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“My… my mother?” she asks, shaking.

“That’s what she thinks,” Reaper tells her. “And you helped us play on that belief.”

I blink, understanding suddenly piercing my mind.You told her what to say, I whisper to Reaper.

Yeah. Demeter believes your sister is her reincarnated daughter. It was Orcus’s idea to use that against Demeter, to weaken her defenses long enough for him to get her back to the Mythos Fae Realm.

I swallow, my hand on my sister’s head.I-is she Demeter’s daughter? This… Persephone?

It’s hard to say. Orcus says it’s possible. But he also said your soul isn’t one he’s met before. So it’s also entirely possible that the Omega soul isn’t identifiable, just… reincarnated into someone different each time.He glances over at Flame as he approaches in his human form. He’s shirtless but appears to have found jeans somewhere.

“You had one job,” Reaper says to him. “To protect our girl.”

“My job will always be to do whatever Alina tells me to do, and she told me to go back to Orcus. To help him.” He shrugs. “I think I did my job well.”

You did,I murmur into his mind, thankful that I canhear and feel all my mates again without any intrusion. And that’s not all I can feel.

The little life inside me is pulsing contentedly once more, protected in my womb.

Because we survived.

And my sister is here, too,I think, holding her close.

She’s no longer crying, just shaking, like she can’t believe everything that’s happened.

“You’re safe now,” I promise her. “And I’m never losing you again.”

Her arms tighten around me, but she says nothing. Just holds me. So I hold her in kind.

Everything’s going to be okay,I think at her and the baby inside me. And I realize that deep down I don’t just believe it’s true; Iknowit’s true.

Because my fae are my life now.

And they’ll always do whatever it takes to protect me, our child, and our family.

Which also includes my sister.

I don’t care what that Goddess said about our parents, or the fact that we might not even be truly related. What matters is our sisterly bond.

No one can take that away from us.

Not now. Not ever. We’re in this together.Until the end of time.

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

ORCUS

Over an Hour Later…

“Well, that was entertaining,”Helia says as Reaper and I step outside for some fresh air.

Flame is still inside with Alina and her sister, the two females deep in conversation about everything that’s happened.

“I told you that you wouldn’t be needed,” Reaper drawls.

“Who do you think controlled the Village Protectors and kept them from hearing the fight?” she asks, arching a brow.

“I thought you didn’t concern yourself with human affairs,” I shoot back.