I stared at his lifeless body. Tears fell on my glasses. I cried with Amara, Lyra and Belle. Raelynn sobbed as well. Belle shook his body and screamed. Hellen didn't seem sorry, she acted as if this was our punishment.
My childhood friend was gone. He had been murdered. My chest tightened and I choked on my tears.
"This can't happen. He can't leave." Belle sobbed. "I want him back." She looked at the sky and yelled to the Stars, "Give him back!"
With whatever life was left in my body I moved her away, she kicked and thrashed. Amara and Lyra helped her let her cry into them.
"I'm sorry," Hellen said with no emotion. I was too hurt to retort. Capricorn's Stars dimmed above, Hydra grew larger. I cursed and spat on the Constellation. Anthony cleaned the blood off his chin and pressed his eyes closed, stardust falling from them. He got a cloth and covered his face with it.
"No!" Belle ran forward. "Why are you doing that to him? Get away from him!" She cried on his chest.
"Are you satisfied now?" she yelled to Hellen, breaking the sound of sobs. Hellen looked at her with hatred and hid in her tent.
Belle wailed, even Nathan comforted her.
With reluctance, his eyes glistening, Anthony spoke, "We need to take the body to Crimsyn State."
I nodded, wiping my face. We put his body in a bag. Belle begged us to see him one last time.
"She'll only get worse, don't show her," Phoenix warned, sniffing. Anthony made arrangements for a vehicle to get us to Crimsyn State.
"Please," Belle begged, her eyes swollen. "Please let me go with you. I want to." She cried in her hands, muffling her sobs. Amara and the twins consoled each other. Phoenix was clutching Raelynn. I looked at Belle with pity, I felt compelled to take care of Belle. My eyes stung and I embraced Belle, letting her sob into my chest.
Amara and Lyra insisted on going with me and Anthony. Phoenix and Raelynn too, Nathan didn't argue though. We drove in silence. At the burial Belle lost it. It was the first time I saw Phoenix embrace someone and try to calm them down. My tears fell on Tristan's body as he lay on the earth and one by one we covered him with dirt. Tristan's mom went first, then me, Anthony, Nathan, Raelynn, Phoenix, Lyra and Lyla. We turned to Belle lastly, she picked up the shovel and patted his grave with the dirt.
Tristan's mom cried as much as Belle. They both held each other. We lost a friend and a mother lost her children. Tristan's father would be dead too, in Capricornus along with the remaining Capricorns.
"Should we stay for the night?" Anthony asked me.
"Yeah." I nodded.
"I'm staying permanently," Nathan announced. We both glared at him. "I'm sorry, I'm just not cut out for it. I can't be a soldier."
I exchanged looks with Anthony. "Nathan," I spoke through my teeth. "I just buried my friend so please..." My voice broke.
"We will talk in the morning," Anthony told him. We passed Alfred's grave and Belle fell to her knees.
"They're gone! They're all gone..." She whispered with wide eyes. We helped her to the girls' room with difficulty.
The quietness of Crimsyn State only made me more depressed. There were close to no people here anymore, mostly dead, stripped of their Constellations.
Amara demanded we leave before breakfast since Belle hadn't slept and had cried until she passed out. I gathered everyone except Nathan. he wouldn't even leave the room.
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When Stars Fall(The Last Star Trilogy #3)
Fantastik"That explains the color of the sky." I looked up. "It didn't change that much. Now it goes red from time to time." Another statement I shouldn't have said. "That's because of the shooting Stars." Lydia coughed, trying to defend her father's mistake...
