The Blood Moon Twins
Chapter 67

CAULDER "Where are you?" I linked Remy when I failed to run across her all day. I was leaving her room after discovering it was empty. "The roof," she linked back.

I stopped in my tracks and looked up, wondering how she managed to get up there. I started climbing the stairs to the top floor, thinking maybe there was some sort of roof access I wasn't aware of. However, when I made it to the top, I found no such entrance. She must have used magic to get up there.

With a deep breath, I used my magic to shift the space around me until I found myself standing on the roof. I was instantly off balance, since I wasn't prepared for the slanted roof. On top of that, the height seemed much higher as the wind blew around me, reminding me that the pack house was a good three stories tall.

I crouched down, feeling better about my balance, and then looked around. Remy was sitting nearby with a book in her lap. I stood up only half way, and slowly made my way to her with one hand practically still on the roof tiles for balance. When I made it to her, I took a seat, and felt better instantly. I shouldn't have been worried about falling off the roof. I knew I could easily use my magic to protect myself. However, I still had a slight fear of falling. "Please tell me why you thought the roof was a good place to read," I said, looking at my sister, who still had her nose buried in her book.

She held up her finger as she finished the page of her book. Then she put her book mark in and closed the book. She held the book in her lap and took a deep breath. "I figured it's one of the few places I could get some peace and quiet. Most people don't have access up here, and I was tired of being asked how I was handling everything."

"How are you handling everything? Twin to twin?" I hadn't talked to Remy about the prophecy since she found out about it. She always seemed to have something she had to do and was disappearing. Now I knew where she was disappearing to. She looked over at me with raised eyebrows. "Not you, too."

"I'm never not going to worry about you," I said, giving her a wink. Even if she didn't want to talk to people, I was sure I could get her to talk to me. "I heard you've been avoiding Blade, and that worries me." "I've just been busy," Remy lied.

I rolled my eyes and leaned back, slowly feeling more comfortable on the roof. I looked into the sky, and the moon was shining down on us. Not only that, but the view itself was pretty incredible. I could see over the forest, and I wondered if this was what birds saw. I was starting to get the appeal of hiding away up here.

"You were practically killing yourself with lack of sleep to sneak away and spend the night with Blade. Don't give me that crap. Why are you avoiding him?" I watched Remy's face, and it tightened at my question. I was right, and she knew it. She couldn't brush me off as easily as others.

Remy let out a long sigh before leaning back and propping herself on one elbow. With the other hand, she flicked her wrist, easily creating a purple ball of light and sending it flying. It erupted into a mini firework. "Being able to use my magic has been pretty incredible. There was always this dull buzz inside of me, and I didn't know what it was. Now I realized it was my magic trying to break free. I love the way it feels when I create something new from nothing. It feels like I'm doing what I was meant to do." She let her voice trail off, and I knew she wasn't done. "But..." I prompted.

"But... I would trade it all away if it meant I could break this stupid prophecy. All I want is to live a quiet life with Blade, but each day that goes on, I'm afraid I'm just being ignorant by not letting him go. I've been avoiding him, because I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself if I get too close to him." Remy's voice cracked on the last word, and her eyes started to glisten under the moonlight.

I wrapped my arm around her shoulders and pulled her into me. "Avoiding him isn't going to change the prophecy," I said. "You two can be around each other, and I'm pretty sure you can kiss, too. Just don't mate or mark each other, and you'll be okay. We'll figure this out. Daniel and Ginger are looking for someone who might know something about breaking prophecies. Percy and Scythe are reaching out to their contacts, too. We'll replace someone who knows the truth."

"And what if we don't?" Remy asked. "Even Blade thinks we are doomed. I'm terrified that I'm just being a naive girl in all of this. Even if I can figure out a way to break this prophecy, who says that one of us won't get killed before then."

"We'll figure it out. We have to." I couldn't imagine a future where Remy didn't get the happiness she deserved, and I would fight by her side to get her just that. "In the meantime, just make the most of your time with Blade. We never know how long we have. Anything could happen to take our lives away tomorrow, so we shouldn't waste that time avoiding the people we care for."

