She looked fucking ethereal, her entire body was glowing... Her powers swirled around her so blindingly that they lit up the entire night sky. She was a goddess.

This was not the plan, but whatever Kiara was doing was fucking Endora up.

"Stop it! No! You bitch! Stop it!" She shrieked.

Her powers wrapped around my wrists as I struggled to reach for her chest, I needed to end this.

Her face paled as Kiara suddenly stopped what she was doing, a victorious smile on her face.

"Too late…" She said, walking over to us.

Endora was so occupied she didn’t notice when I grabbed her necklace. Only when I wrenched it from her neck did she realise it was gone before I tossed it aside.

"No! That’s-!" She spluttered, staring at the necklace.

I felt her power blast against me, but I refused to let go of her, not faltering when her shards of darkness impaled me. I didn’t care about the pain. My only aim was to keep her anger targeted towards me and not my queen.

But the second wave sent me flying, I hit the wall of the hurricane as Endora clambered to her feet. Her chest heaving in rage.

"Alejandro!" Kiara shouted.

"Now!" I said, kicking off from the ground, shifting into my Lycan form once again. I saw Kiara preparing herself as we rushed towards Endora as one, reaching her at the same time. Kiara’s blazing purple wrapped around her, shattering Endora’s barrier as I smirked in victory.

Her scream of rage and despair filled the sky as I plunged my hand into her chest, my claws tearing through her flesh and breaking her ribs to get to my target. I felt victory was near. The smell of blood was strong in the air.

You’re fucking dead.

"If I go… I’m taking you with me!" Endora hissed, slamming her hand against my chest. The runes that covered her arms glowed as she whispered something. I struggled to pull my hand free from her chest, to rip her heart out, but she was holding tight.

An agonising pain shot through me as she began chanting, and I felt something tighten in my own chest.

Kiara’s hand wrapped around mine, plunging into Endora's chest as we both tugged at her heart. Never had I felt such power fighting against me. I growled as we both mustered our strength and we managed to tear her heart from her chest.

Her eyes widened, a look of pure, unbridled hatred on her face as she chanted... a look that suddenly changed to vicious happiness.

"We are bound…" She whispered just as pain erupted in my chest and I growled in agony. I fell to the ground as my body screamed from the pain, forcing me to shift back. The taste of blood was strong in my mouth.

‘Destroy my heart and destroy your own in the process. The choice is yours…’ Her voice whispered in the air.

"Alejandro!" Kiara shouted, pure fear in her eyes as I looked at the heart that was still pulsing in my hand. "Don’t…"

We didn’t have the time… We had to end this now...

She looked at me as I felt the darkness swirling around the heart in my hand. I looked up at her. I knew what I had to do.

"I love you… Amore…" I closed my eyes, ripping the heart I held in my grasp to shreds.

"Baby no!" Kiara's shriek of despair filled the air.

I wasn’t able to stop the howl of pain that escaped me as I felt my own heart being ripped to pieces.

I couldn’t breathe… I couldn’t… I saw Endora’s body drop to the ground, her barrier dissipating as my body began shutting down.

The last thing I saw was Kiara’s terrified face as she rushed towards me, the strong taste of blood and the pain consuming me as my vision darkened… I had never felt so much pain…

‘Hold on...'

The electrifying current of her touch was faint before my world went black.