“It’s too late!” Deux laughs. “Your Sirens are mine now. If I can’t kill you, I will make your mates suffer for eternity.”
I roll onto all fours, desperately searching for them.
Leaf grunts. “Then we’ll make sure you’re somewhere you can never touch her.”
I snap my head in his direction, but I’m too tired, too depleted. All at once, something inside me rips free. It’s like a part of my soul is shredded. I scream, unable to do anything but howl through the agony.
Leaf…that warmth inside me, the one that had been glowing every time I felt bad, the one that felt like Leaf…it’s gone.
My bonds.
“Leaf? Please,” I sob, rolling onto my knees.
He doesn’t respond.
“Lirin?” my piteous call goes unanswered.
The song gets louder and crashes against me, beating me down.
“Reed?”
I feel them walk past me.
“Canto? Brio?”
Leaf growls as he wrestles himself away from me.
“Ronit? Please?” I don’t know what’s happening, but it hurts.
“Goodbye, Omega,” Leaf whispers. “I’ll make sure he can never hurt you again.”
The world rips open again, and they all fall in.
They are all gone.
Even Deux.
It’s just me.
I’m alone.
There’s no song.
I’m alive.
There’s no SONG.
I’m alone, again.
In the dark, and the song is gone.
I tilt my head back and scream.
Chapter 39
Mei
The shadows pulse and throb, and I suddenly find myself face to face with the Nightmare himself. I can’t see him, the world is barren darkness again, but I can feel him.
