Chapter 264: OVER MY DEAD BODY

Chapter 264 OVER MY DEAD BODY

“Hello? Is anyone there?” Haven’s voice echoed as she called out. Her eyes searched her new environment in the hopes of having a glimpse of something, anything but she couldn’t see a thing. The only thing she saw was the endless white around her.

Was she in some sort of limbo?

Haven was frustrated. Everything had happened so fast, she wasn’t even sure if it did happen or was just some part of her imagination. Everyone she knew had died and she had to watch the whole world crumble right before her every eyes.

The fear she felt when she saw the ground beneath her cracked open and her falling in was so real. It still gave her goosebumps. She could hear a terrified scream as she fell never realizing the scream was coming from her. She had shut her eyes and by the time she opened them again, she found herself in this place.

Haven had no idea how she ended up here and had walked around but no matter how much Haven walked, it felt like she was going nowhere so she gave up. She stood with hands on her hips, frustration clear on her face.

Where on earth is this place? Was this the afterlife? Had she died too?

Yes , she must be dead. The ground had cracked open right beneath her feet. There was absolutely no way anyone could have survived that. She must be dead.

“Haven” A familiar voice called behind her making her turn around abruptly. Haven gasped “Aeon? Is that you?”

“Would you prefer it be someone else?” He said making her sigh in relief. She ran over to him and hugged him without a second thought catching him off guard. His body stiffened but Haven didn’t notice this. She was relieved to see someone she knew after being here for so long.

“How come you’re here?” She asked after releasing him from the hug. “Are you dead too?” Her question made Aeon burst into laughter

“What are you saying?”

Haven looked at him in confusion “Well, look around. Obviously we are dead. Why else would we be here?”

Aeon shook his head “This is a Shadow Realm Haven and No, you’re not dead”

“Shadow Realm? But why am I here? And.. and what happened to everyone back there? Katie ? Owen? The werewolves, Seraphina and the Village of Angels? They had all disappeared—”

“Because they weren’t real” He answered, his black obsidian eyes staring into hers. Haven’s brows furrowed in confusion as Aeon continued.

“Everything you saw was all in the past. It happened years ago when the Guardian Angels still lived. Now they’re all extinct. They were all killed— well not all I guess. You’re still here”

“I.. I don’t understand. How can it be true? I.. I saw everything. I saw them being killed”

“What you saw was a memory from your previous life as a Guardian Angel. It was all your past “

Haven refused to believe him “ If it was all in the past, how was I able to see it? How did I see and experience everything? It was all so real..”

“Guardian Angel’s are very special creatures, the most innocent and purest of all yet hold very immense power. Every Guardian Angel is born with a special gift and a title. You can call the gift magic, a special ability or even a super power which is beyond any other creatures”

As he spoke, Haven remembered her conversation with Katie and her brother. They had mentioned Guardian Angels were haunted and killed because of their powerful essence. Was that what Aeon was referring to?

“If you are telling the truth and I really am a Guardian Angel.. and everything that happened was all in the past, then..” She trailed off trying to piece everything together.

“Yes” Aeon completed it for her “You are a Guardian Angel: She who controls time” He referred to her by her title “You, Haven, have the ability to control time. That was why you were able to travel to the past to discover your true self” Aeon’s words rang in Haven’s ear. Everything felt too much for her to handle at the same time.

Could she really control time?

She looked at Aeon who had been looking at her all this while “Are you also a part of my past? I mean is this..” She gestured to their surrounding “also in the past right? You’re not real either” She sighed looking down.

Aeon’s brows raised slightly “I’m actually as real as you. I never died back there” His words made her head shot up to look him.

“You didn’t? How.. I mean how’s that even possible?”

