Page 73 of Forever My Siren Luna (The Hidden Cove #2)

I had closed my eyes in hell, giving the rest of myself, all that I was over to the man I knew would fulfill the task that I had set out to do. Lachlan would bring my daughter happiness. He was giving her a family. He had already given her everything she had missed out on in her former life.

As I closed my eyes, I felt peace, knowing they were going to be fine. I felt peace, knowing that my greatest accomplishment was finally seen through to the end. I felt peace….because I knew I could finally be with her. I could finally join my love.

I had closed my eyes in hell, and I opened them again in the light.

The light around me was brilliant, so brilliant I instantly knew where I was. There was no sun. No moon. No definition of time. There was just the light, and all the good the light had to offer. None of the pain and heartache of the mortal world could be felt in this place.

My feet pressed into the soft, vibrant grass, like a pillowy carpet and without the harshness of weeds and thistles.

I flexed my toes against the greenery, testing my weightless new limbs, without the scars and pain of earthly life.

My body felt new. Perfect. My hair and my beard were once again the golden red hue that signified who I was.

I turned in a circle, wondering where to go.

There was a massive ocean, still and beautiful, with creatures of the ocean playfully swimming in the peaceful water.

Mermaids and sirens alike were dancing under the surface, playing joyously together like they were rarely able to on earth.

The jealousy of magic kept us apart. Sirens often felt superior and mermaids felt belittled.

Jealousy and pride were not existent in this place, leaving only love and friendship.

There was a large open field with the centaurs that once roamed the great plains of the center world before the land was overrun by the devils that brought them their doom. They were gallivanting about, chasing pixies and resting on the soft grass.

Then there were the woodlands, mystical with the goodness that has been long gone from the other side of death. The elves and fairies would most likely be residing there.

These places were lovely, but the one I most wish to see would not be found at any of those places. I knew where to find her. As I looked around, I just knew where it was I needed to go.

I used my new legs and new arms to climb the face of the cliff near the ocean. She was never easy for me to find, and I laughed to myself that even in this place, I was climbing the face of a cliff to get to her.

When I reached the top, sure enough, she was there.

My eyes filled with moisture at her perfect sight. No longer thin and sickly, or broken and tired. She was healthy and glowing. Her hair fanned in the heavenly breeze, her smile warm as she watched the mermaids and sirens dancing in the water below.

“My love,” I husked, my voice rough with my unshed tears of pure happiness.

She started, turning back from where she was sitting on the edge of the cliff, staring up at me with her beautiful sky-colored eyes. Her scent of lilies and lavender filled the air.

“Brennus?” She slowly stood on her feet, her glowing frame everything I had wished and dreamed about for so long. “Is that really you?”

“It is me, my love.” I held my arms out, as if to show her. Instead, she threw herself at me, and I caught her, spinning her in circles.

I let my tears fall, my throat swelling as the sparks rushed over me. Even in death, they were still there. As they should be. Everything in this place is only good, and the sparks between me and my mate have always been my heaven.

“It’s you,” she choked. “It’s really you. I have waited for so long.”

“I know,” I sobbed, nuzzling my face in her hair. “I know my love. It is finished. Everything is done. I will never leave you again.”

She gasped, pulling away to stare up at me with her big, tear-filled eyes. “It is finished? Our daughter? Her mate?”

I smiled triumphantly. “Alive and very well.” I ran my hands down her beautiful face. “You were right. He was her happiness all along.”

“I know,” she rested her hands on mine. “I know because I could never have found my happiness without you.”

I choked on another sob, resting my head on hers and just basking in the contentment of being together for eternity.

“We did it.”

“We did it,” she confirmed, leaning up on her tiptoes to press her lips to mine.

I could never have let her sacrifice be for nothing. Our daughter is alive and well, and just as my love said he would, Lachlan redeemed himself.

We will long await the day we can rejoice with the both of them, meeting them again in this perfect place.

Until then, I will relish the time I have alone with my love, my mate, sharing with her all the stories of our daughter and our daughter's mate, who my love insisted we save too. We will watch over them and their growing family together forever, as we were always meant to be.