Chapter 12

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Everyone was given time alone with Sera to say their final goodbye. Mahdi was last.

He swam into the room. Sera's breaths were shallow. He knew this was the last time he would see her alive. He swam up to Sera, and knelt by her.

He took a deep breath before saying, "Sera, I am so sorry this happened to you. This is all my fault. Now I'll never get to grow old together, we'll never have a family, I'll never get to see you really swim down the aisle to me on our wedding day. We won't see our daughter be coronated to be the next queen. We won't see our children fall in love like we did. Sera I won't see any of these things. Because I life without you, isn't a life at all."

He took a breath, and studied Sera for anything. More tears came. It was too much for him to handle.

"I should have told you so many things before the first attack ever happened. But I didn't. Now thinking about it I don't know why I didn't tell you. Sera, I love you so much. I know killing myself isn't the answer here. I know that if you die I will live for you. I will do the things that we never got to do together. I know that one day we'll see each other again. I-I'm s-sorry this happened to you. If I could turn back time, and do it differently I would. I love you Serafina with everything I have."

He leaned over and kissed Sera on the lips. She heaved a few breaths before taking shaky and unsteady breaths. Mahdi knee these to be her final moments.

"Neela, Des, Yaz!" Mahdi called out.

The three came into the room, and stood around Sera's bed. Des holding Sera's other hand. Yazeed, and Neela were holding each other at the foot of the bed.

Sera heaved more, and more until it finally happened.

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