Chapter 19

Zea's POV

“Just imagine it! He marks you, or whatever the customs of these filthy creatures are. He will either faint or rape you! Even if you survived the mark unscathed, you would become Luna, and then what? Then, at some point, someone will somehow learn that your blood is worth hunting you down. They'll try and that guy over there," Cole pointed slightly dismissively at Phoenix, "will defend you to the death. Sooner or later he'll die. Then there'll just be you, with a broken soul and an endless eternity ahead of you "Do you want that?" he asked me in a calm voice. When I didn't answer he increased the pressure on my cheeks.

"Do you want this, Zea?" he asked me urgently, staring hard into my eyes. He didn't want me to get together with Phoenix. Maybe it was because of the reasons he had listed before, but the feeling didn't leave me that it was something else, something else that bothered him much more than the fragmentation of my soul.

"Zea!"