Chapter 302- Epilogue
Chapter 302- Epilogue
Tori’s POV
~ Dream ~
“You USELESS thing! You call yourself a Prince, yet all you do is fuck up royally. You don’t deserve the title of Prince.”
Just then, the sound of what sounds like a whip echoes along the cold, dark air and a cry echoes along the room. The cry filled with pain and rage. The voice quick to bite back.
“I didn’t ask to be Prince. I don’t even want it!” snaps the voice. The other just scoffing.
“Please, like your father will allow you to just get up and walk away. The Moon Goddess couldn’t even bless you with a proper mate. So how on earth do you expect to run a Kingdom without one?”
“Who says I don’t,” snaps the voice and I instantly gasp, a pair of indigo eyes with specks of silver staring directly at me. Almost as if they knew I was there when in reality, I wasn’t. The scene nothing more than a dream, or so I thought.
The whip hitting again and the voice refuses to cry, even when they continue to lock eyes on an invisible version of me and something within me snaps. A bond. A tether. A link.
~ End of Dream ~
My body soon jolting along the bed. My heart racing as sweat covers my skin. My mind soon trying to piece together the dream.
What? What was that?
My eyes soon quick to look down only to pause when I notice a faint, silver chain wrapped gently around my wrist. The chain warm. Calming. And pulsing in tune of my heart. As if the chain was connected to me and the dream.
What?
Rune quick to stir. ‘Mate…’
My eyes soon wider than normal, and I frantically begin searching the room. My body still within the Luna suite. My mates each home and currently sleeping. Tomorrow a big day as I’d finally be able to leave the hospital along with Alaric and Zaros.
My heart still racing until a faint glow fills the room. A figure soon rising before me. A figure I know all to well. Mother. The great Moon Goddess in all her beauty.
“Mother?”
Selene just smiling before slowly approaching the bed and taking a seat directly in front of me.
“Hello sweet Tori. I see all is well with you since the final battle with Jake and the Elders.”
A scoff quick to rise. “Um, with all due respect mom, but care to explain this?” My tone firm as I slowly hold up my hand and show her the chain. Selene just smiling.
“It’s a gift. To you and your mates.”
“A gift? This? A piece of silver jewelry?”
“It’s not jewelry Tori. It’s a direct link to your mate.”
At the mention of mate, does Rune’s earlier reminder soon rise. “Whoa there… Mate? I already have a mate. Four of them to be exact. I don’t need anymore mates. Not to mention each of them are possessive as fuck. They won’t approve.”
Selene just smiling again. “They will. Besides, did you forget, you’re the one who holds all the cards. So you have the ability to change their minds. Just as you did when learning that Aaron was yours.”
“That’s different though. Jake, Zak and Alex each knew Aaron from Alpha school. This… this is different,” I say, before gesturing to the glowing chain that sat neatly along my wrist.
“No it’s not Tori. You’re a rune wolf for Christ sake. A wolf with unique abilities that awoken way sooner then they should’ve. So don’t tell me it’s impossible to have more than 4 mates, when I’m the one who grants them.”
My mouth soon opening and closing like that of a fish, and suddenly, I remember the dream. “You can’t possibly mean him… do you?”
Selene now nodding. “Yes. His name is Cyprian. A Prince to the Vampires. And his mother torments him daily while his father refuses to acknowledge him. And though he’s destined for greatness, he’s always been connected to you. To you and your mates. Think of it as another direct link to your past.”
Past?
A groan quick to rise. Oh, right. Of course. A past I’ve lived over and over again, and each time I’ve always lost a mate. Now, here I am, talking to mother about potentially having a 5th. Selene soon sensing my dilemma and quickly voices her words.
“Go on. Ask. I know you want to Tori.”
Sighing, I quickly ask the question I’ve been itching to ask since having the dream. “You say Cyprian is mine. That he’s not only my mate, but Jake, Zak, Alex and Aaron’s. So, if that’s the case, why haven’t we met before?”
Selene now sighing as well. “Because he’s shadow bound. Only his true mates can set him free and you, Tori, are his true mate. All five of you are. And until you each manage to find him, he’ll never be free. And his mother will forever torment him. Thus, there’s no telling how long he’ll have before he’s either executed or worse, forced to be something he shouldn’t. Thus, he needs you Tori. You need to find Cyprian before it suddenly becomes too late.”
And with that said, does Selene slowly vanish from site. My body soon forced to sit there and ponder her words. Even as Rune sleeps happily within me and the indigo eyes with specks of silver begin dancing within me. Eyes that felt familiar to me yet weren’t.
“Cyprian…” I whisper, and my fingers soon brush the small chain sitting around my wrist.
THE END
Author’s Note: Dun.. Dun.. Dun... Scentless Bonds is now officially over. But fear not, I will be uploading lots of bonus scenes. And I’m thinking about 30-ish or so chapters, but we’ll have to see how the muses behave.
As for the Epilogue… I’m sure many of you have questions. And believe me.. I’m all ears XD. But for now, just know, that Tori’s journey is FAR from over. The bond isn’t finished. Thus, just know, I will post Tori’s next book, but it probably won’t be until I manage to get enough chapters written to post as I will be working on both Tori and Arlo’s book back to back.
Thus, with that said, please make sure to keep your eyes peeled for both Boundless Moon and Scentless Bonds & The Shadowbound Prince.
Till then, I’m off to edit some books and attempt to finish One Night Gone Wrong, as well as The Alpha and her Beta Mate and any others I have waiting in the wings. Until then, bye.