Page 63 of Seeded By Two

He began to lead her away but she froze, her entire body turning rigid.

She yanked her arm free and glared between Aslas and me. “I won’t go with you! I won’t have sex with both of you at the same time! Are you crazy?”

“It is written—” Aslas began, but Beth shut him down:

“I’m not going to fuck you both! Not again! Not either of you! You lied to me, you took advantage of me, and now you’re saying I have to sleep with you both because some story says so?”

“It’s not a story. It’s a prophecy—” Aslas said.

I raised a hand to silence him but the damage had already been done.

“No!” Beth snapped. “No! I refuse! If the bond fades after fifteen hours, then so be it. I cannot be in this relationship. If that is even what this is!”

With tears in her eyes, she turned and ran from us once more.

“Beth—” Aslas said, shifting his weight to begin chasing after her.

I blocked him with my body.

As he pivoted to dart around me, I altered my position and brought him to a stop once more.

“What are you doing?” he snapped. “We have to follow her! We only have a few hours—”

“Let her go,” I told him. “It’s all a massive shock to her. Give her some time. I’m sure she’ll come around.”

Aslas watched Beth’s back as it disappeared around the corner before glaring at me. “And if she doesn’t come around? What then?”

“Then we’ll know her decision.”

I had full faith in the Twin Joisa.

It was destiny we were meant to be together.

And what kind of Goddess of Fate would bring us together only to let us drift apart like this?

Still, my stomach churned with the uncertainty.

Had I just ensured our success?

Or had I just sentenced us to doom to live forever without our fated mate?

15

ASLAS

Four hours.

Four freaking hours!

Beth had been gone for four hours and I had paced so aggressively back and forth in the suite that there was a very real chance I would wear a hole in the carpet.

Each time I came to the decision I would leave, that I would knock Feon aside and take off and find her on my own, he was there, sitting in front of the door in a chair, watching me, ready for me to act.

He knew I could not beat him in a one-on-one battle.

Not a fair one, at least, and it was foolish to even try.

But maybe if I took him by surprise or managed to get my hands on a weapon of some sort to beat him over his thick stupid head, I could overcome him.

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