If He Had Been With Me Ending Novels & Stories

“Are you–” He cut me off. “I’m fine.” His expression softened as his eyes met mine. “I promise.” His fingers found mine, and they twined together between us. The last chasm had been crossed. There was nothing we could not survive, it seemed. Or maybe our luck just hadn’t yet run out. I tightened my jaw. “Then let’s go.” I twisted around and looked in askance at Medic Olia. “Will you come with us? They might have been hurt on the journey here.”

But for that moment, with their weight pinning me to this earth, I knew one thing. I wasn’t alone. Not anymore. END OF CHAPTER 96

“I literally chased you the whole time. Even now, it feels like I’m forcing you to be by my side and any day now you will walk away.” “What the hell...” I paused, taking a step back. “I chose to be with you even when it could have gotten me killed, still could get me killed. I have a fucking timer in my head and would’ve saved myself time and gotten the Rosetta if I had just stuck to the bloody plan!” “So you regret being with me?” His brows knotted, eyes hurt, and I cursed, turning my back to him. We were doing it again. We were fucking doing this again.

I was that far gone. As Damon held me in his arms that night, I had a thought of not wanting this to end. But it has to, right?

"We'll figure this out." He exhaled, finally meeting my gaze. "I don't know how we're going to survive this, Aurora," he whispered. "It's worse than last time. I thought... I really thought it was over. But it never is. It never ends." There was a tremor in his voice. It hurt—because for all my strength, I had nothing concrete to give him. No shield. No certainty. "It will end this time," I said firmly, holding him closer. "I promise. We'll finish it—together. You, me. All of us."

From finally knowing I had someone beside me. The past wasn’t done with us. But this time, I wasn’t alone. I wasn’t scared.

I was going to let him find it. But on my terms. Because this game? This ending? It was mine now. Not his. Not Mira’s. Mine.

No matter what the past held, my future was here, with them. ~The End ~

Perhaps I never would. That was okay. I did not have my mother there, but in this one, I did. [The end.]

He didn’t hesitate to tell me, “To end it.” Silence settled between us, but this time, it wasn’t heavy. It was time for me to prove what I always said about support. “Then we finish it,” I said. “Together.” A real smile touched his lips. “Yeah,” he breathed. “Together.”