Castles Crumbling | S. Stilinski

77| Promises were made to be broken

I throw my desk across my room. I watch the pieces of wood break the second it hits the wall. Bella runs in only seconds later.

"Liv, is everything okay?"

I put my hands on my hips, trying to control my breathing. We failed. I failed. I was so distracted by my own thoughts that I let the Dread Doctors take Liam.

"I'm fine."

"I can read minds, don't lie to me."

I look over at her. I take one last deep breath. I forget she's just as strong telepath as my Bella.

"I was so in my head.. I.. I don't even know how I let them past me. They took Liam and it's all my fault."

I was the last bit of defense against the Dread Doctors. It should've been light work. Key word should've.

Every superhero has their own enemy, arch nemesis. I've already found mine. Me. I'm my own worst enemy. I was so in my head about everything that I froze. I've never done that before.

I hold my hand over my stomach where the Dread Doctor with the cane electrocuted me. There's still a mark. I haven't allowed myself to heal from it because I don't feel like I deserve to.

"You have some time to become-"

"I don't have time!" I snap. "I'm supposed to be the perfect hero. The perfect leader. Time is something I don't have."

"I know the weight you have on your shoulders is heavy but it is something you do not have to carry alone." She says. "I'm here, Liv.. I came here for you."

"I don't.. I can't lose you again."

"And you think I want to lose you again?"

We look at each other. We both lost our other half. I have a chance to have her back in my life again but I don't want to lose her again. She's not the Bella I knew but she has her face. And I don't want to say goodbye to her for a third time.

"You came here to help me fight Delia.. not this."

"We made a pact to one another when we were six." She says. "And I'm not breaking that pact.."

She walks further into my room. I watch her walk to the broken pieces of my desk. A picture lies in the mess that I had hidden in one of my drawers.

She grabs it, smiling down at it. I don't have to see to know what it is. A picture of Stiles and I from our first official date. He was so excited that he got the pictures he took developed.

"The Stiles on my universe was so in love with you that when you died he fell apart.. he begged every witch he could find to bring you back. Every single one of them knew the consequences that would come if they resurrected you."

"They were smart not to."

"You were the glue to the pack. We all fell apart in our own ways." She says. "I knew I couldn't stay. I needed to do something."

"This isn't about Stiles.. Liam is gone."

"And you cannot keep fighting if you do not admit to yourself that Stiles is meant to be in your life." She says. "You saw it yourself. You and Stiles belong together. Your love crosses the multiverse.. how can you not see that?"

Ashley pops up in the doorway.

"Kira was arrested."

"She was what?"

I walk downstairs and everyone's here. I take one look at Stiles before rushing toward him. I turn his head to get a better look at the cut on his face.