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She gazed at hiue in her eyes “What is it?”

Unraveling the satin ribbon on the necklace, he wrapped it around her throat and tied the ends, since the clasp was broken If Jade chose to keep the pendant, he’d have the jeweler who’d crafted her ring fix the fastening

“The Star of Nadia,” he told her, “is a mystical piece It was blessed by a deives it to a ift hasn’t been evoked in centuries The necklace has been in my possession since I was a child”

Her expression turned quizzical She asked, “Are you telling me you have the ability to make me immortal?”

He nodded “If I ask you, all you have to do is say yes”

Jade stepped away His heart sank

“An eternity,” she whispered, a hint of awe in her voice but also a tinge of regret “I told you humans can’t comprehend that extensive amount of time”

“And you would carry around your painful memories with you,” he warned her, in the interest of full disclosure

Her lips twisted and her brow furrow Then she shook her head and said, “Not exactly”

This perplexed Darien “What do you mean?”

She said, “I took Sheena to the spot where my parents were murdered by demons I told her what happened and how asha to save them”

“Jade,” he stared at her, aghast “You were eleven years old What could you have possibly done?”

“Led the wolves away so my parents could have escaped”

He gripped her by the shoulders “They wouldn’t have escaped Your father would have followed after theardless And you”

“That’s basically what Sheena said And I know it’s true But you can’t tell me that every time I ended up in battle with the fire wraith that you didn’t hate yourself for not doing so hurt”