Death Never Scared Me

Chapter 8- Damien

I see the look in her eyes as she looks from the dagger then up to me. I know what she's going to do and I can't let her do this. I spring at her in an attempt to stop her. She doesn't have to go this far. Then again, she has no choice now. She either does this and goes to Varlden with me or is put on trial for the murder of the head priest.

I was never too fond of him. Cassian, that was his name, wasn't it? All of the head priests for my temple have been arrogant and cruel. But, I don't know if he deserved this fate. There was a reason all of the ritual books had to be changed, to prevent things like this from happening.

But, I can't stop her in time. I helplessly watch as she drives the dagger into her stomach and yanks it out, staring at me with madness in her eyes throughout the entire ordeal. She smiles and drops the dagger to the ground and stumbles backwards, tripping over Cassian's body and falling to the floor. Blood pools on her dress and begins to seep from her mouth.

I run over to Faun and kneel down next to her. I try to press on the wound to stop the bleeding, but she's too far gone. Gods, if only Anastasia was here, she could help me. Faun grabs my hand and squeezes it. I squeeze it back and tears blur my vision. Damien, what has happened to you? You swore to never get so worked up over a mortal again, what happened?

I really do love her, though. I didn't realize at first, but I do. She is the first mortal to show me true love. She wanted to be with me for me, not for my spells or powers, but for who I am. Although her little stunt was reckless, I realize I needed her to do it. I needed to be with her like she needed to be with me.

Faun's eyes glaze over and her breathing stops. She's gone. I sit in silence for a moment, taking in what has just happened. Her soul is traveling to Varlden as I sit here, yet I can't bring myself to move. I can't just leave her body here.

I decide to bury her up by Elixir. I carry her body up the mountains until I reach four tall stones. I set her body down in the middle of the stones and draw a ritual circle in the dirt. I close my eyes and take a deep breath as the earth opens up and swallows her body then returns to its normal state, leaving only a pomegranate sapling to mark her grave.

I sit by her grave for a moment. This isn't far from where Arioch is buried. Each of the brothers were buried underneath these four stones. Although Arioch was a cruel man, Mundrich's son knew his father would still want his brother to be buried next to him, so he arranged for Arioch to be buried alongside his three older brothers.

Standing up, I walk over to Arioch's grave. I'm ready to move on. I've found true love. I know he hurt me in ways I could never get over, but it's time to move on. He was just consumed by jealousy and a lust for power and let that control his decisions. I just so happened to be a victim to that.

I let out a deep sigh. It's time to return to Varlden. It's time to start a new chapter as the God of Death.