Chapter 242: The Tears of a Lover

Moana

Edrick’s hand suddenly fell limp. The smile on his face faded as his eyelids fluttered shut, and at that exact moment, I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces.

“No…” I whispered, my throat closing up already. “Edrick?”

He didn’t answer. I felt a sob catch in my throat.

Without thinking, I pressed my hands into his wounds. I heard the flesh and the blood squelch beneath my touch as my vision became clouded with tears.

“Come on,” I said, my voice shaking violently as I pressed harder and tried to focus my energy.

“It’s no use, Moana,” Mina said, sounding full of regret. “I’m sorry. His wounds were too deep.”

I shook my head in disbelief and just pushed harder on Edrick’s wounds. His body shifted beneath my touch, filling me with a false sense of hope that he was still alive. But he wasn’t — he was dead. When I felt his neck, there was no pulse.

There was no containing my grief anymore. As a keening wail started to rumble in my throat, I felt the tears spill out of my eyes and pour down my cheeks.

him and fell onto him, sobbing hysterically and not caring if I

dead. There was no

I cried out to Mina. “Let me go back! I don’t want to

stay in the real world. There’s no way for you to

the wind. The birds, which had just been singing as the end of the storm came, now fell silent.

then, something happened while I cried onto Edrick’s limp body. I thought it was just in my head at first, but when I suddenly froze and felt it for a second

heart start to beat

at his

answer. Shakily, I leaned back down and placed

to lose hope; maybe I really was

“Moana, I don’t—”

pressed my ear harder into Edrick’s chest. My

it was: another

his chest once more. This time, I focused my healing energy with even more passion and squeezed my eyes shut as I felt

wanted to see again. His smile, his laugh, the feeling of his warm arms around me. His face, red with embarrassment when the kids teased his artwork. The way that his

my power surge. I almost felt sick from it, but I

“M-Moana…”

voice startled me. My eyes shot open, red with tears. He still looked asleep, but I could see it

I needed to get him to a point where I could transport him, and then I

teeth through the weakness and nausea that took over me from using this much energy to heal him, I pushed a little harder. I could see Edrick’s wounds closing slightly.

anymore though. I feared

you can hear me,” I said, leaning down to him and cupping his face in my hands, “I’m going to take you back to the mansion on my back, in my wolf form. Can you

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