Killian
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“I miss you so much, Claudia. I know I must be dreaming, but I really miss you.” We hug for a long time before she pulls back. Her eyes have tears in them.
“Wake up, Reagan. Please, I beg of you.”
Killian
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Holding her hand feels surreal. We were in each other’s arms kissing and now, this.
“Brother, you must rest,” Avery tells me. I can’t go, though. How can I when my heart lies still on my bed.
“I need to be here when she wakes, Avery. I can’t lose her. After everything I have been through, I can’t lose another person. It will kill me.”
Avery places a hand on my shoulder and squeezes.
“I too understand your pain, Killian.”
He sighs as he sits beside me. We sit in silence, remembering our past while my future lies motionless on my bed. Our bond is gone, and I don’t feel her anymore. It tears me apart inside.
“She is the one, brother. Our bond was so strong,” I announce. I wasn’t going to tell anyone about us, but Avery will understand. Lifting his head, he stares at me.
“Goddess, how, Killian? She is human. How is this possible?”
“I don’t know, but it is. I swear on my father’s soul, it is true. We have the connection. I feel her all the time—even when we are so far apart. I know she waits for me.”
“Can you not call to her now? Wake her up, brother.”
He stands, looking down at me.
“I have tried, but I don’t feel her anymore.” Tears burn my eyes as I bring her cold hand to my lips.
“I am sorry, brother, but she has been gone too long. We must prepare.”
The pain I feel at his words rips my soul in two. In my head, I know it’s time but in my heart, I hold out hope. Hope for my love to open her eyes and smile at me again.
I watch as Elvia, Fayette, and Nerida bring my love her robe. Refusing to leave as they undress her brings me unwanted stares.
“I am your prince. I will stay to watch my beloved,” I shout at them, even though I know it is not their fault. Elvia bows to me then returns to dress Reagan in a robe with my family insignia on it. Avery had kept it from long ago. They bathe her body and place fire brush flowers all around her, the sweet scent torturing me. Her hair is brushed all over her shoulders, falling in beautiful pale blonde rivers to her waist. All my hopes and dreams are gone. My only love has left me, and I no longer wish to live.
Epilogue
I feel like I am floating—my body suspended in a vat of liquid. Like those lava lamps. That’s me, the colored bubbles floating all around. I tried to reach Killian through our bond, but he refuses to answer me. Maybe he thinks I don’t belong in the fairy world after all and has sent me home somehow.
This place is strange. It’s nowhere and everywhere all at once. Claudia was here, which was strange, but this waiting around is getting boring. I wish Killian would contact me. At least, then I would know for sure if he still wants me with him.
“Killian.” Shouting in my own head seems weird, knowing that he can’t hear me or refuses to.
I am not giving up, though.
I didn’t travel to another realm to give up. No way.
The smell of smoke stings my nostrils. My body feels so hot. Opening my eyes, I see flames all around me.
“Holy shit.” My head hurts, and my body feels so heavy. Killian. Oh crap, where is he?
“Killian! Killian, can you hear me?” My heart pounds as I try to get up and out of the flames but I feel tied down. I can’t move my body.
“Killian, please, please, answer me.”
My chest heaves as I cough, the smoke stinging my eyes and nose. Every part of me screams out for Killian to find me. I try to picture him sitting in the apartment, walking into Athena’s, standing in front of me on my graduation with a smile so big it lit up my universe.
“Killian, please,” I beg one last time.
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“Princess? Reagan! I’m coming. I’m coming.”
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