Vesryn Pulse: Wrath of Xenon

CHAPTER 131: CATHEDRAL EXA

CHAPTER 131: CATHEDRAL EXA

XENON WINGATE

PRESENT DAY

I can’t control my tears falling down from my eyes. I can’t control the endless chill inside my spine. I can’t control the painful pulses coming from my beating heart. I can’t control the feeling of sadness going deep inside my soul.

I can’t control anything. I can’t do anything.

I can’t save my love.

“Serena… W-Why… What did you do…?” My jaws trembled as I forced it to mutter my words. I cradled the most beautiful dragonoid on my arms as I tried to check on her condition.

Her heart is no longer beating. I am not wrong about her life force going away from her body. I can feel a dark force from the core of her heart. The symptoms of having rotten black blood running from her lips, it is only evident that she is suffering from a Heartstopper Curse. But how!?

“I… I’m sorry, Xen…” Serena raised her hand and used her remaining strength to touch my wet cheeks with her gentle fingers. “Heart Transfer Magic… I saw how Nathaniel do it to save Danielle, so I thought I would do it with you too. I swapped… our hearts… after we retrieved you… You are already… possessing my heart when we had you interrogated…”

Serena coughed a few times then spoke again.

“I’m so happy… that it worked…” Serena forged a guilt-free smile that made me dive in a sea of sorrow. “...Please take care of my heart from now on… Xen…”

This is bad. Serena’s speaking patterns are getting slow. Her heart is no longer beating, and blood has stopped circulating on her brain. If this goes on, she will…

“Serena! Why!? Why did you do this!?” I cried out loud. “Death is the only fate for me! This is to atone for what I have done, for committing the sin of taking justice from my own hands! You did not have to die in my place!”

“No… Xen…” Serena closed her weak eyes, not able to maintain the strength to make it remain open. “This is my only gift to you… You have saved me several times already… If it wasn’t for you, I would be long dead back in Vanilla…”

Serena’s hands crawled until she finally caressed my hand. She held it the tightest, forcing her strength to focus on her fingers, with the intention of never letting go.

“This time… This time… I’ll be the one to save you… from your curse… my dear Senpai…”

“No no no no! Serena!” I cried out loud as I hugged her tight. The warmth of her body started to fade completely, and she’s nothing but a cadaver at this moment. She’s already dead. Only her willpower is forcing her to speak the words from the depths of her heart.

“Xen… I know that… I’m just a part of your life… but for me… you are my whole life… Thank you for taking care of me… Thank you… for understanding me… Thank you… for loving me… as a real person… and not a slave…”

“Serena…”

At this time, I just focused on giving warmth to my love’s body. I don’t want her to die. I don’t want her to disappear. But all I can do now is to be with her at her very last moments. All I can do now is to give her comfort and affection until the last picosecond of her life.

But her last words to me made me want to die with her. Her lips whispered a song to my ear that will be replayed for all eternity until the day of my end.