Fated To The Alpha novel Chapter 281

I refused to let myself have hope. I would know if there was a way for him to come back, right? Yet watching Kaif in control, the way he skimmed through the grimoires, he knew exactly what he was looking for, though I had never glimpsed this grimoire before. My father always told me not to touch it, so I always left it alone when I went through his room.

"What are you looking for?" I ask him. "The incantation used to create the stones," Kaif answers. I could feel Jonah hovering behind us, watching us. Kaif, also feeling him, looks over his shoulder at him. He stood leaning against the door, waiting for permission to come in. Jonah knew what boundaries he could cross with Kaif and Kaif never let people in this room. He hated even me being in here, but he had no choice, seeing as we shared a body.

He knew this place haunted me. It was the first time I witnessed what a monster Kaif could be. The vibe of This room was dark, and my power thrived in here but so did Kaif's, making us a beacon for the shadows to overtake us.

"You can come in, Jonah," Kaif tells him, and he pushes off the doorframe and wanders over to us.

"Eziah?" Kaif asks him.

"I told him to stay off this floor," Jonah tells him, and Kaif nods.

"Kaif flicks through the pages stopping on a page I could not read, yet his eyes moved over the page quickly, and I could get a sense of understanding from his thoughts.
"So the stones, if they can kill you. Now don't take this the wrong way. I am glad you're not dead, but why
wouldn't you use the dagger on yourself and end the curse?" Jonah asks.

"Because the curse wouldn't end just the bloodline. Luna would still be trapped in the shadows along with my son; I wanted to at least free him. By the time I realized I couldn't break it, too many were trapped there. I couldn't walk away. I would be trapped there too, the Octavian bloodline would end, everyone would be trapped, their souls never to rest." "But you would do it for, Mara?" Jonah asks.

"T wanted to fix my mistakes; I still loved Luna despite everything. She didn't deserve to be trapped in the shadows, neither did the Octavian bloodline, none of them did, and I could set them free,"

"What's changed, then,"

"Mara changed everything. She forgave me; I won't let her be the next Octavian woman trapped there. She fought to save me even after everything we had done. She forgave the unforgivable; I can live with their hate, but I won't let it destroy her or you."

"What do you mean? I am not Octavian," Jonah says.

"You were Octavian the moment I marked you, the bloodline will continue with the child she carries, so
if it means me dying to stop me from killing her, I will,"

"So what if she is wrong? What if we can't bring him back?" I could feel his worry at that. What if we opened it and it was for nothing? What if we opened it and found bones and nothing else.

"Trust me, Ky. If she believes he can be brought back, I believe her," Kaif tells me.

"Kaif?" Jonah asks, and Kaif sighs. He was careful with the book, careful not to tear the pages.

We need celestial power and an anchor. Eziah and Marabella can open the casket, but they need to channel something,"

"The ruins?" I ask.

"Could work," Kaif says out loud.
"What could?" Jonah asks.

"We need to get Dominic to the ruins, just one problem," Kaif says.

"What's that?" Jonah asks.

"The power needed to open that casket. Marabella can't channel that sort of power without running the risk of it killing her," Jonah chews his lip, looking down at the grimoire.

"I can channel her, but you can't take on that sort of magic either, Kyan. I can, but I can't enter the ruins in my form, and you can't channel me once in there,"

"T can channel her power," I tell him.
"Not without an anchor to stop the shadows from taking you over," Kaif growls at me.

"We have no choice unless you know another witch?" I snap at him.

"You could become lost in the shadows; it could send you insane," Kaif tries to argue.

"If there is a chance my father is

alive, lam doing it, and I am not risking my mate or our child to do it," Kaif thinks for a second when Jonah touches him, drawing his attention away.

"You alright?" Jonah asks him.

"Yes, just arguing with Kyan," Kaif tells him.

"Kaif!" I called to him. Eventually, I felt him let me take control, and I was back in my room. Ella lay beside me, and I blinked, looking around. 
Marabella POV

The voices in the elevator, the feeling of falling, then I felt nothing. It was the oddest sensation. I shiver, remembering it, and Kora sluggishly comes forward. She lays down in my head, looking as exhausted as I feel.
"It wasn't our power or Dominic's," she yawns. But I knew she was right. This was colder, frostbitten sort of cold.