Chapter 4
"Theresa, what are you doing here? We both know that I refused to that you tell me any of my future."
"We agreed on future, yes, but not present or past."
"Why is it you always insist on being vague?"
"She reminds you of Celeste for a reason, Reaver," she said, ignoring me. "Think about how she's acted and think about how Celeste acted. It's the same for a reason."
"If you tell me it's because Celeste was reincarnated and Charlie is her, I'm calling you on your bullshit."
"Call it what you will but it will not change the truth."
"It's impossible. Celeste's soul was taken by the Shadow Court."
"No, it wasn't. No matter how hard the shadows may try, no one could take a soul as pure and as powerful as Celeste's. Even Death could not contain her."
"By your logic, life shouldn't either."
"Life is what gives her strength. She is life. Much like you are death."
"Excuse me?"
"You cause death. Every year, you make someone sacrifice their youth to you. You are the cause for their early death. This is not the first life you've experienced. And in each of your lives, you cause death before you met her. Apart, you both are your own entities, together you're something great. You both are meant to be together, but with each of your incarnations, something has always happened to cause you to be apart."
"What do you expect of me? You're obviously telling me for a reason, what is it?"
"Death must change in order for Life and Death to join."
"I'm not changing."
"You will change. You already have and the deeper you fall in love with her the more you will change. I am only here to warn you that you have to protect her this time or you might not get a second at saving her."
"What do you mean?"
"A soul can only be brought so many times. This may be your last chance to reunite before both of your souls are destroyed," she barely got through the last syllable before she vanished.
"Is it 'Let's all drop in on Reaver, expectantly, day'?" I said to myself.