Chapter 624

Chapter 124 : Pain of the Aftermath

*Oliver*

Xander was a f*****g mess in every way.

He was just staring at me as he sat on the cot, his eyes narrowed on my face as I did my best to explain what had happened, what I’d done, and why.

I could barely form the words. He wasn’t the only one who had lost their mate. He wasn’t the only one who’d lived, while the other part of their soul was left behind in a realm that no longer existed.

I hadn’t had a choice. It was Lena’s life or the lives of many… hundreds of thousands of lives, to be exact.

I knew in my soul that Lena would’ve wanted it this way. She made that decision for herself the moment she gripped that pale yellow stone in her hands and whispered beneath her breath to spare Xander’s life in place of her own.

I had been furious. I leaped for her but crashed into the blood-soaked ground in King Nikolas’s castle, and Lena had been gone.

It was Narcissa who whispered frantically in my ear, her long silver fingers wrapping around my upper arm. “We need to go, wolf prince. You are the one to end this.”

Me. It was going to have to be me.

A single whisper from Narcissa swept our group from the castle to the entrance of the portal in a split second. All around us the Death Walkers, those gray and molting vampires, turned to ash and dust. Their king’s death had spurred a massive die-off in that realm, but I didn’t have a moment to ponder the significance of it, not at the time.

I felt her then, my mate. It was a desperate tug on the weak bond I’d felt in my heart my entire life. I hadn’t even had a chance to lay eyes on her. I hadn’t spoken a single word to her. Until that point, her existence was just a fleeting hope in my heart. I had hoped, wished, that one day we’d meet. Maybe after the war, or even during.

She was still there, in that realm of blood.

Save one, or many?

cleared my throat as I looked up at Xander, who was

to our realm. I watched them pass through. Queen Kiern was forced by Narcissa to cross over as well, and she did, tearfully,

tilting my head to the side as I let go

a few lower vampire males I didn’t know–guards, royal guards, by the looks of it. They crossed through, and they were the last to come. I waited for what felt

“Why did you wait?”

was waiting for my mate,” I breathed. I had no tears left to cry. My body and mind were numb, emotionless; there was nothing back darkness left. Maybe it would

weight, flexing his hands over his

would always be conflict between the

“You were going to–”

was going to stay, and close the portal

his face void of expression but darkening around my words as I

“It’s over. It’s done. When you close that portal, my father will destroy it all.

begging me at one point on

she’d continued. “Your rule will

joy,” I had replied, growing furious at her bribery, “if I

family cannot suffer another loss,” she

my father… my brothers. Will would likely not even care,

lost

that got my feet moving toward that portal was the notion that it needed to be me to break the news, to tell them the truth about what Lena had

the mate bond tug one more time as I looked over my shoulder into the realm of

were doing their best to defend the lower vampires who had

she

their last tether to the king and their realm. The guards and beasts had died along with their king in the realm of blood, why not here? Was it because the portal was still open? Was it that the last

Narcissa run toward Crimson Creek, her silver dress billowing out behind her. Warriors stood in shock as she passed, their

grief. We had years of rebuilding and recovery in front of us. We’d have countless dead to bury, countless children to care

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