{"She'd burn the sea itself to keep him safe… and I'd drown the world to find him again."}
The tide crashed harder behind us, as though the sea itself was holding its breath.
"I have met your son, and he is something that the realm has given to me. He is my fated mate, and I have no idea how that came to be, "I confessed.
"I will not let you destroy him," she said, voice cold and sharp. "Caelan is not yours, Morkai. He is not to be tangled in your curse, nor in the abyss you drag behind you."
My jaw clenched, and I had anticipated her resistance, but not the way her words would lash through me. "I didn't choose him," I said slowly, evenly. "The bond chose us both. Caelan is my mate. My true mate. His soul sings through the sea and into the marrow of my bones. You know what that means, Ysara."
