BOOK 1 OF THE NOBLE SERIES.
An island girl with no memories, and a prince in line for a tainted throne. Two souls in which the world believed would never mix. But in this world of magic where people can control elements to their will, you can never...
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TRIGGER WARNING:
THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER CONTAINS DEPICTIONS OF SELF HARM, SUICIDE, AND OTHER THEMES WHICH MAY MAKE READERS UNCOMFORTABLE. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH THESE THINGS.
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--Alexa POV--
He was gone for a week, and in that week, I was able to conclude that life without John was not a life worth living. I berried that man 6ft underground with my own two hands, the same man that was once too heavy for me to even dream of carrying, but I was able to do it.
I stood at his grave more than anywhere else on this island. This island which had once glowed with beauty despite the horrors of the Ocean that surrounded it, but maybe like the ocean, the island was never that beautiful, I had just thought that because I wasn't alone.
I tried to live alone; I did my best. But one week without him was lonelier than I could have expected, even with all the animals and nature that comforted me, there was a certain warmth that only John could give me, and with that warmth gone, I suddenly became terrified of the cold life that would be waiting for me.
So, what better way to leave the coldness of this world than through the coldness of the Ocean?
I couldn't hear anything but the splashing of the waves, even Ryder's shrill screams which I would often think were too loud for my liking were nothing but a whisper, so you can't blame me for thinking that the adrenaline of my looming death had caused me to hallucinate the presence of another Human, but what surprised me was that of all the Humans that could have tried to save me, why was it him that I saw there?
But I didn't dwell on his presence for too long; Once my footing lost the seabed, I gave in without so much as a fight.
That was supposed to have been it. The end.
Ryder's voice disappeared, the pain of his talons digging into my shoulders numbing the rest of my body, and nothing but the quiet waves washing over me was felt as I struggled to find my breath, the salty ocean water choking me of my breath as my eyes looked up to the surface of the water where the last rays of sunshine glistened down on me as if the afterlife were calling me.
The last images of this life were so breathtaking, almost enough to make me want to give it a second chance. But it was too late for that.
Or at least, I had thought it was.
Johnathon Marlowe had been my first memory, and I had hoped that he would be my last too. But the world may have had other plans in store for me.
With the coldness of the water hitting me with no warning, my brain jolted awake, head aching with the sudden influx of broken memories. Like puzzle pieces that didn't fit together, I couldn't understand anything, but that voice was there again; Calling out to me so desperately, I had nothing to reply with.
