394: THE BEGINNING

THE BEGINNING

'cause you are the piece of me

I wish I didn't need

Chasing relentlessly

Still fight and I don't know why

If our love is tragedy why are you my remedy

If our love is insanity why are you my clarity.

-Clarity. Zedd-

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Torak half shifted his hand into a claw, the sharp razor nails that would dig Aeon's heart quickly, to make it less painful for the shadow warrior.

"Don't let her blame herself." Aeon stared at Raine's back, her body was shaking uncontrollably with sadness.

Somehow, he was glad that she cried for him. It showed that he has meaning for her to worth her tears, to make her so sad like this.

But, Aeon didn't want Raine to be in despair for so long. There were a lot of things that she had to do and there were a lot of dangers that awaited her.

He wanted her to become strong and he knew she was capable. Her kindness was something that Aeon adored the most.

The only thing that Aeon regretted was; the fact that he wouldn't be there to witness her mature. To see her standing tall and confident.

But, he was already beyond proud when he watched how Raine handled the situation with the Alphas who had betrayed her pack.

Aeon hoped he could see things like that more.

"I hope we had met under different circumstances." Torak said as he looked at Aeon right in his eyes. "Probably we can be good friends."

Aeon smiled ever so lightly when the pain turned almost unbearable. "That sounds nice…" he agreed.

"Goodbye." Torak gave Aeon a small nod to show his respect to the shadow warrior as Aeon did the same.

"Good… bye…"

With that being said, Torak jabbed his claws at his heart and crushed it in the matter of a millisecond. And, then the remaining life in Aeon's eyes faded away.

The last thing that Aeon saw was Raine's black hair that fluttered along the breeze. What a beautiful scene to cherish…

Before his mind failed him, Aeon remembered every single moment of his as he watched her grew up, from the sweet little girl to a beautiful young woman.

Aeon remembered that Raine would leave a piece of bread, in her way home, for stray cats when she still lived with her foster parents and how she would like to tie her hair into a messy bun when she did her homework.

How time flew by in the blink of an eye…

Aeon closed his eyes and all the memories of her, sealed perfectly in his crushed heart…

Torak stood up with his bloody hands, feeling sorrowful for the man, who was now lying on the ground lifelessly with a gaping hole in his chest.

Behind Torak, Serefina waved her hand and cleaned Torak's hand off the blood and flicked her fingers to burn Aeon's body into ashes.

There was a moment of silence where the wind blew past them as it howled into the night…

Torak walked back and took his mate into his arms.

"It's done…" Torak whispered into her ears and felt her body shiver in despair. Raine's tears didn't cease down for a long time.

In Aeon's spot, was a blue fire that burned so brightly, illuminating its surroundings as the shadow that engulfed that place started to disappear and the moon shone splendidly.

At that moment, Torak's eyes glazed, as he mind- linked all of the Lycanthropes.

Not so long after that, all the Lycans dropped to their knees, giving their final respect to the brave shadow warrior and to their fellow Lycans who died in this battle.

The night turned serene, except for the small sobs from the sad guardian angel in the Alpha's arms.

However, this is not over yet.

Actually, it is far from being over.

It is just the beginning.

It is just a small trailer of how the actual war will be.

Miles from their place, in red river city, near the place where the village of angels existed centuries ago, a certain river was frozen for the second time.

Apricity river.

The magical river which served as the reason why the city was called red river city, froze.

People there were stunned, the news about it was on people's lips, but this was for another day.

For now, in fulbright city… this place was dead.

Lucifer and Belphegor didn't die, they just returned to where they belonged. The place where the other five devils resided.

There would be a day when they had to face them all.

But, there was still enough time to prepare for the worst case.

Serefina walked closer toward Raine and Torak. While all the Lycanthropes had long stood up, with sorrow steaming off their souls. There were too many dead bodies and they had lost many fellow comrades in the matter of a few hours.

The witch caressed Raine's shoulder. "I think this is the right time for you to meet the other guardian angels." Serefina spoke softly.

Raine raised her head and looked at the witch through her swollen eyes, she wiped her cheeks roughly.

"I will meet them?" Raine asked in her hoarse voice. She was still afraid to see the burning blue flames behind her.

Raine could feel the warmth from it, but it wasn't enough to warm her cold heart.

After losing Sunny, after she was forced to kill her, Raine thought her heart was strong enough to face everything, yet it wasn't true…

Her heart was still bleeding when she had to watch another person that was close to her heart die.

Raine and Aeon's relationship was complicated, but she wouldn't deny that the shadow warrior had done everything for her.

He was so close… He protected her every time he could and at every chance that was given to him.

At first Raine hoped he would find someone better, yet not, it was certain that there was no possibility for him to cherish his life…

If Raine thought about it again, Aeon was so pitiful. He had been waiting for Raine for centuries, but she couldn't reciprocate the same affection…

This thought only made Raine feel worse.

"Don't." Torak could feel it from her as well. "He didn't want you to feel that way. The best way to thank him is to appreciate what he had done for us."

Raine wiped away her tears and nodded before she turned to Serefina and spoke with determination. "Let's meet them."2

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