Immortal Affliction (Sequel to Immortal Perfection)

Chapter Thirty.

Well there's the last chapter guys! I've got an epilogue coming your way sometime soon as well! I really hope you've enjoyed this book and I'm super sorry that it took me so damn long to get it done. To all of you that stuck with me through it, thank you. I don't know what I would do without you. I love you all so much! I haven't decided if I'm doing another book for this series but we'll see! Enjoy the last chapter my lovelies! Love, Sami

November 16, 2015

Harry's POV:

Pain. So much pain. It was agonizing. I thought vampires were supposed to be immortal. I thought we could practically make it through anything without a scratch on us. Clearly I was wrong.

I could hear nothing. All there was was a bitter sense of loneliness and quiet. I tried to open my eyes but my eyelids felt like weights. Where was I? What was happening?

I felt something strong wrapped around my body. It almost felt like I was paralyzed. No. Not paralyzed. Maybe a deep sleep. I was beginning to get frustrated as I realized I could literally do nothing to help myself right now. What if I was stuck like this forever? Destined to be put in one spot for my whole life like a statue in a town square?

No. Not me. I was stronger than this. I was Harry Styles. I was a vampire. A powerful vampire with a lot of potential and a habit of getting myself into sticky situations that I could get myself out of. This was just another block in the road that I had to overcome. I had to do it for Zayn. I needed to know if my beautiful fiance was alive and well.

Come on Harry. Just focus. The heat surrounding my body became intense and as much as I didn't want to hurt myself I thought it was the only way to get out of this predicament. My body hated being harmed and my powers seemed to know how to protect it but now I was in control. This was my body and my powers and I was going to use them the way that I wanted to now.

I could feel my hands start to shake and my body began to burn under the intense heat of the fire. I couldn't see anything but I was sure that my whole body was nearly engulfed in flames by this point.

Fuck this hurts so bad. Come on you stupid body. Come on.

I screamed out in agony and immediately the fire went out. I sat up, taking fast breaths as the pain started to slowly dissipate. Once I no longer felt like my flesh was burning off of my body I got up off of the ground. I could smell the dead bodies all around me. Probably the bodies of Simon and his small army of morons. Anyone who would follow someone so foolish must have been out of their bloody mind.

"Hello?", I coughed out, finding that my throat was raspy and sore. "Is anyone in here?"

My voice echoed through the tunnels with no response. I found the nearest wall and began to follow it hoping that it would lead me to the way out of the never ending cavern. After what felt like an hour or so of searching for the way out I realized that it would be nearly impossible to get out of here. I could be stuck in this damn place forever.

"Help me!", I shouted as loud as I could, hoping that someone would hear me.

I leaned against the wall and slid to the ground, putting my head in my hands. This was useless. I really was going to die in this place. I was going to die alone. Tears began to pour out of the eyes that I couldn't open. I knew that if I fought Simon this could happen but I didn't realize how unprepared I was to live a life without Zayn. He was the only one that I ever truly loved and now the last thing he would remember of me was a stake to the heart.

"Harry? Are you in here?"

Liam? I quickly got to my feet, "Liam is that you? I'm here!"

I heard Liam running towards me and suddenly we were hugging, "I was so worried about you mate. We all were. We thought you were a goner for sure. Louis wanted me to check the tunnels one last time before we got too far away."

"Thank you Liam. Thank you for coming back.", I cried.

He pulled back, putting his hands on my shoulders, "Don't worry. You're safe now. Let's get you out of here. There's someone that's dying to see you."

Liam hoisted me up onto his back and within minutes we were out of the cave. Liam was the fastest vampire that I had ever met. The fresh air on my skin felt like I was being born again. I had never felt something so relieving. I knew that Liam was an enemy before but something about being next to him made me feel safe. I was sure that I could trust him no matter what.

"Oh my god! Harry is that you?", I heard Louis scream from a distance.

It was so nice hearing him again. Suddenly I was being taken off of Liam's back and embraced by Louis. I hadn't seen him in so long and it was nice to finally have my best friend back with me.

"I missed you so much man.", Louis smiled. "Don't ever go missing again you wanker."

I chuckled, "I won't. I promise." A moment passed before Louis released me from our hug. My voice become soft, "Louis? Is he..."

Louis grabbed my hand in his, "Come with me." We walked for a little bit, leaves crunching underneath our feet. There was a slight wind blowing the trees and birds were chirping all around us. Louis stopped moving and I followed suit, "Now be careful ok? There's a lot of roots sticking out of the ground and stuff so just mind where you walk."

I nodded and a big smile spread across my face when I heard his beautiful voice, "Niall I said I'm fine. I just want to go help Louis find Harry. Please just let me go."

"Zayn...", tears were welling up in my eyes again. I just couldn't help it. After everything that had happened I really didn't think that I would ever see my Zayn again.

"Haz! Oh my god Hazza!", he sounded elated.

Pure joy was coursing through my veins as his arms wrapped around me. Feeling him so close to me, our chests pressed together, just felt like home. My fingers tangled in his hair and my face buried in the crook of his neck. What more could I possibly want out of life? This right here was the most perfect a life could possibly get.

"Alright you two. You both need to rest. You can embrace each other some other time.", Louis scoffed.

We pulled apart and I felt Zayn's lips on mine. Nothing could be better.

Louis separated us and escorted me to a clear spot on the ground, "Lay down. There's a stream not too far. You need to be cleaned up a bit. You look like you've been in an explosion. Soot all over you."

I did as I was told because once Louis got in one of his moods there was no point in fighting with him. I heard Zayn lie down next to me and he put his hand in mine.

"I was so damn worried about you."

I sighed, "I'm sorry I did what I did to you. I wanted to tell you the plan but I just couldn't find a way. Hurting you was ju-"

Zayn cut me off, "I understand. You don't have to explain. I'm proud of you Haz. You were so brave back there. You were amazing."

I smiled, "Thanks Z. I love you so much."

He squeezed my hand harder, "I love you too."

Louis came back with a wet cloth and began cleaning the ashes off of my face. I hadn't realized how much was on me until I felt it come off. It felt so wonderful. Louis ran the cloth over my eyes and they became much lighter.

I slowly opened my eyes and they grew wide, "Holy fuck!"

The boys replied in unison, "What?"

I turned towards Zayn and there were the tears again. There he was, just as beautiful as I had remembered him. Just pure perfection.

"I can see."