Chapter 140


    Chapter One Hundred Forty


    Sephie


    I couldn’t help but chuckle. “Don’t worry, that one was hard for me to grasp too. I’m still not entirely sure


    about how it works. We’ve been tied together since we were born. We were always supposed to meet,


    and you were always meant to be my protector. You proved that you’re ready for the role yesterday


    when you used your body to shield mine from the impact. At least, that’s what my dad told me.” He


    stayed silent, still thoughtful, but he had a tight grip on my hand. I smiled at him. This is a lot. I’m


    impressed he’s not fre aking out.


    “But they…my…they were ck. Does that mean I’m evil?”


    “No, Ivan. You’re not evil. And they’re not entirely ck. ording to my dad, who is jealous of your


    wings, for the record, they’re wh ite and then they fade to ck and because you’re extra special,


    they’re crimson on the tips. He called you the big guns.” I grabbed his bicep, trying to wrap my hands


    around it. “I can see where they would get that idea.”


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    Heughed but was still shocked. He was quiet for a moment longer, then looked at me. “Sephie, I still


    don’t understand. How do you know all this? How do you know what I saw?”


    “When we first got to Italy, at the ranch house, when I was asleep for like ever. I was still stuck in that


    same nightmare loop that I was in on the ne.” He closed his eyes, flinching at the memory. I hated to


    bring it up, because I knew it affected him almost as badly as it did Adrik. “Adrik could pull me out of


    that loop. When he finally pulled me out for thest time, I was able to talk to my dad. He told me he’s


    been watching over me my whole life and that everything that’s happened to this point was for a


    reason. Like the way the kidnap n at the ball went so horribly wrong? It was meant to happen that


    way so that you guys would take Misha’s gut feelings seriously. He’s the only one that was adamant


    about that being a bad n, but nobody listened to him. Now, you all listen to him.” He stayed quiet,


    still mulling over everything I was telling him. “Everything that has happened to me, everything that has


    happened to you, it’s all for arger purpose. I don’t know what yet, but my dad told me that you’ve


    spent so much time walking among the demons that you can now walk freely between Heaven and He


    ll.” I thought for a moment, remembering thest thing he told me before I woke up. “He also told me I


    could do the same. I don’t know what that means yet. But he said you’re my protector and that you’ve


    always feltpelled to protect me.”


    Heughed. “How do you know that…” he said, almost to himself.


    “He exined it to me like this: there are different kinds of soulmates. Adrik and I were always meant to


    meet and fall in love, probably over and over again through lifetimes. You and I have apparently been


    together in a different capacity over lifetimes too. I don’t know if you’re always my protector, but it


    wouldn’t surprise me if you were. You’re so darn good at it.”


    He smiled, squeezing my hand. “I have always feltpelled to protect you. Even when I wasn’t


    convinced you were different from the other girls, despite Boss putting us on you to make sure you


    stayed safe, which he’d never, ever done before. When you stitched me up in your kitchen? I tried to


    make you angry to see if you would turn into a different person. You just put me in my ce in front of


    everyone and went about helping me,pletely unaffected. Anytime I would be grumpy or angry


    around his other girlfriends, it was almost like it would pi ss them off and they’d turn into another


    person. People act differently when they’re afraid or angry. Especially those people that are being fake


    or pretending to be someone they’re not. It’s like they can’t keep the act up when they’re angry too, so


    they show who they really are. But you? You turned into my emotional support sloth,” he saidughing


    at the memory. I couldn’t help butugh, too. That was definitely one of my finer moments. “Even


    calling you a princess didn’t phase you. He ll, you adopted it right then and now you’re the go ddamn


    princess.”


    “Don’t you forget it, either,” I said, poking him in the arm.


    “When you stitched me up, despite me being an as shole to you, I knew you werepletely different.


    I started to see what Adrik saw in you the first time he looked at you. That’s when I knew I would


    always protect you.” He Inhaled deeply. “When that truck hit us, all I could think about was making sure


    you were okay, even if it was thest thing I did


    I felt the tears burning my eyes, threatening to fall. I sniffed, trying to hold them back. I leaned my head


    on his shoulder, grabbing his hand again. “Well, if we’re connected, you’re not allowed to leave me.


    The princess says so. You have to listen to the princess.” He chuckled. “I don’t think that’s how it’s


    going to y out, anyway. My dad said what ising is bad. Very bad, even. But there’s a grander


    n for all of us. No idea what that n is, but it’s grand.”


    We sat in silence for a minute. “Ivan, I want you to know that I can pull you from your darkness, the


    same way Adrik pulled me from mine. You don’t need to be scared of it ever again.”


    He didn’t say anything, he just put his giant arm around me and pulled me to him. He kissed the top of


    my head as he held me close. I could feel him trembling as he fought back the tears. He sniffled, then


    said, “I do a good job of keeping it away, but


    hospitals…”


    “You don’t need to exin anything about that to me. I share your hatred of those ces.” He


    squeezed my shoulders.


    “I remember what you told me before we got to the house, princess. He really will love you no matter


    what. We all love you no


    matter what.”