MIRA'S POVNathan's reaction was instant.“Mira, what has come over you? You're just going to trust him like that, after everything?” He snapped.I glanced at Thane standing behind, his arms crossed over his chest and silently watching.Turning back to Nathan, I sighed. “He’s helping us too. We have to put our differences aside. It's a win win.”Nathan scoffed, unbelieving. “Mira, I don't understand you sometimes. He could be lying. He could be teaming up with Alexa for all we know.”Lira held my arm. “Mira, he is right. You have to think this through again. We can't just welcome him into our circle so easily. How much can you even trust him?”I bit my lower lip, shaking my head. “It's not about how much I can trust him. It's about neither of us. It's about the lives at stake. The moment we've been waiting for is approaching us at godspeed. Sending him away would be us trying to run away from this.” I said.Nathan exhaled, running his hand through his hair. “You are such a a bad decis
“You need my help?”The trio whirled around, surprised that Mira was behind them.Once again, Thane’s insides turned to mush, his confidence fading with the gust of wind.“Mira…” He started, but the words wouldn't form.Mira closed the distance between them, but not close enough for him to see her trembling hands. Nathan and Lira stepped aside.“You need my help?” She repeated. “And what happened to your Luna?”“You have it all wrong…” Thane took a step forward, but this had Mira scrambling back.“Stay… stay right there. Don't come any closer.” She demanded, her hand stretching out to stop him.Thane's eyes fell on her arm outstretched, and he noticed the slight tremble. He noticed the pain clouding her eyes, the roughness of her skin that had once been like silk. He noticed the difference between the Mira he had last seen, and this one.And his guilt tripled.“Look,” He exhaled. “There is a whole lot to talk about, matters to resolve, and…” He trailed off, meeting her glistening blue
NARRATOR'S POV“I'm trying to make amends, and I'm sure he'll do the same if you let him.”“Have you considered that he could have been manipulated too?”“Alexa has the power to enter one's mind and make you do things you don't want to do. While that doesn't justify what I did, or what he did, the problem wasn't us. It was her.”Mira remembered these words like they'd been said to her just yesterday, but it did nothing to stop the pit in her stomach from deepening more and more each second.She stared at him, her eyes filled with shock. She had known this day was coming, but she'd refused to believe it would come so soon.No, it couldn't be!She was dreaming. She had to be dreaming.But when he called her name, she knew she wasn't.“Mira…” It sounded just like before. His deep voice, rough on the edges, heavy on the one syllable. Her heart skipped a beat, then another, then began pounding like an out of control jackhammer.“Mira, I…” He took a step forward and that was her undoing.M
A quiet hush fell over the three of us, over the entire valley. As Nathan and Lira exchanged a weary glance, I rose to my feet, my heart sinking deeper than I ever thought it would.“Mira, wait!”I brushed off Nathan's attempt to hold me back, but I barely took three steps forward when I stopped myself.I whirled back to them, my eyes already moistening. “I know neither of you liked him, but couldn't you at least have searched for him for my sake? How could you leave him behind?” I yelled, my voice shaky.“Mira, we did.” Nathan said, his voice rising too. “You think we could have just left like that? Whether or not we liked him doesn't change the fact that he is part of us. And it hurts that you'd think us that inconsiderate and selfish to intentionally leave without him.”Lira exhaled. “The entire villagers searched for him, Mira. No one, not a single soul had seen him. What could we have done? We were worried about you. You were all alone back here. We had to return, because that m
MIRA'S POVAlexa is dead!I know, I'm just as shocked! Mother is blown out of her mind, yet this is the moment we've all been waiting for. We don't know what it means for us yet, we don't know if we should be terrified or excited, but eitherway, we're as ready as we can be.But now we've found a well-deserved break from everything, I'd like to thank you, Mirabel.Believe it or not, none of this would happened without you. This victory, is all thanks to you. You saved us that night. We were walking around, totally unaware that we were about to lose our lives. You came in, accidentally, and fixed everything. Now I realized it was truly fate that you came to our universe. Nothing was left broken in your wake, and I can't express my gratitude enough.Did you hear what Mother said to me the morning of our attack? “Come back home. With, or without the seal.” I'd wanted to cry my lungs out, and hold her forever. Those words, they made me realize that I'd been imagining a hatred that didn't e
It was the moment they'd all been waiting for, but it didn't ease everyone of the shock that it had actually happened.Alexa gasped, her eyes bulging out.She made to turn to her attacker, but she barely got the chance. The sword drove deeper through her heart.Her legs weakened, and she fell to her knees.Her life played out before her eyes. This was it!She coughed, black blood pouring out of her mouth. Even at that, the corner of her lips curved in a smirk, a bloody smirk.Alternate Mira stepped back, her mouth agape as she took in the sight before her. Alexa's eyes dimmed, the smirk still on her face. “Who… who would have thought?” She stuttered. “Alexa…”“I… I have no…” More blood! “I have no regrets. This… this isn't over!”With a loud growl, alternate Luca pulled the sword out, and Alexa fell… like a bag of sand.It was like the world was put on pause.As alternate Mira took in the sight of black blood staining the grass, it clicked.Alexa… was dead!One minute, it was silen