A Queen's Redemption

Chapter 22- It's Over...Isn't It?

*Serene’s POV*

I hadn’t realised they’d all left the room until the door closed, however before I could register it, Amir had me engulfed in his arms. I sighed in content and hugged him back. We stayed like that for a while until I felt him shaking and realised he was crying.

I held him tighter and ran my hand through his hair.

“I’m sorry.” I whispered in his ear. “I’m so sorry. I’m sorry I left you. I’m sorry I put you through what I did. I’m sorry.” I continued, starting to cry myself.

He shook his head. “No. I’m sorry. What I…what I told you before…”

I disentangled myself from him and wiped the tears from his cheeks as smiled slightly at him. “No. Don’t apologise. Everything happened the way it needed to. Don’t think about it anymore. It’s over, it’s done. I’m here. I’m here and I’m not going anywhere.”

He scoffed. “Damn right you’re not.”

I chuckled and shook my head before turning serious. “I have a message for you.”

He cocked his head in confusion. “What?”

I held his face in my hands and repeated. “I have a message for you and your mother and sister, from your father.”

He pulled back in shock. “Serene. That’s not funny.”

“I’m not trying to be. While I was asleep, I saw him. And my father. They were there, waiting for me. I know how crazy and unbelievable it sounds…but it did happen. Now you can either believe it or not, I wouldn’t lie or make jokes about something like this…but regardless I need to tell you what he told me.” I all but pleaded with him.

The door opened and I saw his mother and sister come in. Hazel came to sit next to me and held my hand while his mother stood beside him. She gave me the go ahead and I turned back to Amir.

“He said…”

*FLASHBACK*

“...I’m sorry. Tell Sebille and Haze, that I’m sorry I couldn't control the demon, and that I left them so soon. Not a day goes by that I don't think of them, and miss them. I’ll always love them. Now and forever.”

He took a breath.

“Tell Amir…I…” he choked up then composed himself. “Tell Amir, I’m sorry for the tremendous pain I caused him. I’m sorry for the way I did things, the decisions I made that greatly affected him, and for not thinking of the devastating consequences he’d be subjected to. In hindsight I could’ve done things differently, and I’m not about to make excuses for why I did them that way. I’ve wronged him. Greatly. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t regret those actions I took. But I can’t take them back. All I can hope is that someday he finds it in his heart to forgive me.”

Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes.

“Tell my son, that I love him. I know the responsibility I’ve left for him is great. But I know there’s no one strong enough to do it but him. Him…” he smiled at me. “...and his queen.”

*FLASHBACK OVER*

By the time I was finished they all had tears in their eyes. Hazel had her head buried in her mother’s neck and Sebille was smiling gratefully through a tear stained face. Amir was staring off into space with tears streaming down his face.

I grabbed it and turned him back to me and my heart broke when I saw the lost look in his eyes.

I gently stroked his face with my thumb. “Hey,” I whispered, “We’re gonna be okay.”