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“But…” she looks as confused as I previously felt. “I’m dead. I mean… kind of. I was stabbed, and I overheard them saying unless someone claims my body, I’ll be stuck in my dying state. Never said I’d be fully dead… but no one knows I’m here.”
“Odessa!” I shake her. “Hello?! I KNOW NOW! I can get you out!”
“But the council can’t know that,” she emphasizes. “Or they’ll work overtime to kill you. The bargain isn’t complete, so they’ll send whoever wishes a spot in their society of royals to claim your blood.”
“Then all I have to do is make sure I don’t die,” I stress. “Until they run out of people they can send!”
“But… that’s hard here, Ophelia. You need allies. Reliable forces who can protect you. You need a team who won’t set out to kill you or betray you. I know you may not have gotten your emblems yet… but still.”
“I got Ophira, who is a creature rooted in N.M.U. I have Larkin, the Notorious Worm from Nephilim. I’m sure when I get the chance to delve into Malevolence, I can find a creature ally there, and my team is solid! Asher, Hades, Blair, Azrael, and Kali. I know Azrael is related to Alaric, but I can see in his eyes he never wants to be like his twin brother who betrayed him,” I summarize.
“Heck, if I’m connected to Orpheus and Daemon, I’m sure they’ll protect me some way or somehow. If they both realize I’m their Viper, I doubt they’ll let me perish. Right now, their jobs as professors may be a bit complicated, but maybe that can give me some sort of immunity as a student at N.M.U.? I’m not sure…”
Either way, there are people in my corner.
“I may be a direct, badass, teacher’s pet, no-filter bitch, but I can make allies. The right ones who I can work with and eventually trust as we continue to survive N.M.U. I’d never abandon them, and I’m confident they would never abandon me.”
I notice the sudden jolt that goes through me, making me gasp.
“Maybe you’re right,” Odessa whispers as hope floods her eyes. “I have one more question, though.”
“What is it, Odessa?”
“You believe if they brought you and Asher before the council, he wouldn’t betray you?”
“Never,” I say the word before I can process her words. “I know in my very heart, he wouldn’t, Odessa. Even if we’re torn apart because of his sick father… I bet my life, he wouldn’t betray me.”
She smiles and leans in to kiss my forehead.
“I hope he never does,” she whispers and hugs me tightly.
Another jolt rushes through me, making me gasp in pain.
“Ow…” I whine as Odessa releases me.
We both stare down at the floor, realizing it’s beginning to flood with water. At first, the shade of the blue waters is mesmerizing to witness, but as it gets to our knees, it begins to taint with blood, shifting from dark red to a murky black.
“Someone’s trying to bring you back,” Odessa whispers and smiles. “You’re gonna go back to the living.”
“Wait. Odessa. What about—”
Another jolt makes me choke and grip my throat. My body begins to glow a brilliant white, taking over my body, even as I try to gasp for breath.
“My Shadows will continue to protect you, Ophelia,” Odessa assures me, her hands gently holding my cheeks. I want to speak, but no words come out, making me fear I won’t be able to say what I truly feel.
That I love her.
That I’ll fight with every bit of strength to find her.
That I’ll revive her from the claws of death.
“I know,” she assures me as tears fill her eyes.
Her flesh is beginning to be covered by black energy, the essence consuming her as the white essence around me cloaks my body in a burning figure of white. We seem like complete opposites now, with my white flames flickering against her black ones but never intermingling.
Two energies that are opposites and never blend.
“I love you. I will fight to stay here as long as I can. If death comes for me, I’ll just have to make him a bargain he won’t refuse, so we get to each other again,” she summarizes as if she can read my thoughts.
