Keal whistled softly, his golden eyes narrowing. Thus, a cosmic mystery. Incredible.
Aria tightened her hands; the mark on her wrist blazed brilliantly. "We have already given everything up," she remarked angrily. "What more could it want for?'''
The look of the deity clouded. "It wants someone; it does not want something." The words froze the whole group in place and lingered thick in the air. Aria battled to breathe, the link pulsed fiercely, and its energy seemed to split.
"Something? Someone? "Luca insisted, his voice low and threatening. "What exactly do you mean?""
The goddess's eyes flicked with great melancholy. "Betrayal helped to generate the curse. Unmake it only with a comparable deed.
Aria's thoughts flew as her chest clenched. "You're suggesting we have to betray someone?''
"To save the pack," the goddess murmured quietly. One of you has to be voluntarily abandoned.
