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“You knew this was going to happen, huh?” He chokes on his own blood, needing to let out a round of coughs. His knees give out, and I catch him the best I can, the two of us dropping to the ground, which is already pooling with his blood.
“Ash… Asher… no. No, no, no.”
“Don’t lie, Sweet Cruella,” he struggles to chuckle. “I can read you better than anyone.”
“Asher!”
“I have nothing left waiting for me,” he whispers and looks up at me with a solemn expression. “You, on the other hand, do.”
“No, Asher. No, no, let me take your place! You can’t die. I… I love you! You’re first… silly…” I sob before I can control myself as I hug him tightly. “Please. Please. Don’t die. You have to be there with me. We have to attend N.M.U. together! You have to prove to your bastard father that you’re invincible! Please!”
Don’t die.
Don’t leave me.
It’s as if we were destined to never have a happily ever after.
“Don’t worry, Cruella,” he whispers, his eyes beginning to droop. “You still… got… four men in line,” he assures me and gives a sloppy smile. “I give… them… my… perm…”
He doesn’t finish.
His body goes limp as the last string of his magic undoes his magical coverup.
“Asher?” I croak and shake him in hopes this is all just a sick joke. “Please… don’t go.” My whimpering plea does nothing but make me realize that he’s gone.
Just like that.
A man who loved my crazed, cocky, badass self had sacrificed himself for me.
“It seems you have failed.”
My eyes widen as I glare at the committee of hidden beings who hide behind cloaks so we can’t see their faces.
Knowing I’d hunt every last one of them for taking what’s mine.
“What did you say?” My voice isn’t sane.
No. I’ve surely lost my mind.
“Your sacrifice was imminent. The bargain has changed. Either you offer yourself as a sacrifice, or your team will perish.”
The silence that follows is replaced by laughter.
Cynical laughter that leaves my trembling lips.
“That’s all?” I whisper, and the way I laugh is as though I’ve won this trial. “Easy.”
Not only do the shadows of my sister come to my aid, but the sizzling burn of my own magic seeks revenge in the most ironic way possible.
I’m only missing one last piece.
Before any words can be spoken, I happily slice my left wrist.
The gasp from my hidden observers makes me grin from ear to ear. How rewarding it is to get a surprise reaction from these sinful bastards, who deem life as nothing but a charitable donation.
“This is what you want, isn’t it?” I lift my wrist up to show how effortlessly my blood flows like water. “This is why I should be sacrificed? Because my mom was a Viper? Or better yet, a Gilded Merger. I’m important because of this source of life that keeps my heart pumping, yes?”
“Stop these theatrics!” the being snaps.
