Page 14 of The Threads Of Fate

“I will always be there, my love in here,” he said, pointing his hand towards my chest. “You have set me free. There is so much you still need to see, but once your time comes, I will be waiting.” His body is turning see-through, while mine starts to shake. What is going on? What’s happening? A bright light comes to where he stands, making me automatically shut my eyes. Even closed, the light seems to seep through my eyelids, and then darkness.

Slowly, I open my eyes, but don’t see Corvin anymore. Tears are leaking, and I can feel my hand shaking. I bring up the hand that still has Seraphina clutched; it feels different holding her. My body sinks onto the cold ground.

“Please don’t go!” I cry out into nothingness. “Please!”

No matter how much I plead and scream, nothing happens; he doesn’t come back. What am I to do now without him? He wanted me to go somewhere, meet someone. Maybe this person can bring him back to me?

I wipe the tears and snot from my face and try to take in a deep breath, taking some time to steady myself. My head is hurting and spinning, and my heart aches like I’m getting stabbed over and over again from the inside, every beat hurts more than the one before.

I need to get up, keep going, it’s what he wants from me. I slowly rise, holding myself steady against the wall so I don’t fall back down again. I don’t think I could try this a second time. Not with him gone. I grab Seraphina and the files he gave me before he disappeared, and take the address out before getting to his– well, my car. I don’t know what to do. I feel less angry and trapped, but now that feeling is replaced with loneliness and pain.

???

The whole walk is so quiet that I can hear the silence scream at me. This person has to be able to help me get Corvin back. I’d rather die than live without him. I pass the houses on my street, seeing some of them are having their doors still open, it feels eerie out here, and the hairs on my arm are standing up. I can hear voices getting louder as I walk up to the mansion. The big gates are wide open.How odd…There seem to be peoplefrom my school walking towards the mansion. I don’t know all of them, but Ally is there too; she was one of– actually, she was, the only one who was actually kind to me in school. She seems a bit off, but I don’t care. I hold Seraphina tighter to my chest, walking towards Ally. All the others here are also holding a doll; they are somewhat different from mine, but there are some similarities. It’s clearly made by the same person. I wonder if it was Savannah who gifted us these beautiful dolls. Now that I think about it, it does seem logical that people from the same school might be related to those sick people who attacked her, but I didn’t think everyone here would be.

“Ally!” I shout, seeing her walk through the gates towards the mansion along with some of the others. She doesn’t respond and seems hell bent on getting to the front door, like she’s excited to be there. I walk through the gates and close them behind me. It is no one else's business why we are here anyway. An odd-looking raven flies on top of the gate the moment I close it. I walk closer to look at the beautiful creature, but then I hear the voices of the others, and I walk away from it to follow up, and stand beside Ally with Seraphina still clutched against my chest like I’m scared I might lose her too. The moment I stand in line next to everyone, the door slams open, and a beautiful woman with long black hair stands in the middle. There’s a smile on her face, and for some reason, I finally feel like I am at home.