Kaelen POV
No more than a few drops remained in the enchanted hourglass. Only a few more months until the enchantress would come to reap our souls.
Our time was coming to a close and I couldn’t ignore all the signs in front of me any longer.
Lysander was mated to Elara. Xavier would be binding himself to her through a blood bond soon if he wasn’t already doing that tonight.
She was the one. Elara could break our curse and set us free. Save the lives of everyone in the Penumbra household. The last piece they needed was me.
A weight settled over my shoulders. Responsibility thickened in my throat.
I slumped in the chair before the hourglass. Hunched over, head bowed, my skin tingled with nerves. The pit of my stomach twisted and turned threatening to expel my late dinner.
It wasn’t th
