MARINA'S POV

My whole entire body shook as I held Celine closely, my gaze not once averting from her ears which had a black, liquid oozing out of them.

I bit my bottom lip in fear, my eyebrows furrowed as my nerves grew, I hope the spirit isn't winning.

I could sense Luke's anxiety through our complete bond, and it only increased my heart rate. I picked my head up and looked forward, Dustin's cold, eyes connected with mine through the mirror.

"How bad is it?" I was hoping it would've been Dustin that asked this, but instead it was Luke and usually his voice brought me to ecstasy but now shivers crawled up and down my spine, slowly.

"I-I don't know.." I paused to look down at Celine's pale face once again, and noticed the blood hasn't stopped - her face is still dirty from her previous bleeding and it only made matters worse, I exhaled shakily.

"Bad...very bad." I whispered hesitantly, my gaze slowly going up again - I tightened my hold around Celine's frail body and I felt my eyes well up.

What if the spirit takes over? What if she dies? What if she kills everyone? So many what if's but not much hope for her anymore.

Everyone could see the affects of what was going on, but nobody wanted to state the reality.

"Crap!" Luke bit out angrily, punching his thigh with his fist angrily, I sighed and shook my head, my stomach felt heavy and Celine stayed completely still, almost lifeless.

"Don't worry, she'll make it through. That brat always pulls through." Dustin spat out, his words made my eyes widen and suddenly I felt protective over the girl who (even though nobody wanted to see it) was slowly dying on my lap. I growled lowly at him.

"Enough Dustin! Stop being such a coward! She is your mate, how many times do I have to say it?!" I yelled out in frustration, my eyes welling up even more and I could feel my throat dry up completely; Luke probably felt my disappointment, fear, anxiousness, nervousness and sadness.

Calm down, my love. He said through mind-link but I blocked him out, not wanting to listen anymore because my brother deserved everything I threw at him.

"And how many times dear sister do I have to tell you that she is not my mate!" He growled back and suddenly the fact that we were in a car left my mind, and I snarled loudly, my shoulders shook violently.

"Yes she is! For some twisted reason she is! And she's dying! Do you see it now? Do you realize it?! You are killing her, you are helping the spirit conquer her weak body because you are weakening her! Your bond is weakening her! Your resistance and hate is weakening her! Come on Dustin! You're old enough to put two and two together! You've made this mistake before! Don't make it again! Remember?" I stated angrily, I could feel my blood boil inside me and my whole entire body shook; needing to release its rage on something. Celine didn't move an inch through my outburst, she stayed as still as a board.

I watched Dustin growl lowly and grip the steering wheel even tighter, making his knuckles whiten - Luke just watched quietly, not knowing if he should interfere or not.

"Do not mention her, don't ever mention her! I won't make the same mistake because I won't allow the same mistake to happen! Celine could die for all I care, I just need to find a way to break our bond before she takes me with her, and Goddess forbid, that happens." He protested, his eyes getting darker and darker making my hands clench tightly into a fist, I could feel my eyes widen and watched the color of my orbs change to a crimson red.

"You make me sick. Completely and utterly sick. I've forgiven your past mistakes but this one, I will never forget it. You're willing to watch your own mate die? What kind of a cruel person are you? Because you for sure aren't my brother. Mother would be disgusted and you know dad would be completely disappointed, but me ... I don't even see you as a brother anymore, you've lost my respect the first time you hit Celine, the first time I watched you, mercilessly slap your mate and terrorize her..." I paused to take a deep breath because once again my throat clogged up and I refused to shed a single tear, Dustin suddenly chuckled humorlessly making my brows furrow.

"Oh Marina, Marina, Marina. Do you really think that I care about what you think of me and what your parent's think of me? I've lost any ounce of respect for you people, honestly I've disowned myself from your family. Now, that you've explained to me how you feel, it makes me feel even better, because I've hated you since the beginning, you always think that for some odd reason, what you say would make me do exactly what you want but clearly it doesn't work that way. You know how my life was before and you know that I lost any bond that I had with your parents, I hate them. They could rot in hell for all I care, and they could take Celine with them." He said with a voice void of any emotion, his cold, dead eyes glared at me through the front mirror and I felt each and everyone of his words stab me in the chest painfully, I bit my bottom lip to prevent a whimper.

"My family? Did you forget that they're your family as much as they are mine? Did you forget about who raised you, and helped you through your problems? Did you forget who kept all their promises and hid all your mistakes? Did you forget who helped you through all those heartbreaks? Did you forget who saved you when you almost killed yourself? And especially, did you forget who's always by your side, no matter what? Remember when we came here for Celine? You went to jail, and I went with you, not once did I cause a scene and resist. I'm the only person who knows everything about you, other then our - I mean my family and I've accepted everything. I gave you my birthright, and everything else that belonged to me. I gave you my title, I accepted everything that was granted to me and passed it to you. I allow you to claim the title, as if it was your's to start with. I only tell you what to do, to help you. I've watched you fall so many times, and I don't want that to continue to happen. My family helped you so many times and all you have to say for that is that you hate them? That they could rot in hell? You really are as ruthless, and twisted as people say you are and honestly, I'm happy that you've disowned yourself because I'm disgusted to have a brother like you, I'm personally disappointed at the man I've watched you become and when Celine does die, when the spirit does take over, that's when you'll lose everything. That's when you'll understand where you've gone wrong because the bond given to you by the Moon Goddess, it's not a bond you play with, especially not if you're Moon Written. In the end, it's not a bond it's a curse, and there is a reason you and Celine we're put together, and now when I look at it; it truly is a curse, Celine was cursed to be with you. She's cursed and you should be thankful to have someone like her." When I finished, tears were rolling down my cheeks aimlessly, my whole body was slouched over the leather seats and I felt my tight hold on Celine get loose because I felt so weak.

I looked down at Celine through my blurry vision, and used one of my hands that was around her neck to brush one of her short locks off her face, a frown tugged my lips.

Once again I looked up, but this time my eyes didn't lock with Dustin's and everything was silent, except for my pounding heartbeat which echoed in my ears.

"And if she does die, no matter what happens. I know she'll be happier, away from you."