Duncan
Her brow furrowed. “Bad?”
I nodded, hugging her to me again. “We…we lost, Seren. We fought, and we lost. Mikhail had Gideon in chains, you on your knees in front of him. Our friends, our family, were dead or dying. And he…” my voice broke. I inhaled her scent, knowing I needed to get the rest out. “He destroyed you, right in front of us.”
She rubbed circles on my back, soothing me with her presence alone, as she thought over what I had said. “And Conn? What does he say?”
“That it’s just one path.” I shuddered. “My visions of the past are one thing. They just…are. But this? Seeing possible futures? How is that supposed to help?”
“The Goddess wouldn’t give you this part of her if it didn’t help, love. You know that.”
I pressed my forehead against hers. The tremors were finally c
