Chapter 469. I’ll Make Arrangements

Nicholas POV

I’m fucking horrified, shaking. Apphia, my beloved mate, has her body overtaken by the dark magic, and I did nothing to stop it. I couldn’t. An invisible force chained my mind and body.

I touch her skin, and it’s so cold. I know this coldness comes with the wraiths.

I cover her body and exit the room. I go straight to my parent’s apartments, bursting in. They are not in the living area. I go to their bedroom and push the door open; they do not faze me in that position. Mom shrieks and throws a pillow at me, “Nicholas! Knock!” she shouts, getting off Dad’s lap.

“Apphia got the wraiths; I couldn’t stop it,” I say, suddenly tired and weak. And then, it truly hits me. I might lose my mate. The wraiths are within her.

“What! How,” Dad leaves the couch and walks to me.

“I... I don’t know how. One moment, I had control of them; the other, they were leaving and entering me. I was helpless,” I whisper.

“How is she?” Mom asks, hugg