Page 99 of The Magic of Betrayal
"Khol?" I asked, walking toward him slowly as Bram nearly ran me over as he burst through the lingering smoke.
"Saige, please. Don't," Bram begged and I felt sweat run down my back.
My feet carried me the remaining ten feet to Khol and he turned his head to look back at me, tears on his cheeks.
"Khol, what is wrong? What's happening? Someone had better start fucking—" my voice shriveled up in my throat when he fell back on his ass and I saw what they hadn't wanted me to see.
"F- Fischer?" I croaked. He wasn't moving. "FISCHER!" I screamed and threw myself down to the ground beside him, looking at where he was hurt so I could fix it. There were bruises all over his skin, the kind ropes would cause. His beautiful eyes were shut, a soft smile on his mouth.He's not dead then. Dead people don't smile. Dead men don't fucking smile.
"Saige."
There was no blood. There was no wound.How can I fix him if there's no wound!?
My hands were shaking so badly when I brought them to his face, I was scared I was going to slap him accidentally.Cold. His cheeks are cold. Why are his cheeks cold?
"Saige, baby, please."
Someone was talking to me.
"Fischer, wake up. Where does it hurt, Guppy? Tell me where it hurts so I can fix it," I ran my hands down his chest, but he didn't move.
Arms wrapped around my waist and I tried to peel them off immediately.
"Put me down, help him! Can't you see he's hurt? Why aren't you fucking helping him!?" I screamed.Why aren't they helping him?
Khol's face appeared in front of mine, his features blurry.
"Saige. I'm so, so sorry," his voice cracked.
"No," I said. "No. No. NO!NO!Help him, Bram!" I squirmed in his grip like a wild animal that was trying to be tamed. I wouldn't be tamed.
"Let her go, Bram," Khol commanded and once his arms fell away, I ran right back to Fischer.
"Fischer, Guppy, no. Please, I can't, let me help you, baby. This isn't real, this isn't happening." I shook my head violently back and forth, my face felt numb. My entire body felt fucking numb and I collapsed over top of my sweet Fischer, wrapping my body against his still form. A horrible keening sound was in the air and it made me want to cover my ears, but I couldn't because then I'd have to stop holding him.I'll never stop holding him.
My hands slipped underneath his body and I felt the dirt as it got wedged under my fingernails, but I had to get closer.Maybe if I hold him hard enough, if I love him hard enough, he won't leave me. He can't leave me.
"Honey, he's gone. I'm so fucking sorry. He was a great man, he's a legend," Khol said solemnly.
"He's not gone. He's right here, he's with me. We belong together. I love him! How fucking DARE she? I'm going to kill her. I'm going to hunt her down and fucking destroy her," I vowed, not removing my cheek from Fischer's chest.
Heat was prickling at my body and I felt my tail elongate and my wings snapped out at the same time as my horns. My wings wrapped around both of us, like a cocoon. Safety. We were safe in here.
Fischer's dead.
The thought slammed against my skull.
Fischer's dead. He's dead. She killed him.
Magic exploded from my body, through Fischer, and into the ground. Golden light exploded around us, and it was all I could see. A cracking sound that was deafening filled my ears as the crashing of trees hit the forest floor. The ground shook and I gritted my teeth as my magic took over.
They were calling my name, screaming at me to stop. I'd sooner be able to stop a speeding fucking bullet. This had to come out.Now.
My chest was cracked, my heart shattered, my soul darkened.
And all I knew in that moment as I pressed my face against my love's quiet chest, was that she would pay.
I would get my revenge.
Careful, Mother, you may have given birth to a daughter, but tonight, I was reborn a monster.
And I will find you.
