Page 36 of The Last Ultimatum: Part 2

Maxine sobs were too much for me to handle as I cracked under the pressure of everything that happened.

“Help him!” she wailed.

Tears burned my eyes as they free flowed down my cheeks.

I somehow made it to the floor beside her.

“We have to stop the bleeding,” she pleaded.

I grabbed the first thing I could find, a towel on the floor, and pressed it to the wound in his chest. There was so much blood.

“It’s okay,” he whispered to his mate, though I could hear the gurgling of blood in his lungs as he spoke. “Let go, Maxi. We’ll fly together.”

Through her tears, she nodded and clutched his hand in both of hers.

“Together, always and forever.”

“No. Please don’t leave me,” I cried.

I continued to apply pressure even as his body began convulsing making it hard to hold him still.

“Let him go,” she told me. “It’s okay. Promise me you’ll take care of my children.”

“I promise.”

There was a smile on her face as she leaned down and kissed his lips.

“Lead the way, my love.”

As the life faded from Aaron, Maxine collapsed onto his chest.

“Wow. What just happened? That was dramatic,” Egan said. He nudged Maxine with the toe of his boot. “I didn’t even touch her.”

“Get away from them,” I screamed.

“That really was like killing two birds with one stone. How did this happen?”

“Get out and leave them alone. Leave me alone.”

“I will. I promise. Just explain it to me.”

“They were fully mated, you idiot. When one dies the other follows into the afterlife. You killed them both.”

“That was awesome!”

I thought I was going to throw up and a part of me wanted to just rip his throat out, but the pain of losing them hit me hard. I was happy they could continue their journey together, but what about me?

Aaron died trying to protect me. And for what?

I began to sob.

“Well, I’m just going to leave you to it then. I’ll send someone in to clean up this mess.”

I was so beyond disgusted by his attitude, but I was also cold, scared, and all alone.

I’m so sorry Lachlan. I couldn’t save them.

I said a silent prayer over their bodies and then I curled up into a fetal position on the bed and cried for what felt like hours or possibly days even. I cried until the last tear had dropped and there were no more tears to cry.

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