting me to rush to Magnus and be with him, but they are also fighting