Remy sat up and stroked the cover of the book she was holding. "I had a vision during the last attack from that creature. I think something really bad is going to happen under the next Blood Moon. That's what this book is about. Well, it's about the powers of Blood Moons. I had Daniel translate some of it for me, but once I got my magic back, I was able to understand it on my own better."

Remy looked out into the distance, and there was a deep sadness filling her eyes. She was always so determined, and it was a little strange to see her this way. She had an eerie calm to her instead of her normal fire.

"The power of sorcerers, vampires, and werewolves are heightened during the Blood Moon," Remy continued. "If there's a way to break the curse, the Blood Moon will give us the strength we need. I'm sure of it." A fire lit in Remy's eyes, and for a moment, I swore I saw some sort of darkness within her.

"You said you had a vision that something bad will happen under the Blood Moon," I said. "What did you see?"

Remy looked at me and then looked down at her hands. "There was a fight breaking out between vampires and werewolves. I didn't see how it ended, but there was a darkness overshadowing the whole thing. If Draven attacks us, that's when he's going to do it." She seemed so sure of herself as she spoke, which was a hard thing to wrap my head around. She spoke of the future like it was a sure thing. Ginger had a way of predicting the future, but even she made it clear that the future was never set in stone. She could come to conclusions about what was going to happen based on the information she saw around her, but she wasn't always right. Remy was different though.

She spoke of the future as if she had actually seen it, and that scared me.

"When is the next blood moon?"

"A little less than four months away," Remy said. She stood up and her gaze turned up to the moon again. "That's how much time we have to prepare for war and figure out how to stop this curse."

"Then we better get started." I stood up next to her, but the height still made me feel unstable. For once, she seemed like she was the pillar between the two of us, and I wanted to grasp onto her to hold myself steady.

It was a strange feeling. I had always been the one holding Remy up, but our roles had reversed without me even realizing it.

"We should go," she said.

I quickly grabbed her wrist, stopping her from shifting away. "Hold up a minute." I couldn't let her leave yet. I had promised Blade I would talk to her and get her to reach out to him. I wasn't sure how much I could do, but I didn't think it was good for either of them to avoid each other. Even though there was risk to their relationship, they needed each other for support more than Remy was letting happen.

"What's up?" Remy asked.

"Promise me you'll talk to Blade," I said.

I could feel Remy tense under my grip. When she spoke, her voice was quiet and passive. "I don't know if I can do that."

"Don't avoid him because of this prophecy. Please don't do that to yourself or to him," I begged. I could see the pain in Remy's eyes, and I wished I could hug it all away. I had been so happy for the past week, and now I felt selfish for feeling that way. While a weight had been lifted from my shoulders, it had been put onto Remy's.

"I'm going to fight as hard as I can to replace a way to break this prophecy-this curse-because I want to be with Blade more than anything." She looked down at the book and bit her lip. I could feel another "but" lingering in the air.

"Then why are you avoiding Blade?" I wasn't going to let her leave until she answered this.

She was silent for a moment as she tried to figure out a way to form her words. She opened her mouth, and her lip started quivering. "Because the idea of losing him already makes my heart feel like it's going to rip out of my chest. If I let myself fall for him even deeper, and I fail, my heart will completely shatter. I don't know if I could handle that." A few tear drops dripped onto the roof, and I could see Remy breaking in front of me.

I pulled her into a big brother hug and held her tightly. "Don't avoid him out of fear. I know the idea of heartbreak is terrifying, but no matter what happens, I will be by your side to pick up the pieces. Don't ruin your chances for love because you're afraid. Talk to Blade. Tell him what's going on. I'm sure you're not the only one feeling this way."

Remy hiccuped, and the tears flowed more freely. "I know. I know it's not fair to him. I got on his case for thinking about giving up on us. I made him promise he wouldn't leave me, and then once he agreed, I started to avoid him. I'm a terrible person." "Shhh," I hushed, holding her head. "You're not a terrible person. You're only human. Well... You're a half-werewolf, half-sorcerer combination, but you get the idea."

Remy chuckled through her tears, and that was a win for me. "Okay. I'll talk to him. Caulder?"

"Hmmm?"

"Thank you for being the best twin brother a girl could have."

"Thank you for being a kickass twin sister."