Page 170 of His Cursed Heart

Fear takes ahold of me as I think about that possibility. Everyone will hunt her down if they figure it out that she's the Empress.

"Quiet." Everette answers and my heart breaks at the pain in him.

A wave of electricity captures my body when I think of his face, his green eyes, his messy hair. He is the reason why I want to go back.

Him and Vincent.

"Mia Althea, la mia bambina," Mamma sobs and her whimpers are bringing tears in mine and Keres's eyes. "Don't leave me like your sister. I had to survive through her death, but I don't think I can survive through yours." She cries and whispers, hoping that I can hear her.

I can, Mamma. I'm right here.

I wish I can see her face and see the love she once had for me. Maybe this love never left, she just tried to hide it from me. I want to feel her hands on my skin and realize that she remembers me.

"You are there with her, aren't you? That's why you aren't waking up." I feel my body starting to tremble, and Keres looks at me with round eyes.

What is happening?

I put my hands on the ground, trying to balance myself, but my body is out of control.

Suddenly, multiple voices are interrupting Mamma and all I hear is his desperate voice. I focus on Everette as my body trembles like never before.

"Don't you fucking leave me, Althea." Everette yells and I look around the garden, desperate to see him.

Where are you, Everette? I need to see you, please let me see you.

"Are you ready to live for yourself?" Keres asks me again and all I do is scream.

I scream because her question haunts me. I scream because I can't see my husband and all I want is him. I scream because I realize that this purgatory is my one piece of hell.

I can't stay here and hear Everette while I can't touch him, or see him. I can't stand the fact that he's there and I'm here. And I hate myself for taking so long to realize that this heavenly purgatory is just another hell.

Because I won't leave a life without Everette. I rather suffer a life on earth but have him by my side, then torturing myself with his ghost.

I gasp when a sudden pain comes from my chest. It feels hard to breathe and my shoulder is numb. My head hurts and I can feel my body screaming.

I look at my sister and see the tears in her eyes. I think this is goodbye.

She nods at my thought, and with a broken body, I take her in my arms. I hug her until I feel my arms numb, until my heart cries because we're separating again.

"You'll be just fine, Althea."

"Will I ever see you again?" I ask her as I hug her harder.

"Of course, mia sorella da questo universo." She smiles on my shoulder.

I close my eyes, the pain making me whimper. I smell her again, knowing that this is the last time I'll see.

"Althea?" She yells.

"Althea?"

"Fucking hell, baby. Don't do it."

Beep beep.

I almost cringe at the sound. Electricity captures my body and I feel my body flying.

"Come back to me, baby."

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