Chapter 52.
Subtitle : her firebird didn't leave her.
***general POV***
Jaxon ambled towards Melanie in a rush, he quickly untied her and she fell over his shoulders the next minute.
She quickly gasped and began crying
"shhhh... It's okay honey, don't cry.. Your safe now.. "
He cooed and tried to coax her but she kept crying.
"if you didn't come on time she would have killed me, no she already did, she destroyed my firebird and killed her, now my soulbird is gone too.. Without Latisha I'll never be a phoenix, just a weak girl...
Weaker than a human..
And she was going to kill him... Wait what did she do to Ryker? "
Melanie panicked and sat upright, she was sweating after the thought of what may happen to her mate hit her.
Did she kill him or do anything to him?
"relax Melanie.. You need to rest first. I went to him first before coming here.
I already find a way to untie him.
It was easy for me to untie him because I wasn't under her spelling or anything of the sort but he couldn't help himself because she already enchant him and he even drank her blood when they Mated. So he has became vulnerable to her own powers.
She is now his superior and he can never be able to bring her down as long as he still has her blood in him no matter how strong he is.
I seriously pity him. "
He muttered and Melanie's eyes widened.
"what? You untied him? Well then where is he? "
She asked quickly and Jaxon sighed and held her shoulders to calm her down a bit.
"he left.. "
He muttered.
"what do you mean he left? "
She snapped and yanked his hands from her shoulders.
"he is too ashamed to face you or any other person I think.
So he left, I don't know where he went or what he planned on doing, but I hope he doesn't try to kill himself or do something stupid. "
Jason replied and Melanie immediately stood up from the floor as she dusted her clothes.
"there no way the bastard left me.
Humph ..
He owes me a lot big time, he can't possibly think of leaving me after all he's done to me, he must be joking..
Him and I are tied to this world of torment together for life, and no matter what he does he can never deny me forever, even if he died I'll gladly walk to the land of the dead and drag him back.
I haven't signed up for being mateless.
I already lost my firebird, he better be trying to kill that lunatic witch!"
She growled out angrily and had to take a deep breath due to how tired, dizzy and angry she was.
"jeez calm down sis.."
Jaxon muttered but she was already on her feet.
"I'm going to look for him, and if he wants to face the witch I better help him out..
He's vulnerable to her now! "
She snapped stubbornly and started walking towards the door.
Jaxon ran towards her and grabbed her by the arms strongly.
"shut the f*ck up and stop being stubborn Melanie! Your really weak and even a fly can hurt you now.
You don't have your phoenix powers to protect you now remember? "
He growled at her and she turned to face him with an angry look, her lips were folded up in an annoyed manner and she held back her tears.
"I'm not f*cking WEAK! "she growled and gave him a weak slap.
Although it didn't hurt due to how light the slap was he was angry with her.
"geez Melanie, dont misunderstand me.
I don't mean your weak in that way..
What I mean is.. "
She cut him off quickly.
"oh yes.. What you mean was that I'm weak from the start and just got lucky that I got to be a phoenix
And now that my powers are gone I'm back to weak.
So you meant to say I was never strong.
I don't blame you! "
She snapped and turned round to leave again when she collapsed on him.
She fell unconscious immediately.
Her body was just too weak for her to take in the whole pains and she had tried to hold in for a long time not to register to him that she was weak.
But it was pointless.
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** in quiet dark cemetery **
Ryker sighed and dropped the black rose on the old grave that was slightly covered in grasses.
He sat on the soft grass near it and looked into the dark blank space.
A lot was going through his mind and he was not even thinking much about himself or his health anymore.
"you know mother.
I always thought I had control over my fate since I was little ans thought that I could be just a great king as my father was.
But I didn't know that was just in my own self fantasies.
I was just too weak from the start.
I am aware that it was your own husband who send you to your early grave due to his own selfish needs, and he did all of that for me, just so I could be the next alpha king.
He stole the crown from another king and gladly placed it on me, a crown that caused your dead and of lots of werewolves.
