He paced around the room thoughtfully. “Who gave the curse?”
“The older faye Queen, Fiyona’s mother.” Nikolai replied, hope in his voice.
Raemus paced faster.
“The cure of a curse given in the Faye dimension will not be in Jivan dimension. You must go there to search for one.” Raemus replied.
“King Faelern might have the cure.” Nikolai said. “He had come here when Avalyn turned into a faye. He must have felt her energy all the way to this dimension.”
“He came here just by following her energy?” Raemus looked shocked.
“I don’t see any other source. He came minutes after she turned into a faye.” Nik replied.
“Then you are the only one who can locate the Faye Dimension.” Raemus told me.
“Me?” But I didn’t know the first thing about other dimensions. “I don’t think I can do that.”
“I don’t think you have another choice, Avalyn.” He replied. “You must. Or bare the pain of separating from your mate and children.”
I sucked in a harsh breath at the thought. If I did actually die giving birth, I would want Nik to stay here at least till they are old enough to take care of themselves and capable enough to take over the throne. And Nik had yet to kill Adrik, which would be near impossible to do in a couple of months. Because if Raemus is right about Nikolai being destined to kill Adrik, it would be almost impossible for anyone else to do so. And if he was alive, the lives of everyone in Jivan would be at risk, including our children. I would have to be away from Nikolai for a couple of decades, at the least.
Could I do that?
Could we do that?
“No,” Nik replied, knowing my train of thoughts. “If you die and leave me, I’m coming right after you.”
I chewed on my lip. Nik was just saying that. Once he sees our children, his fatherly instincts will kick in and he will be unable to abandon them.
“We either find a cure or they die.” Nikolai said. I looked up at him and saw hatred in his eyes. For himself. He would never agree to it but I knew that he already loved them. And he hated himself for even thinking about killing our children. But his love for me was greater than his hate for himself, and that was why he was ready to take this step.
“Let’s find the cure then,” I murmured.
“I had one more question,” I said, my cheeks heating up. “We can’t have sex. It hurts.”
Raemus smiled sympathetically, “they’re protecting your body and themselves from external forces. That’s why I didn’t do your full internal body check-up either. Using your powers, they have grown powerful too. I suggest it’s best if you don’t engage in coitus and listen to their signals. It will be best for your health.”
“Thank you,” Nikolai said. “And any suggestions on finding the Faye Dimension?”
“The best source of that knowledge shall be Headmaster Malone. He knows a lot about portals. He should be able to guide you on how to build a portal to another dimension as well.”
“Thank you,” Nik and I said together.
“Take it easy, kids.” He gave us both pointed looks before he left.
“Let’s go home, Love,” Nik said, turning towards the door. “I’ll call Malone there directly.”
“Wait,” I said before he opened the door. “Is she really your mate?”
His muscles tensed up and he turned to look at me. “I don’t know,” he murmured.
I felt all the air sucked out of me.
So he did feel something towards her. I knew that he was a bit of a ladies man before I came into his life. Maybe he didn’t put in the effort to find a few woman to pleasure him every day but he had a few that were convenient for him. He most probably knew that I knew this. But it was all before me. And he never cared for him. Or felt anything towards them. Which was why it didn’t bother me. And I was the last person to judge anyone for their past.
But this was different. Davina was different.
We were mates now. We hadn’t finished mating but it didn’t matter. He was my soulmate. Mine and mine only.
“You’re mine,” I said, jealousy and possessiveness ringing clearly in my voice.
“I’ll never do anything you won’t like, Ava. All of me is only yours.” His eyes softened as he came and cupped my cheeks before kissing me.
“If I die, will you mate with her?” I hated the thought. I wanted him to miss me just as much as I would. I wanted him to wait for us to reunite just as I would. And I never ever wanted our children to think of anyone else as their mother. I wanted to be the only one they called ‘Mama’.
“Never,” he vowed fervently. “You’re my only one. For life and beyond it. No one can come between us, Avalyn. I won’t let it happen.”
“Good.” I said and kissed him again. “Now let’s go find the cure.”