Page 55 of Wings of The Wraith
Chapter 11
Dante
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Iran inside the caveand immediately my powers left me, but not my strength.
I ran until I saw them. Balmora on top of Alyssa beating her to death.
She reached behind her and pulled out a knife.
I reached for my own double bladed knife and launched it at her, lightning fast.
It welded itself in her back, seeming to kill her in an instant.
She fell into a crumpled heap right next to Alyssa.
I rushed over and winced when I saw the mess she made of my Alyssa.
She was unconscious and her face was beaten beyond recognition.
I scooped her up into my arms and willed her to wake up.
I felt for her heartbeat. Her heart that beat so wildly against me when she was with me. But there was none. No heartbeat.
I felt for her pulse but that too was none existent.
In panic I set her back on the ground and started giving her CPR. I pumped on her chest so hard I heard a rib crack.
And still there was nothing. She was gone.
“God, no, please. No. Not her.” I cried. “Bring her back. Bring her back.”
I didn’t want to give up, I couldn’t let this day be the day that I gave up. So, I tried again. I counted and pumped on her chest and listened, but still there was nothing.
Then I did the next best thing. I picked her up and ran for all I was worth back outside. Outside the cave where she could hopefully get her powers back.
I set her down on the ground to assess her but still she looked the same. Battered, bloody and ... dead.
No.Why didn’t that work?
I thought her powers would return, but ...maybe it was because she died without them.
She died without her power so now they were coming back to a soulless body. I was too late. After all of that I couldn’t save her.
My insides crumbled and squeezed. The darkness of despair filled my being and I screamed out to the heavens.
“I’d give anything, anything. Please bring her back.”
I cupped her face and stroked her cheek. “Alyssa wake up. Please. I never got to tell you that you are my soul mate. I didn’t want to freak you out. I just thought maybe with time you’d be able to accept it. But we didn’t need time. We didn’t need time. We just needed each other. Please, wake up. Please.”
More tears spilled down my cheeks dropping onto her face.
A shard of light twinkled over by the corner near the jagged rocks. It grabbed my attention. It twinkled and I thought an angel would appear.
The light expanded and glowed filling out the area surrounding me, surrounding us.
The figure of an elderly man came into view as the expansion of light continued. A man with a white hooded robe.
