The Omega Princess

Chapter 45: Part 1

I could only stare at the vial as Ava held it out to me. Hesitantly I reached out and took it from her turning the bottle over in my hand. It was warm and the liquid inside was clearly very thick.  

"You may say your goodbyes but Dale cannot leave this place" 

I ignored her comment, trying my best not to think about it, I wasn't ready for that yet. 

"When do I drink it?" 

"Under the next full moon. Initiate a shift and drink it before you actually turn" 

I nodded again, Ava regarded me the whites of her eyes flickering for a moment to reveal a green iris. She raised an eyebrow and gave me a tiny smirk. 

"My game depends on you becoming Queen, so you had better no fail me" 

I didn't have the time to reply because she disappeared, leaving behind the smell of fire. I sighed staring at the bottle that would be my salvation, this tiny thing just changed my life. Preparing myself I turned towards the door aware of the two men that were waiting outside. 

It took a while before I could even place a hand on the door handle and even as I pulled it the rest of my body was fighting against me. 

It was completely silent outside, all three of us holding our breaths as we stepped outside. Each of us waiting for something, I stare at the floor as the door shut behind me. 

"Izarra?" 

There was a hand on my shoulder. Kai. I realised that maybe they thought I had regained my wolf, that I was going to look up at him and then that would be it. The end of me and Dale. I shrugged him away, turning towards Dale willing myself to cry, though I knew that for a long I probably wouldn't be able to stop crying. 

There were no words I could say, I wanted to beg him to stay with me but that would be selfish, he had a chance to see Dana again and his sacrifice meant saving the kingdom. I could have told him I loved him but I didn't want him to feel guilty that perhaps from the moment I walked out of the door he wouldn't be able to remember me anymore. I wanted to say so many things but none of them would come out, all I could do was stare at him. My eyes lingered on his chest, I was never going to give him that mark was I? 

Fate certainly didn't like to be played with. I was surprised when Dale pulled me forward in an embrace and kissed me like it was the last time he was ever going to kiss anyone. It wasn't a passionate kiss, it was a loving one. It said farewell and I love you in one go. It was wet with tears and stung with sadness but I guess that's what made it all the more sweet. It was bitter-sweet really. 

When he finally pulled away, he held my hand and just stared at me, his eyes were almost as wet as mine, blurring the blue pools that had been there from day one.  

He whispered something in my ear and although I heard it I wasn't able to concentrate on the words but rather the sound of his voice, locking it away even though I knew I would never forget. Then he was gone, letting go of my hands with a final squeeze and walking through those doors, which disappeared the moment they closed taking him with them. 

I couldn't remember what happened next, not the journey back, not Kione joining us nothing. I was completely numb. Minutes, hours, days passed by but I was stuck in that moment. Every single day it hit me that I might never see him again, and everyday I wondered whether any of this was worth all the pain. 

What was I going to say to Cara? How was I supposed to deal with the fact that right now, that mark that reminded me that I was love had disappeared as though it had never been there. At least I didn't have that ugly black mark, that would have been more painful, a permanent reminder of a broken heart.