Raven's POV
Frustration curled in my chest. “But—”
“There are things you mustn’t know yet.”
The space around us shuddered.
But before it could pull me away, before the vision could collapse, something snapped inside me.
I took a step forward, anger curling around my words. “Then tell me this,” I demanded. “Why did you curse Rowan? Why did you punish all of them?”
The goddess didn’t move. But the light around her flickered, dimming slightly.
I pressed on, my voice shaking. “It wasn’t them who forsook their mates. It wasn’t Rowan who betrayed you. It was their ancestors. So why make them suffer for something they didn’t do? Why not just—” I swallowed hard. “Why not just forgive them?”
The silence stretched between us, heavy and suffocating.
For the first time since she appeared, so
