h4Chapter 801: 801-Lost Hope And A Sacrifice/h4

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    "The terms are simple. You need to take it off the chain you’re wearing it with, then hold it between your hands and rub it. ce it in a room with four corners closed, doors and everything. Make sure nobody enters that room, because whoever does will move into the newnd. But remember, it is not a real realm. It is a fake one, a realm without magic and curses. Any entity made entirely of magic would never be able to enter, but a werewolf can," my mom took a pause and I could tell someone offered her wine. Some women. Mom has told me that she had made really good friends there.

    "For example, if you go there, you will just be you. Mint will not be part of you. You get to live an ideal life in that ce. But once the pearl starts to fade like soap, if you don’t get out, you’ll be trapped inside. Also, you can get killed there. People usually get lost in there because it is such a pure and peacefulnd that they don’t want toe out. So it is always rmended that someone else goes to bring them back," My mom exined, and I started taking mental notes. It seemed like Rune’s world but without any leader or toxicity. That meant the pearl only works once, and probably only for a few days. Everyone else nodded, keeping it in mind. So it seemed easy. We would send Emmet there, and once the curse was broken and the poison gone, I, along with his brothers, or maybe all of them, would enter the room again. We’d be in the realm with him, and then bring him back. That sounded like a good n.

    While we were silently nodding, my mother spoke again. Of course, she didn’t know what we were nning, so out of curiosity she asked one question that instantly wiped the smiles from everyone’s faces.

    "Wait, don’t tell me you came up with this idea for Lucy. That is such a brilliant idea. Once you push her in there, she will no longer be those entities because they are entirely magical beings. They are dead spirits looking for a body. So it will just be Lucy in the dreand, and any one of you can go there and convince her toe back," my mom said.

    I watched Emmet’s smile fade.

    "Mom, I’ll talk to youter," I muttered, snatching the phone and cutting the call.

    Now, it was the most awkward silence ever.

    "At least now we know how to help Lucy." It was Emmet who broke the silence, as expected. All of us watched him quietly because we knew he’d do something like that. There was no way Emmet would choose himself over his students.

    "Emmet, what about you?" Norman asked right away. They would do anything for their students, but when it came to the brothers, of course they’d choose each other. Honestly, I was torn too. How could I let him die? There might be other ways to save Lucy, but for Emmet, this was the only one.

    Everyone stayed quiet until Maximus spoke. "I mean, we were already looking into ideas to save Lucy. We can find something if we try hard." He said exactly what I’d been thinking.

    "No, guys. There’s no way I’ll let my student suffer while I save myself. Forget it." This time Emmet’s tone was sharp, making it clear he wouldn’t listen.

    "Now let’s wrap it up. We already found a way to help her," Emmet added, gesturing at all the books scattered around.

    "I mean, we’re also with Professor Maximus. We can help Lucy in other ways. All we need to do is confront her and make here out stronger," Jenny said. But after Emmet only shook his head, she fell silent.

    Everyone cleaned the area and started leaving for their rooms in a defeated way. We had been so happy just minutes ago. Still, I wasn’t too defeated. There was no way I would let Emmet take the fall.

    "What are you thinking?" Norman asked, noticing I had been staring at the empty office too long. Everyone else was gone. It was just me, Norman, Kaye, and Maximus.

    I took a deep breath. "I have lived my entire life without my mermaid powers. And if my pearl—" I ced a hand on my chest and patted it.

    Maximus quickly shook his head. "No. This is your identity. This is a part of you," he argued.

    "Then what? What do you rmend? We let Emmet die?" As soon as I said it, Maximus looked down.

    "Exactly. And it’s fine. It’s just my mermaid tail for the life of my mate," I muttered, watching them exchange silent nces. It was my call and mine alone. There was no way they could change my mind. Besides, why would they want to? They wanted their brother safe too.

    It was decided. Even though we never told Emmet, the n was set. I would give up my mermaid tail for him when the time came.

    I knew the others slept uneasily because they had no clue what they would do for Emmet, but I wasfortable. I had something I could use to save him, and I was going to do it no matter what. Nobody could change my mind.

    After I went to my room, Norman tried to cuddle with me, but I put some distance between us.

    "Oh, what is going on? Are you still angry with me?" he asked, and I let out a grunt.

    "Okay,e on, tell me." He made me look at him, sitting on the bed, facing him.

    "I don’t want to. I want to help Lucy as quickly as possible so I can break all the curses. I don’t want to spend theter months of my pregnancy, when I’m heavily pregnant, running around trying to rescue my mates who mean a lot to me, even when they hide things from me." I stayed angry, and I noticed him raise his eyebrows.

    "Okay, that makes sense, but can we cuddle tonight?" he asked, pouting.

    I was still upset. He shouldn’t have left me like that. But I also knew his curse was slowly getting worse again, and I could already tell this was thest time. After that, it would either be I save them or I lose them, and I would never, ever be ready for that.

    So with an eye roll, I finally got closer and hugged him. Then wey down to sleep, because the next day we had nned to start taking action to save Lucy.