Chapter 96: The End of Forever
Tyler'snoveldrama
POV
The smell of burning flesh flooded the air, choking me in desperation as I watched my wife burn. My wife. My mate. "My Elaine..."
'You love her?' Remus asked. I continue to watch flames erupt from her and burn the
nearby grass.
"Yes," I muttered loudly. As loud as Elaine's shrieks, whose bones are probably melting this very second I hesitated.
'Then save her.'
Hesitation flooded my face and mind. But this is not the time to cower. No, I have been a coward long enough. It's time to make little sacrifices of my own.
I forced my body and soul to crawl near her, disregarding the tears that tried to hinder my sheer sight.
Elaine sacrificed herself for us-burned herself for us, even killing our child in her womb. This is wrong. Utterly wrong.
Minutes ago, I imagined her killing myself-drowning her into the very spring where I used to bathe to clear my thoughts.
And now..."ELAINE, STOP!"
But she didn't. She even ran away from me.
I forced my legs to move, to go after her. I gave a sprint and it was enough to reach the stone where she sat while she waited for her body to turn into ashes.
I did not waste any time.
Wrapping a protective wind barrier between me and the fire, I quickly summoned an icy wind in her direction, slowing the burning and getting rid of its foul smell in the air.
Then, in a swift motion of opening my palms, ice coated her body and the fiery flames devouring her were no more.
I love her. I couldn't see myself just letting her die.
If the Hearteaters want her to die, then I will die with her. If she was destined to burn, then I shall burn with her. Never minding that it would mean the end of my line, Jason can take care of himself anyway.
"Elaine..." I whispered her name as I turned her to face me in the grass. With a click of my fingers, the ice cracked, revealing the body that I can no longer recognize beneath.
"Elaine." I caressed her face that I used to cup in my hands: that sweet smile and her beautiful emerald eyes were no more. Her raven-black hair was nothing more but ashes. That was the first thing that burned.
"TYLER!" I don't need to turn around to know that it's Jose's voice. "Tyler, they're " Jose paused. Brows furrowing to guess who lay in my arms when he saw the wedding ring on the burnt body.
; "Tyler, I'm-"
"Be done with it," I said with watery eyes, still not facing my Beta and best friend. "Why are you here?"
Jose sighed before putting a hand on my shoulder. "They are here, all lined up outside Selena's Wall."
I nodded, simply letting the lethal realization sink in. "Of course, the Hearteaters are here."
***
I slowly turn my head to face Jose's copper-skinned face. "They're here for Elaine."
Elaine's POV
I know I am already dead, and I'm sure my death certificate will reveal that I died by self- immolation.
That is if I did really die.
But something happened in a split of seconds. Yes, I can now see my body being clutched by Tyler and, yes, I have seen him trying to save me via his ice magic.
But it's over now. Everything is over now.
All is done. With my death, the Werewolves are saved. With my death, the Hearteaters are doomed.
I am the last of my line-the last living descendant and vessel of Eliane, the Forest Queen. The Mother of Hearts and the Lady of the Dark of the Moon.
But something shifted in the tree nearby. A feminine body emerged, with an
uncanny resemblance to my own.
***
I only have to blink to know who she is. Eliane.
She has come for me come for my body.
; No.
No, shit.
My efforts cannot be wasted.
"Go away, Eliane!" But she only grinned, and dove into my burnt body.
The blackish burns in my body slowly dissipated, my once old skin began to surface again. Porcelain and smooth, and without scars.
Not a single scar, even the mating bite that me and Tyler shared have vanished.
Hair as black as night quickly grew and it swayed by the non-existing wind. The colors in my cheeks returned and the breath-taking emerald green eyes shone once again.
Tyler gasped. But I wailed, with no one to hear me and help me as I stood beside Tyler.
Invisible and hopeless, broken and lifeless.
I stared at the body that had once been mine.
Even Jose put a hand on his mouth as he realized what he just witnessed. The body opened her eyes. And Tyler gasped, "You're not my Elaine." Eliane smiled, a cold and scary one. "I'm glad you know, Alpha."
I have finally met my doom-my sad ending. So much for wanting a happy ending.
I was killed by my mate. No, I killed myself in front of my mate.
"You did what's best," Eliane's voice came from behind me. Everything around me is
dark, and she's the only one glowing with light. Unnaturally bright.
I don't know whether I'm in hell or heaven or in limbo, I simply don't care anymore.
If I wasn't with Tyler, all is lost. I am nothing without Tyler.
But still... "I want to be with him for eternity even if it is only a dream." I wiped a tear that fell from my face. "Until time stops becoming time, I will keep on dreaming. Until all cease to exist, becoming but a whisper of memory. Even if this world becomes nothing more but a stardust in the universe...I will stay with him, love him. Choose him."
The Forest Queen smiled at my declaration. Not mocking, not horrifying. But a sweet, unfeigned one that I usually wear during the first few weeks I have been with Tyler.
I remember the first time he walked towards me in his wolf form as I clutched to the
stone table, the white wedding dress coiled against my grip.
Even if I am really Eliane, even if she had already taken over my body, even if I am really their archenemy's reincarnation-
Even if I woke up as Eliane and I cannot do nothing but watch...I will choose Tyler over those wolfless, heart-eating creations I have made.
My hand slid to my belly to where life once grew. "I will always choose him."
I will always choose Tyler.
From now, until then.
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