With a final, trembling effort, he pressed something cold and hard into my palm, forcing my fingers to close around it. “Keep... keep it safe…”His hand fell away, his last breath a silent sigh. I looked down. In my hand, smeared with his blood, was a guardian fraction badge.“No, Kael! No, stay with me!” My voice rose into a hysterical plea as I saw life leave his eyes. Malcolm, who’d been standing behind me, knelt and pressed his fingers to Kael's neck. He looked up at me, his own expression shattered.“No. It can't be,” I denied, shaking my head, my hands gripping Kael's shoulders as if I could physically shake his soul back into his body. “Kael! You promised you'd come to our wedding! Why are you here like this? Who did this to you!? Tell me... Kael, wake up!”Malcolm's arms wrapped around me, pulling me away from the gruesome scene and into the solid strength of his chest. “Shhh, my love. You need to breathe. We will find who did this. I promise you, we will.”“No! Why must it
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