Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty Six
| walked into Axel’s room; | hadn’t been here since he... passed.
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| would have broken down in tears if | had any more tears left to cry. The longing in my grew worse. | pulled open
his drawer, and a small smile stretched on my lips when | saw the book ‘Barbara’s fantasies’. He did find it in the
end, but he never kept it in the library. | guess | wasn’t the only one who found this book quiet... Interesting.
| took out his clothes from the dressing room, and I inhaled them deeply. | closed my eyes, and in that moment |
could pretend he was still here; | could pretend that everything that happened was just a very bad dream.
| couldn't let go of his clothes. I laid on his bed, his clothes fisted in my hand, and | fell asleep. Twelve hours more
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwas all the t| had to make my decision, and still | hadn't changed my mind; Axel deserved to live.
| knew | was dreaming, but yet it felt so real.
Axel lay on the green grass, shirtless. | stared at him, and he smiled.
“Take a picture; it will last longer.”
I wish | could laugh at that. “Axel, | miss you so much.”
“And so do I, of course. Lay with me.” He invited me, and | laid on the space beside him. “The sun is so beautiful
today, but not as beautiful as you are,” he said, and | smiled.
“I will bring you back; I've found a way.
“But | don’t want that.”
“What?”
“I don’t want you dying for me, not after everything | went through to make sure you escaped and stayed alive.
Also, the sorceress told you about the negative consequences, didn’t she?”
“But that’s only a possibility, not a fact.”
“I don’t want to be remembered as a monster, Riley. But have in mind that If you go through with this, it is not
only your life you would be sacrificing.” He says with a smile, like he knew something | didn’t.
“Axel, you never deserved to die.”
“I wanted to save you, and I'm glad it wasn’t all for nothing, so | want you to do one last thing for me; can you do
that?” He questioned, his beautiful smile still on his face.
“Yes, anything.” | promised.
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“I want you to letgo.”
“Axel...”
“Please, Riley, this is the only way you could move forward; you need to letgo.” He said, and | nodded,
unable to hold back my tears. “I told you | don’t like seeing you in tears; it only hurtsto watch.”
“I'm sorry.”
Axel wiped off my tears with a thumb. “Thane loves you,” he said, and with that, he was gone, leaving me
holding onto nothing but thin air.
woke up in tears; only then did | notice that | wasn’t alone. Thane sat on the cushion watching me.
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