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"You don't have to hide from us," I reminded her. "There's nothing you can do to make it so I don't love you. And I know you love me. Always."
"I don't love anyone," she said icily.
"That's not true," I said.
I picked up one of the knives that were scattered across this horrible place.
"Are you going to use that against me?" she asked archly, sounding amused by the idea. She already had her own knife out.
"No," I said. "I'm going to remind you who you really are. Spoiler alert, Aurora: you're mine. Always. You're always mine, every bit of you."
I flipped the blade around, bracing the hilt with one hand as I aligned it with my gut. It wouldn't be a wound that would kill me. Not quickly.
But it would eventually, if she didn't take care of me.
Aurora always took care of those she loved.
"Come back to me, Aurora," I said quietly. "Remember that we love each other. That we need each other, even while the rest of the world can burn."
Then I drove the blade into my gut.
I collapsed to my knees as the pain seared through my body.
She was watching me, her gaze heavy-lidded and cold, as I fell to the rough floor.
As my gaze fluttered close, the last thing I saw was her leaning over me, studying me, as if she didn't know what she was going to do.
And neither did I.
But I would die for her. She was the only one.
"Come back to me," I whispered one last time before I slipped into the darkness.
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AURORA
Istared as blood pooled from his stomach and the life started to fade from his eyes. He never took his gaze from mine. Not until his eyes flickered close.
Images slashed through my mind. Of a hazy room in a frat house. Of him leaning over me as I laid on his bed. I saw our first kiss. I heard the promises he’d made me. He loved me. He loved Aurora. He loved Delilah.
And I…
I loved him too.
As if I’d been in a trance, something inside of me shattered like glass, and a million emotions shot through the numbness, so powerful that I fell to my knees.
The truth stretched out before me, and the room came into focus.
And with that focus, came panicked despair. Because it finally sank through the haze of Delilah, what Aurora…what I…was about to lose.
I ran towards Cain and knelt beside his lifeless body. Time seemed to stand still, mocking me with its cruel immobility. The man I loved, the one who had fought tirelessly by my side, now lay motionless, his spirit on the precipice of being gone forever. He was so pale, like the loss of his life force had drained away all his colors.
I was frozen for a moment, sheer panic overwhelming my senses.
And then a flicker of determination ignited in my chest.
The Demon had always kept a defibrillator nearby. It was a twisted tool he used to revive his victims when he went too far, prolonging their lives so he could have more fun.
