#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.

“Edrick…” I cried. I threw my arms around him and fell onto him, sobbing hysterically and not caring if I got myself covered in his blood.

My fated mate was dead. There was no greater pain than this.

Mina. “Let me go back!

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

my lips and carried across the wind. The birds, which had just been singing as the end of the storm came, now fell silent. Or maybe I just drowned them out with

I thought it was just in my head at first, but when I suddenly froze and felt it for a second time, I sat

start to beat in his

stammered, looking down earnestly at his

leaned back down

I started to lose hope; maybe I really was

“Moana, I don’t—”

pressed my ear harder into Edrick’s chest.

it was: another heartbeat. Edrick

sat up again, and pressed my hands into his chest once more. This time, I focused my healing energy with even more passion and squeezed my eyes

that I wanted to see again. His smile, his laugh, the feeling of

almost felt sick from

“M-Moana…”

me. My eyes shot open, red with tears. He still looked asleep, but I could see it now; I could see the color returning to his face. I could see his eyes moving slightly beneath his

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

to heal him, I pushed a little harder. I could see Edrick’s wounds closing slightly. Fresh blood

heal him anymore though. I feared that

and cupping his face in my hands, “I’m going to take you back to the mansion on my back, in my wolf

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