“I had escaped to this realm to save myself and have been here ever since” He extended his hands to the side “This is where I’ve waited all this time. I didn’t know if I should choose love or revenge. Revenge on those filthy werewolves for everything they’ve done to me … to us or my love for you. In the end, I chose my love for you. So I waited”

“I waited all this time in the hopes of being reunited with you again, Haven. You have no idea how much I’ve missed you “ Haven saw him move closer causing her to take a steps back.

“I’ve really missed you.. I knew you would come back, you had to come back to me and now that you have, we can finally be together. Come with me. Let’s forget everything and start afresh”

Haven looked at his extended hand and moved backwards shaking her head “No.. why? I– I can’t come with you. I’ve told you, i have a mate”

“That monster is not your mate!” Aeon growled “You have no idea the evil he’s done. How can you stand there calling him your mate? You are mine, Only mine! You belong to me and no one else, and especially not that bastard of a man—”

“Aeon!” Haven’s yell cut him off “Don’t you dare talk about Lucious like that!”

“Lucious! Lucious!! Lucious!!” Aeon yelled in frustration “Cant you see what he’s done to us? To everybody back at the village?! He was the same man who’s destroyed our village. He had all of your kind wiped out and yet you keep on defending him. Why?”

“Because he is the man I love” Haven answered “He is the man I love and will always love. And that wolf that day wasn’t Lucious. I just know it”

Aeon groaned “You know what? I really don’t care. All I care about is you and now that I’ve finally got you back, I won’t let you go again”

“Step back Aeon, don’t come close to me” Haven looked at the approaching man in alarm. “Look, I’ve told you, I cannot be with you. I just want to return home please”

“Over my dead body” He replied stopping in front of her “ You will have to kill me if you want to go away again”

“Then I’ll– I’ll kill you” Haven stuttered. “I will kill you, I swear” She added when she saw him take another step.

Aeon let out a dry chuckle “Kill? You want to kill me?” He chuckled again “Fine then, here you go” He brought out a small knife and shoved it into her palm “Here, kill me”

“What happened? You can’t ?” He raised his brows when he saw her just standing there “Of course you can’t. You won’t be able to because deep down you know I’m right. That you belong to me and not to that monster” His gaze softened and he caressed her cheeks making her flinch.

“You are mine, Haven and no one will be able to take you from me. No one” He said and without warning pulled her into his embrace. Haven fought to free herself.

“Let go! Aeon leave me!” She screamed when his hands snakes around her waist and struggled even more. Aeon on the other hand pulled him even closer to him and closed his eyes in delight as her sweet scent filled his nostrils. He had missed this woman.

Haven’s panic only increased by the second as he his hands started moving around her body as he talked.

“We’ll start a new life together from here on, just me and yo—” The rest of the words got caught up in his throat as his eyes widened in shock.

“I’m sorry..” Haven whispered as tears began to fall “I’m really sorry Aeon” She pulled back the knife she had driven right through his heart. Blood spluttered out of Aeon’s mouth when he tried talk and he ended up stumbling backwards. He couldn’t believe Haven had just stabbed him. He chuckled more blood coming out his mouth as he heard her apologized again.

“I’ve.. I’ve wait.. waited for you all.. all this t.. time “ He gave her a sad smile. His face was full of pain as he fell to the ground with a thud.

“Aeon!!” Haven rushed to him horrified “Aeon, Aeon please wake up! I’m sorry, I never wanted to.. I never meant to hurt you” Tears streamed down Haven’s cheeks. She had just killed the one man who had been her shield. Her eyes closed in pain. Aeon didn’t deserve to die too. She sat there, his head on her knees as she sobbed quietly and only opened her eyes when she felt something.

At first it was a gentle breeze, soft as it grazed her skin before it started to become stronger and stronger. Haven looked on in horror seeing Aeon’s body started to disintegrate and was slowly taken being taken away by the wind.

Her horror only intensified when her own body too started to turn to sand as she sat there. She grabbed onto the remaining part of whatever wa

s left of Aeon and closed her eyes with only one question on her mind.

What on earth was going on?