The Shattered Crown (A Caraval Fanfic)

Broken Hearts

Tella collapsed on the ground, the spell broken for the final time. She smiled. "I love you too, Legend," she said.

  But the problem was that Tella was technically still married to Jacks.  Jacks seemed to know this, too, for instead of looking worried, he had an evil grin on his face.

  The only way to unbound them would be to kill Jacks.  Legend and Tella both knew they were going to do that.  Tella had a new hate towards Jacks, a renewed and fresh interest in destroying him once and for all.

Legend pulled a large knife out of his pocket.  Jacks had a weird face, almost as if he couldn't be killed.  But he very much could be, because he was no longer immortal.

  Jacks simply smiled as Legend lunged out at him with the knife.  The knife wedges itself into Jacks' heart.  The Prince of Hearts was dead.  His heart was beating just as much as it had before Donatella came into his life.  Nothing at all.

  Legend wanted to celebrate that his enemy was dead, but he was more concerned with Tella.  She had fallen onto the ground in utter pain, crying softly.

  Legend figured that the side effects would wear off soon because Jacks was dead, but how wrong he was.

  Jacks was on the ground and Tella eventually got up and walked away from the scene of the crime with Legend.  Tears filled her eyes, but it was worth it.  Jacks was gone, never to haunt her again.  But she knew Jacks would always haunt her mind.  That she'd always have a heavy heart.  She would never be safe.