"What does that mean?" Sebastian demanded.
"It means the mate bonds will start to kill her," Morgana said quietly. "Slowly. The supernatural connection between you will be too strong for a completely human body to sustain. She will weaken over time. Sicken. And within five years, maybe ten if she's very strong, the bonds will burn her out from the inside."
The words hit Nicholas like a physical blow.
"So either way she dies," he said. "Either she dies now sacrificing herself to break the curse, or she dies slowly over five years because the bonds are too strong for a human to handle."
"Yes," Morgana said. "Unless you sever the bonds."
Silence.
"Sever the bonds," Nicholas repeated slowly. "After she sacrifices her magic to save us. After she gives up everything to break our curse. You want us to sever the mate bonds and leave her alone and human and defenseless."
