Alysia's POVI didn't see it coming at all. Even if the moon goddess had somehow revealed it in a dream before I arrived here, heaven knows a part of me would still doubt it. I'd been looking forward to this moment so much that every day prior to this moment, my mind had automatically started making out scenarios of how our next meeting would be like.Most times I had different variations, but it always ended the same way: Damon shocked at first to see me, and then, before long his shock would make way into pure joy. Even before I'd walked in here, my mind did a little reminder, but believe me when I said no imagination or replay could beat the original.“Damon.” I muttered underneath my breath as I pressed myself into him. There wasn't so much as a fractic of space between us, but I didn't care. Not in the moment. Right now, all I wanted to do was soak in all of him to make up for the time we were apart. “I missed you. I missed you so so much.
Damon's POVI hadnt wished for death in my life more than I had in the last three months. I hated to admit it, but my life had been a living nightmare ever since Alysia's death. It didn't even sound real, no matter how many times I said it. Over and over again, I would tell myself that I was only hallucinating and one day, it wouldn't be too long before I snapped out of the dream where Alysia was dead, but I never did.I wasn't even sure which hurt more. The fact that the moon goddess had made an empty promise to me, or the fact that I still held on to it after so long.Three months. It'd been three months since I reached out to the moon goddess. She'd told me that Alysia was going to return, but she never did. She hadn't and I was beginning to lose hope.Even after that, I didn't Alysia out of my sight. After my conversation with the moon goddess, I half expected Alysia to be in her body immediately, but she wasn't. I didn't let my hope die then.“Arrange a special chamber for Alysia
It was a tough choice for Alysia but at the same time, she didn't even have to give it too much thought to figure out where she wanted to spend the rest of her life; in the afterworld with her family and every other person she's lost, or back in earth with the one person who meant the world to her, and would move mountains and more just to make sure she was happy.“I choose Damon.” Alysia's words echoed loudly in the void. “I want to be with him.”“Are you sure?” The moon goddess asked. Her voice wasn't accusing, neither did it hold any hint of anger or frustration. Instead, it was calm, and Alysia took that as a sign that the moon goddess was solely behind her, no matter the decision she made. “Is that what you really want? If you make this decision now, then there's no going back.”The moon goddess didn't mean to, but her words struck a kind of fear in Alysia's mind. What of she made the wrong choice now? Was she going to regret it? Did she really want to be with Damon over the othe
The world spun around Damon. Dark circles tinted the corner of his eyes, and for a moment, he felt like his knees were about to give way underneath him.“Alpha.” Damon's name echoed in the distance, but for the life of him, he couldn't bring himself to focus on the direction where his name was coming from. His vision blurred slightly, and no matter how hard he blinked, he still couldn't make out anything. “Alpha?”Damon didn't respond. He couldn't. Not when he'd just heard one of the worst news of his life.Alysia didn't make it? What the hell did the doctor even mean by that?“Alpha Damon?” The doctor called out again, and this time, Damon heard him very clearly. “Are you okay?”“No.” Damon huffed. “You can't be serious. What do you mean Alysia didn't make it? You're joking, right?”“I'm sorry.” The doctors voice dropped to a low whisper. “We really did try our best to save her, but due to the severity of her condition…”“What condition?” Damon roared in his face. He didn't want to b
The world came to a standstill as Alysia tried to make sense of what was happening. She couldn't believe it, she didn't want to. That the one person who had risked it all to help her, and the last moment too, was suddenly dead.No. No. There was no way that could be possible.It just couldn't be“Serena.” Alysia called out. Her voice shook, and thanks to the emotions lodged in her throat, it felt almost impossible to speak out, but she did it anyway. “Serena! Serena you have to wake up!”Serena didn't move. Her body stilled, and believe it or not, Alysia couldn't help but feel like she could feel every bit of life slipping out of her.“Wake up, Serena!” Alysia shook her harder than the last time. “Wake up. Open your eyes. Please.”Somehow, Serena must have heard Alysia's pleas, because in nothing less than some seconds, Serena's eyes opened, but just slightly.“Aly.. Alysia?” Serena was weak. She looked pale, like she was surviving on the little grace the moon goddess had given her. “
The battle raged on and even though Alysia was doing her best to push the rogues back, all they did was match her energy. Alysia didn't see the war breaking out like this, but now that it had started, she didn't exactly have a choice anymore. A small part of Alysia had hoped that somehow, Alice would surrender or perhaps even try to teach some sort of compromise between them. But even if that happened, Alysia wasn't sure she was going to take it. Alice had taken so many innocent lives, too many to count. She'd spilled so much blood it would be almost impossible to let it go.“Alysia, look out.” Damon yelled beside her, and she turned, just in time to see a rogue rushing at her. His claws were bared, and with the fury blazing in his eyes, it was clear that he was out for blood. Her blood. “He's coming for you.”Damon's warning came just at the right time. Had he been a second later, then the rogue would have been able to secure a blow against Aly