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Kael had the motive. He was the prime suspect. Who else would do this apart from him? He was the only person whom I could think of who was desperate enough to separate me from
Lisa for his own benefit.
And what better way to do that than by making her believe that I had cheated on her?
I cursed under my breath.
“Avarok,” I growled in my mind, “this reeks of him.”
It does, my wolf said, his voice low and tense. But we need more than instincts. We need proof. We need to find Lisa.
Just as I was about to reply, my phone buzzed.
It was an unknown number.
I answered it with a frown. “Hello?”
“Rylan,” said a voice I recognized instantly.
The Seer.
“You’re back,” I said, surprised.
“Yes. I returned last night. I felt something was wrong. The threads of fate twisted in strange ways. You needed me the other day. I’m here now. If you still need help…”
“I do,” I said, not wasting a second. “I need your help more than ever. But it’s something I can’t explain over the phone. I need to come to you.”
“Then come. Bring whoever you trust.”
“I’ll be there soon.”
I ended the call and turned toward Jared and Alex, who had just walked into the hall.
“We’re going to the Seer,” I said. “Now.”
Jared nodded immediately. Alex hesitated, but I didn’t wait for his agreement.
We drove in silence. The car engine hummed low. I stared out the window. My thoughts were unraveling like a ball of tangled thread.
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“What if she can’t help us?” I asked Avarok in my mind.
She will. If anyone can get to the truth, it’s her. She sees what others cannot.
We reached her cottage. I knocked twice.
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The door creaked open. The Seer stood there, dressed in her usual flowing dark robes. Her silver hair hung loose today, and her eyes glittered like starlight.
“Come in,” she said simply.
We stepped inside.
I opened my mouth to speak, but she raised her hand.
“No need,” she said. “I’ve seen what happened.”
My heart stilled. “What do you mean?”
“Lisa is gone. She believes you betrayed her. That you lay with another woman. She saw it with her own eyes.”
I flinched. Jared shifted uncomfortably behind me. Alex said nothing.
“But you’re innocent,” the Seer continued. “You were trapped.”
My breath caught. “You know what happened? Then tell me. Please.”
“I cannot tell you,” she said softly. “You need to see. Only then will you truly understand. Only then will you know who the traitor is.”
“What do I need to do?”
“A blood ritual. Your blood will connect you to the past. To your memories. To the truth.”
“Then do it. I’m ready.”
She turned to her cauldron and began pulling down bottles from her shelves. One by one, she uncorked them and poured their contents into the pot. Deep purple. Murky green. Glimmering silver. The colors swirled like a storm.
She added powders next–one red, one bone–white.
“Come,” she said, beckoning me.
I stepped forward.
She took a ceremonial blade and gently sliced across my palm. I hissed slightly at the sting.
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She held my hand above the cauldron. My blood dripped in. The potion turned red instantly. It hissed and bubbled.
Then she began to chant:
“By root and flame, By blood and bone, Show the truth once left unknown. Through time’s glass, Let vision speak, Unveil the past that fate did seek.”
The mixture glowed.
“Look,” she said. “Focus.”
I leaned over and stared.
At first, there was nothing.
But then, there were colors, sounds and movement.
I saw the ballroom. The night of the feast. Lisa was standing in front of me. She had a worried expression on her face.
She was asking about a contact named Anna.
I could feel my confusion. I didn’t know who Anna was. I blocked the contact in front of her.
She looked relieved. We kissed. Then Alexandra came. She dragged us to the dance floor.
We danced.
Lisa smiled in my arms. Her eyes sparkled with joy.
Then… the vision shifted.
I saw Alexandra again. At the drink table.
She poured drinks. One for me. One for Lisa.
But… she added something.
A white powder. Into my drink only.
My heart stopped.
“No,” I whispered.
The vision continued.
She smiled as she walked toward us. She handed us the drinks.
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Lisa’s glass was clean.
Mine was laced.
The vision faded.
The potion turned still.
The Seer looked at me. “Do you understand now?”
I stepped back, breathless. “It was her. Alexandra. My own sister.”
“Yes.”
I swallowed hard. My chest felt like it was collapsing in on itself.
“Why? Why would she do this to me? To Lisa?”
The Seer shook her head. “That answer is not yet clear. But the truth is. You saw it.”
I turned to her. I could feel desperation clawing at my throat. “Please. Come with me. We
need to confront her. Now.”
“Wait,” she said calmly. “I will come. But not empty–handed.”
She turned back to her shelves.
She pulled down more bottles and herbs. She began brewing again.
“What are you making?”
“A truth elixir. One drop and she won’t be able to lie.”
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I sat down on the sofa and ran my hands through my hair. My body trembled. My soul ached.
Alexandra. My sister. My blood.
How could she do this?
Avarok growled low in my mind. I never liked her games. But this? This is betrayal.
“She always said she supported me and Lisa,” I whispered. “She smiled. She helped. Why fake all of it?”
She never wanted Lisa close. Maybe it was jealousy or maybe something deeper. We will find
out.
My jaw clenched. My vision blurred with rage and sadness.
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Lisa had treated Alexandra like a sister.
And Alexandra… had stabbed her in the back.
No. She had stabbed me in the back.
I stood. The potion was almost ready.
The Seer poured the glowing liquid into a small vial. She sealed it with a black cork.
“Give this to her,” she said. “In tea. In water. She must drink all of it. Then, ask
questions.”
I took the vial. My fingers tightened around it.
“We end this tonight,” I said.
The Seer nodded. “Go. Truth will not stay hidden much longer.”
I turned to Jared. “Prepare everything. We confront her now.”
He nodded. His eyes were cold and focused.
And as we stepped out of the Seer’s cottage, my heart burned with one goal:
your
To find out why my sister tried to ruin the one thing I loved most in this world…
Lisa.
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