75. The Pain Inside

ROYCE.

The only way to end this… is his death.

The moment is before me as he lays there

bleeding out, and it hurts.

Despite everything he has done and I know he deserves what is coming, but… he is still my

brother.

I look at her as I pass her the sword, hiding the pain in my chest.

For her, I need to stay strong.

You’ve hidden your emotions for years, Royce. What are a few more moments?

I look into her eyes, which are now green, but they remain cat-like.

“Let’s do this.” I say.

I look at Aleric as he lays there on the floor, trying to get up when he sees us approaching, but he is beyond the point of recovering, and it’s clear Apophis is focusing on the barrier…

The darkness that is pushing against the barrier is spreading from Aleric.

“Break his tie from this world and it will

weaken him.” Skyla murmurs.

“For the Gods,” I say quietly as I place my hand

over hers.

We raise the sword as one and I look down at

him. Our eyes meet and I remember the little

boy who once played by my side. 5

The one I sparred against, the friendly competition, the pranks we’d pull… the way he always tried to protect me.

“Apophis!” He hisses. The darkness seems to spread, returning around him with vengeance and he begins laughing brokenly.

Too weak to do anything, but his confidence in the snake god remains.

“Kill me then, if you can,” Aleric says, his eyes locked with mine.

you took everything I

wanted… you even

nothing more than

my mate… you are

selfish… you always have

been…”

me from my thoughts and I realise I’ve frozen. “We need to

makes me glance around and see that the entire area

blacked out.

a shaky exhale. I could talk big, say I will kill, but when the

My hand is over hers, and her power surges through

makes me ill every time I hear it rings

‘NO!’

and stare into Aleric’s wide

the sky begins to lighten around us are shrill and ear-splitting, but I’m unable to

at me as

before my eyes. 13

didn’t think I’d

his life finally fades away, I let go of my grip on her hand and the sword as I fall to

places the sword down, cupping my face, and

sorry.”

head. This is not

moves closer, hugging me tightly from behind as I press my fists to my forehead, refusing to allow any sound to

truly is no

SKYLA.

see him so broken; he was acting strong when his

even

feel that guilt

his mother…

that is something

its face once more, even when everyone gathers. I hold my king close, wanting to take away

pain.

tears have stopped, but

bowed.

my head. Even if he’s injured,

are sorry, your majesty…” one of the witches

a man says

until I sense Catherine approaching. That is when I let go of him. No matter how hard it is, they need one another

as

had to.”

into her embrace. 3

space to mourn their loss, unable to stop my own tears from flowing

suffer… at least make their healing

around me, and I hug her tightly, trying to control

time in my

you… something inside

understand what it means when they say, every life you

Solaris

the man who has

Are they that stupid?

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