"You don't understand, Harper. If you spend another minute here, Aiden will die. He's bleeding out." I took two steps towards him. My voice reached a fever pitch as to gain Harper's attention but he seemed so mesmerized by the goddess that I knew nothing I was saying mattered to him.

"Zara, if Aiden dies he gets to come here and be with the goddess. If me staying here longer assures his death, he will thank me one day because he will get to be with the moon goddess. I know this is what he wants. He will thank me for letting him die because then, he will finally be...