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?

as I looked up at Xander, who was waiting for

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

and I nodded, tilting my head to the side as I let go

lower vampire males I didn’t know–guards, royal guards, by the looks of it. They crossed through, and they were

“Why did you wait?”

cry. My body and mind were numb, emotionless; there was nothing back darkness left. Maybe it would always be like this now.

his weight, flexing his hands over his

She said there would always be conflict between the two realms. New kings would rise, new threats would make themselves

“You were going to–”

portal

to stare, his face void of expression but darkening around

will destroy it all. I made him a deal. I said I would get my people out before he ended this. I’ve done my part. You must come with

at one point on her knees. A Goddess in her own right, on her knees in front of a mere

a great king one day,” she’d continued. “Your rule will be nothing but peace and joy for

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

cannot suffer

had struck a chord with me. I thought of my mother, my father… my brothers. Will would likely not even care, no tears staining

lost their only daughter–their

only thing that got my feet moving toward that portal was the notion that it needed to be me to break the news, to tell them

tug one more time as I looked over

hybrids were attacking the refugee camps and our warriors were doing their best to defend the lower vampires

death and suffering of the people she had loved. She’d never been their ruler. She’d been a god to

their king in the realm of blood, why not here? Was it because the portal was still open? Was it that the last remnants

dress billowing out behind her. Warriors stood in shock as she passed,

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255