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Chapter 277
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The horrible sight before my eyes was the worst nightmare I’d ever seen, yet no matter how hard I
pinched myself, it wasn’t going away.
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As the fire covered Asher’s body, his skin began to peel down. Soon, the black burnt skin became
ashes, and then the ashes disappeared entirely and blew down the corridor.
“No!” I screamed out of anger and sorrow. “No, no, no!”
My lungs ached as I cried out, but I couldn’t stop. Tears spilled down my face like a river, and my vision
started to break out with spots as I shook.
No one was going to take Asher away from me.
This couldn’t be happening.
My skin began to burn again, and I realized the flames were engulfing me as well, but I didn’t care.
There was nothing I could see but fire, endless, unstoppable fire. The screams and cries soon faded
away, and as the flames danced around me, I realized that Ronald, Helene, and the other guests were
gone too.
But somehow, despite my trauma and all that I’d endured at the hands of fire, my fear disappeared.
Without Asher, there was no point in going on. I wasn’t afraid anymore. I would accept my demise
knowing that I did all I could in this lifetime.
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But just as I resolved to close my eyes and accept my unavoidable and imminent death, a figure
became clear in the inferno. They were standing not too far away from me, and when they walked
forward, their features became more clear.
It was Emmett Keller.
“You’re finally here,” he remarked as the flames flicked around us. “I’ve been waiting for you for so
long?
“Waiting for me?” I blurted out before I even had the chance to understand what was happening. “Why
were you waiting for me, Emmett?”
His eyes remained fixed on mine and then he smiled calmly at me.
“I owe you an explanation,” he said.
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“What explanation?” I wondered as my eyebrows creased together. “Emmett, what’s happening?”
“I’ll tell you everything,” he assured me as my mind began to panic. “I just need you to come here.”
I glanced around us at the fire that was still blazing on and hesitated for a second before I complied.
Once I was close enough, Emmett caught my hand, and suddenly, the burning sensation that had
consumed my body vanished, and moments later, the flames vanished as well.
Once the fire was gone, I realized our surroundings had changed, and we were back in our home in
Wild Crawler. Our house looked exactly the same as it had in the old days when Emmett and I were
married.
“Is this… an illusion?” I wondered as I stared around.
“You can call it an illusion,” Emmett replied, and when I turned to face him, I realized he was wearing
the usual flannel shirt and jeans combination he used to wear. “Or you can call it the trick of a sorcerer.”
“But you’re dead,” I pointed out. “How can you play tricks now?”
“I may be dead, but a sorcerer can do a lot of things,” he said, and then he gestured toward the kitchen
table. “Why don’t you sit down?”
I was baffled but couldn’t allow myself to sit at the same table we’d shared dinner at for so many years.
“I… I can’t,” I said. “I don’t have time, Emmett. I have to save Asher and look for Finnick-”
“Asher and Finnick are alright,” Emmett interrupted me gently, but I shook my head.
“How can you be sure?” I asked suspiciously as I eyed the front door. “How do you know they’re okay,
Emmett?”
“I know quite a few things,” he said vaguely, and then he gestured to the table again. “I’ll explain them
all to you.”
I stared at him suspiciously. None of this made sense.
“You won’t be able to get back to them anyway if I don’t allow it,” Emmett sighed. “Come now, take a
seat and I’ll tell you what’s going on.”
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I frowned but complied anyway. I sat down and glared at Emmett as I settled into my usual chair at the
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“This will be our last talk,” Emmett remarked after a moment of hesitation. “I thought it would be a bit
more friendly-”
“How dare you say that after what you did,” I cut him off angrily.
“I didn’t have a choice,” he said calmly. “Things weren’t always under control. I’m sorry for that.”
“You took my wolf soul from me,” I reminded him angrily. “And now you think a simple apology will
make up for it-”
“I understand your anger,
but I’m not sorry for what I did,” Emmett interrupted me sharply. “I’m sorry that I overestimated myself
and my ability.”
“What do you mean?” I demanded as I stared at him in confusion.
My former husband sighed and then spoke.
“Everything started with Asher’s father,” he explained. “Or more precisely, with his regret about his
wife’s death.”
“The old queen?” I wondered.
Emmett nodded. “That’s the reason why the king started to search for sorcerers in the first place. He
wanted to bring Selene Collins back to life.”
I blinked at him in surprise.
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