Page 225 of The Tribrid Princess and the Taste of Chaos
The days passedin a blur. I had asked Heaven what happened that same night, but she refused to explain it to me. Siennashut me out just like she shut Allie and Heaven out. Maybe not physically, but even when she is around, she’s quiet, like there is a wall between us, one I don’t know how to get rid of.
But I’m not sure if there’s enough time. Neither Leo nor I have gotten far.
In the end, Leo said he’ll ask Raihana to try to get into her mind, whether she likes it or not, but that would be when she returns home for the week’s holidays for the Blood Moon Ball.
I’ve tried to talk to her about her dreams, but she callously tells me to go away and has completely shut down when it comes to them, worse than how she was at the start of the term.
Ares is another failure, with no progress between us. I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m unable to do anything for anyone. The after-hours CCTV footage didn’t show anything out of the ordinary despite my going through hours and hours of it.
It’s now the evening of the Blood Moon Ball, which is being hosted at the Night Walkers Pack. Those attending have been coming in groups since yesterday and staying here overnight. Even in the current day and age, Blood Moon Balls are a big deal.
Dad was shocked I came, but I don’t have plans to linger here. I’ll be heading to the Black Storm Pack with Ahren’s help, something that took a bit of persuading, but Sienna didn’t come, and I need to see her tonight.
I flip throughTHEBook oF Gods. Since last night, I got sucked into the story of Helios. I’ve heard it before, and it’s always intrigued me how Helios was jealous of a fucking werewolf. A mortal. My reading hasn’t been great with so much on my mind, but I wanted to complete all the books I found at the temple. They really have helped in getting perspective on our past.
I now put the book down and pick up my phone.
JAYCE: Hey, you sure you don’t want to attend the Blood Moon Ball tonight? It might be fun. We could do our own thing? I’m sure Ahren can teleport you over.
I stare at the screen. She decided to spend the week with her family, although I told her we could just chill together, but she refused.
I see her pop online, but she doesn’t reply before she goes offline again. I wait for another moment, remembering the girl who would reply quickly. That’s not her anymore.
Did I really fuck up so badly?
I place my phone down, sighing softly.
I miss you, Darling…
Picking up the book, I force myself to look at the next page, unable to get Sienna out of my mind. In this book, Andronikos explains the curse Helios put on the Deimos line, simply because he couldn’t get Andronikos’ woman. A curse that is already beginning to affect him as he wrote this final book.
I frown as I flip the page. Dad broke this curse-
I jolt upright, my heart thundering as I stare at the yellowing page.
Who else has such power?!
Helios.
A god has the power to block my intuition… to stop her from saying something. The man in her dreams – no, not man, it must have been him! A god.
Is he still so fucking bent on revenge over his ego that hewants to take my mate? The mate of the Deimos King, the one whose blood is almost identical to Andronikos himself?
It sounds like a madman’s addiction.
Is this Helios’ doing?
I pick up my phone to see Sienna’s message.
SIENNA: I promised Mama and Jaddati that I’d hang with them. I’m sorry.
JAYCE: We can hang out after. I want to see you tonight, Sienna.
SIENNA: Sure, I’ll ask Ahren to bring me later.
I would have thought she’d want to see me tonight.
JAYCE: Sure, we can hang out after you’re done. Who knows, we might be mates.
