“Ector!” I scream one last time as the realization hits me that he is truly gone. He isn’t breathing, his body is turning colder, and his eyes are closed.
Hitting his chest with all the power I can find within, I hope to get his heart to beat again, but it doesn’t.
“Ahhh!” The deafening scream leaves my lungs as I place my body beside him, snuggling up to his side.
“Don’t leave me.” I beg, feeling the moment his soul leaves his body.
“Please...” My body forms to a ball, my head placed on his chest in hope to hear his heart beat one last time.
It doesn’t take long until my body gives in, and I fall asleep beside him out of exhaustion.
Chapter 26
Ector
And then, I got to hear her sweet voice speaking my name one last time before I drifted off into a tunnel full of darkness.
Chapter 27
Genevieve
I wake up as the sun begins to rise. The sky becomes brighter and the birds start to sing. Looking over to my side, I am reminded of what happened a few hours ago. And without warning, my heart starts to ache, that feeling in the chest that feels just like someone is cutting through it. Fresh tears start spilling down my cheeks mixed with the blood on my face.
I want to look at him, the person I so quickly started loving without realizing it, but I don’t dare to. His hand is already purple, and I don’t want to see what his face looks like. I can’t remember him like I remember Esme, the last look I got from her was horrifying. So I can already imagine. The memory of me finding my dead sister flashes through my head.
I want to hear his voice. I want to see his lips tilting upwards as the deep laugh escapes his throat. “Ector.” I cry out, not being able to keep myself together.
As another sob leaves my body, I see a small head pop up beside me. My first instinct is to hide behind Ector’s body.
But as I realized that it was neither a fairy nor elf, I looked over and saw a baby deer lifting its head at the same time as me. Both of us are scared of one another.
“Hi.” I speak gently, my hand slowly reaching forward.
The fawn hesitates and places its head on Ector’s stomach, eyes looking into mine.
Slowly moving my hand closer to its nose, I let it smell me before I pet it. “I’m sorry for all the blood.” I say, a small smile appears on my lips as my mouth wobbles. At the same time, new tears start forming in my eyes.
The deer tilts its head and looks at me in confusion, almost as if it already knows who I am and stands up.
“Oh, be careful, little one.” I say, letting my own body sit up at the same time, still careful not to look at Ector’s face.
“You must’ve been born just a few days ago.” I pause. “Where is your mother?”
Taking a few steps away, I realize it can’t properly walk. Moving around Ector’s legs, it comes closer to me and places itself in between my crossed legs.
With my hand gently moving through its fur, I almost forget about the death and blood that surrounds me.
“I really need to clean myself up.” I talk to myself.
Sitting all alone beside two dead men and a baby deer sleeping in my lap, I start humming as my body rocks from side to side. And soon, a melody was created.
I kept doing the same thing for hours, my eyes locked on a tree and my vision blurry, almost like time had stopped. I’ve gone through this before, when the first love of my life died, my sister.
This is how I was placed in my bed for days, not acknowledging how fast time actually did pass by. Because to me, time wasn't real. To me there was no life to continue living.
But then I met Ector. It had only taken him hours to bring a new type of excitement into my life, and now he was gone too.
Stuck in my own head, thinking of all the memories I had with both of them, I refuse to face the reality. It’s toooverwhelming. Gosh, the thought of even lifting a single muscle makes me feel exhausted.
