Take My Place
“Hazel, whatever you are thinking of, you have to completely do away with it.” Damien said to her but calmly, Hazel shook her head..
“I am sorry but I cannot. I have already made up my mind and nothing at all can change it” Hazel replied firmly.
“You said Axel loves you, would he want you to do this? sacrificing your life for his own life?”
“I guess… I guess I have to do what he does not like one more time, this one last final time” She replied.
“Hazel, you cannot be serious with this. Think about the life you have in front of you, think about the pup inside of you, think about the white wolves. You still have so many things to do, Hazel. You cannot give everything up just for….”
“I can! I can give everything up and that is what I am doing already. I am giving it all up for him. You saw it, Alpha Damien. He had the chance to get rid of me when he was on top of me but he did not. I… But I did.”
“You were clearly consumed by your powers!” Damien scolded.
“I know! But it does not change the fact that I still did it. I killed him and nothing would change my resolution about giving up my life for him to live, nothing” she replied firmly.
“No, that is not going to happen” Damien shook his head and moved closer to her.
He sat at the edge of the bed with her and gently held her hands.
“You might not have Axel anymore” he started softly and gave her hands an equally soft squeeze.
“But you still have me. I… I love you, I still do. ”
“You should probably take care of your feelings, Alpha Damien” she placed her hands over his own hands gently.
“I am sorry and I just cannot apologize enough to you for not being able to reciprocate your feelings, Alpha Damien. You have been so nice and so caring towards me but… But honestly, I still do not feel anything for you” she replied and Damien sighed heavily but he pushed it away.
He could make her fall in love with him later. The issue on ground was for him to convince her not to lose her life because of this silly reason.
“Alright. You do not have to love me but I already love you and I am not going to allow someone I love die” he replied.
“I am sorry again but you cannot hold me back from doing what I want to do. No one can stop me from bringing Axel back.”
“The only thing that you all can do would be to hope that I would come out alive even though…. Even though the chances of my survival are as thin as zero. You should just pray that I would be back, alive…”
“No!” Damien pulled away from her.
“You are not going to try out such a dangerous thing. I am not going to let you…”
The door was pushed open by a panting Clarissa. The eyes of Clarissa and Damien met and in another second, Damien had looked away from her while Clarissa’s eyes lingered on his face for a little bit more before she took her gaze to the reason why she was there.
“Hazel” she called and rushed to her side.
“Clarissa” Hazel forced a smile, pretending to be at her strongest.
“Excuse me, Alpha Damien but would you please excuse us?” Clarissa asked and Damien hesitated clearly.
He looked towards Hazel who motioned him to leave the room and give her some privacy with Clarissa.
Getting the instructions from Hazel, Damien walked out of the room. It hurt Clarissa to see Damien being so in love with Hazel but she quickly masked up with a very fake smile.
“Hazel, I heard about what you are planning on doing”
Hazel sighed, knowing that Clarissa was also here to try to dissuade her from doing what she wanted to do.
“I know what you are here for, Clarissa. You are going to try to make me change my mind but honestly and seriously, it is a dead end”
“I am going to bring Axel back to life and that is it” her voice was firm.
“Are you even thinking about the others right now, Hazel? Think about Sana, it took me a lot to convince her that you would be back for her soon and now that you are back, you are leaving?” She asked and Hazel pulled closer to her and grabbed her hand.
“Clarissa” she called.
“Hazel” Clarissa called on response but did not let Hazel say a word before she continued to ramble endlessly.
“You know nothing would remain the same if you try that shit! Where do I tell Sana that you have went to? What about Axel? What would he do? You know how much that guy loves you, he would spend the remaining of his days is misery if you do that!”
“That is why I have come up with a solution, Clarissa” Hazel replied.
“A solution? What solution?”
“I… I would go to the other packs and invite the presence of a witch. I would have her wipe away the memories of Axel and that of Sana. After that….” Hazel paused, the strength in her voice starting to fail her.
“After that… You can…”. her voice cracked even more and she lowered her face to the floor, her hands still holding onto Clarissa’s hands.
“After that, you can take over my position in their lives. I want you to tell Axel that you are the one he loves. I want you to tell him that his mate had died a long time ago and he is in love with you and I want you to make Sana believe that you are her mother. ”
“What the…. That’s plainly ridiculous? What about the others? They are going to watch me tell such a huge lie?”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.
“They would! For the sake of his mental health when he wakes up, I am sure everyone would. Clarissa” she called at the end of her words.
“You might… Have really made me angry towards you these weeks and months but… But you are still the only I can trust with Axel and Sana. You are the only one I can trust with my family…. Please take care of them for me, Clarissa.”