Fated To The Alpha novel Chapter 268

“What if the talisman was the key to locking it, like I don't know a timer, waiting for it to be in there with him to seal it?" lasked him.

"That is possible, but we have no idea how he sealed it.

Did he tell you the spell?" "Wait, you said you thought the Talisman sealed it, meaning it has power that could be channeled? When Dominic died, where was the talisman? Could that be enough power to preserve his life force?" I asked.

"Kyan was wearing it, his father put it on him....

that morning, " Kaif whispers the last part.

"Then you have a power source and the tether,'' I tell him.

"That bloody prick, I bet he is real smug at pulling that over me," Kaif laughs.

"But we still have no idea what spell he used to seal it, so if he didn't tell you, we may struggle to open it?" "No, we don't have the spell, but I have a link to him.

Just gotta pull him forward, I guess?" "But I need that talisman; it is out of the dagger, isn't it?" Kaif nods.

“And I need that stone and Celeste's grimoires," Kaif laughs.

"Grimoires, I wouldn't know the first place to look for those.

Celeste kept them hidden even from the coven," Kaif laughs.

"Moon Goddess realm?" Kora says, and I had a feeling she was right, only I can't enter the moon goddess realm long enough to look for them.

"But Eziah can or mum," Kora says.

"Grimoires, I think I know where I can find them, but I need that stone.

Dominic keeps saying I need the stones, so I need the one my brother had and the one Kyan tossed in with his father." "This is why you didn't want Kyan to know, isn't it? You didn't want to disappoint him if it was all for nothing?" I nodded.

"Okay, but how does this help with the curse?" Kaif asks.

"We have to break the stones," I tell him.

"Impossible, nothing will break those stones; they are indestructible.

Believe me, we have tried for centuries to break that damn talisman," "Yes, but did you have both of them?" I ask him, and he seems to think.

"Balance," He whispers.

"Everything has a balance, but I don't think that is all there is to the curse," "No, the stones are only part of it." Kaif growls.

"Hades cursed you to find your redemption, right?" "Yes, but Dominic told Kyan I had to forgive myself, which I don't have any reason to hate myself in my opinion that requires forgiving myself for," Kaif snarled.

"What if it wasn't forgiveness or redemption, which leads to the other thing I noticed that I wanted to tell you about? I wanted to try anyway." His claws scratch over the carpet, slicing it as his eyes flickered dangerously.

I could feel he was slightly untrusting of my intentions so I explained.

"As you said, balance," I tell him, getting to my feet.

I walk over to him, and he looks up at me when I stop in front of him.

"What do you mean?" he asks, looking confused.

"One thing I noticed in all your past lives, your vessel was never marked; I marked Kyan.

However, they always went crazy before you let them mark your vessel," “No one did mark my vessel, but she still went mad," Kaif corrected me.

"Okay," I told him before climbing into his lap.

He puts his legs down, and I straddle him.

"But did any of them mark you?" I ask him.

"Why would they mark me? They mark the human side; that's what the Lycan's are bound to," "Yes, but maybe that's where they went wrong; the others always got Luna's version of events, the anger, the hatred; they never got yours; I did because Dominic gave me the shadows.

I knew the history behind your actions.

But what if the key to that was not you marking them or your vessel? You give them your biggest regrets when you mark them.

What if they mark you? What if it gave them Luna's?" I tell him.

"You think if they marked me, they would know why I killed them?" he asked.

"| don't think your curse had anything to do with your redemption; I think it had to do with your rejection; you don't need redemption Kaif, you need acceptance," I tell him, letting my canines elongate.

Kaif cups my face with his huge hand, his thumb brushing over the sharp points of my teeth.

"You want to mark me?" Kaif asks.

"Yes, because to accept Kyan, I must accept you, and I do accept you, Kaif.

1 don't hate you for what you did, and I certainly don't believe you are the monster all your other mates thought you were.

So yes, I want to mark you, but then I want you to mark me too," I tell him.

If the first part didn't shock him, the last part did because he pulled his face back to stare at me.

His eyes go to the wound he caused the last time he marked me, my skin destroyed and scarred, yet it was his mark, and I loved it anyway, but since the rejection, one thing I had noticed is that it constantly itched, and now I think I know why.

Deciding not to give him a chance to fight me on it, Kora shoved forward at blinding speed and I gripped the back of his neck and yanked him to the side before sinking my teeth into his neck.

I felt the electricity zapping through me.

A power surge was so strong it made my entire body heat up like it was being recharged, like a high-frequency buzz.

My hair stood on end like static.

Kaif clutched me to him, his arms wrapping around me firmly.

The darkest parts of him were bleeding into me along with his power, and when I felt the bond slam into me, it was heartbreaking.

I could literally feel his soul healing, only now realizing how broken he truly was inside living with ghosts of his past, the demons that haunted him.