Odessa's POV
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"I would pit myself against the gods themselves if they sought to harm her. Do not mistake my civility for weakness."
Hearing Kaelos say those words to the elders of my coven was so... Healing. I don't know how to explain it.
With everything I've been through—that we've been through—seeing him by my side through it all was a constant that always filled the space in my heart.
The spaces left behind by Caroline. By Marcellus. By elder Davina. My baby. Heck, even Layla.
I was more broken than I'd like to admit by their deaths and it was showing.
Even during sex this morning, I couldn't stop crying... Because deep down, even with Kaelos' kisses, his words of reassurance and his gentle touches all around my body... There was a nagging voice at the back of my mind.
A voice asking me: Why am I surviving all of this? Why wasn't it me?
Kaelos held my hand tightly just then, bringing my mind back to reality.