A crown that will forever haunt me for the rest of my life, that's if I'll be able to have a 'rest'"
He paused and chuckled.
"if he didn't kill that alpha king then he wouldn't have cause this upon us, yes killing the former alpha was not enough for him.
He even went on to kill the witch king who helped him achieve it and that is where my grieve lies.
He killed two parents in front of their eight year old kid, who wouldn't take revenge for that?
I don't blame Tammy at all for what she did, if there's someone who needs to die then it's me.
I don't deserve any love.
I think it was actually a good thing that Tammy enchant me so I was able to reject Melanie, it was a good thing that I didn't mark or mate her.
At least it won't leave a mole in her heart when I'm gone.
She won't miss me and may have a second chance in life to meet someone that will be good to her, do me a favour mother.
Your evil husband is already with you in the after wolrd right?
Do not torment him just yet, wait for me to come meet you, I'll personally kill him again and again when I meet him.
Dont be sad mother, I'll be just fine.
I just need to put an end to this whole thing, Tammy won't rest untill I'm dead, I'll give her just that.
But she can't lay any more fingerd on Melanie or my people.
They have suffered a lot because of me.
I'm not dying alone, if I need to die to satisfy her revenge urge then I'll gladly do it, but she has to go down with me! "
He muttered lastly and got up from the ground with a bow.
He almost staggered and fell but steadied himself.
He turned with his back towards the grave and walked away in the dark while the moon shuned behind his back.
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**** in the realms of the never resting spirit ( where dead spirits that can't have rest due to unfinshed quest in life rest) **
The old lady Sat on rock and caressed the head of the bird that lay on her laps gently.
"why did you leave her too dear.
She needed someone to hold unto, you should have hang unto her for my sake at least.
I know you were too weak and I'm proud of how good you've taken care of my Melanie.
But you should have hung on a little."
The lady muttered and smiled at the bird.
But the bird was still laying still on her laps unable to awakened to the new world it was in.
The old lady gasped.
"well-done companion, please hang on to her for a little bit more, as long as you can hold!"
She said happily and stood up with the bird, taking it to a more convenient place for it's slumber.
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Lulu staggered as she walked in to the room in the firebird castle.
Melanie's mom sat on the bed as she used a wet towel to damp the Unconcious girls face.
Lulu had the firebird with her with her as she walked up to the bed.
Jaxon was standing besides his mother and sister as he paced up and down the edge of the bed with his arms folded.
"any improvements?"
She asked and sat on the bed with the bird with her.
"no... She's still hot and won't wake up no matter how hard I try to revive her, she's holding on to something that she doesn't want to let go I guess.
She should come round soon..
My poor girl. "
Her mother sighed and kissed Melanie's chubby red forehead.
"Latisha is dead, I guess it must have affected her badly....
Let me keep her body besides her, this may help her revive herself! "
Lulu said and her mother nodded.
"we should leave her to rest, come on son! "
The mother said and dragged Jaxon out of the room after throwing Melanie one last glance.
Lulu followed behind them in a trail.
Melanie was fighting her inner self and didn't want to wake up, she was afraid that if she wake up she will be back to reality.
Latisha was dead and Ryker had disappeared, the disaster will be too much for her..
But then she suddenly felt a warm sensation in her heart.
As if there was a presence she needed to be with which had suddenly arrived.
She shivered and wanted to see who it was so she slowly opened her eyes to the light.
She sighed and sat up with a grunt as her whole body was numb.
She was on a soft bed which she recognised to be in her firebird deserts.
She quickly looked around the bed and spotted Latisha on it.
She was glowing red as if she was still alive and Melanie didn't know when she shouted in glee.
"you came back to me! You didn't leave me baby...."
She cooed and picked the bird up, giving it a warm hug.
Although the bird didn't wake up it gave her a new ray of hope, it may be dead but it's souls and mind is still with her and refuses to leave her.
The bird was glowing bright with red sunset hue.
She was glad thater firebird didn't want to loose her either.