Chapter 77: Chapter 77

Kayden's POV

My chest was hurting. I heard Heaven's voice call out to me. I didn't have the strength to reach out to her. I was short of breath as well, and I felt congested before seeing total darkness.

Suddenly, I opened my eyes only with blinding white lights. The entire room was covered with white. There was nothing else I could see.

No colors, no chairs, no tables. Just a completely white environment, which was somehow fuggy.

I kept on moving forward, in an attempt to find the exit. But, it felt as if I was going nowhere. Indeed, I had no final destination.

Devastated and lost for ideas, I sat on the floor with my head buried in my knees.

"Kayden! Kayden!" I heard someone call out to me. It was that same sweet feminine voice that I hadn't heard for years.

I raised my head, to see where the voice was coming from. And my eyes soon stopped at a distance. Not hesitating, I ran towards her with speed.

Funny enough, my powers no longer worked. She might have seemed close to me but she was very far away, and my legs were getting tired. But, I didn't stop, maybe I knew it might be the last time I will ever see her again.

"Mum" I hugged her, the moment I managed to get to where she stood. She looked at me with so many tears in her eyes and planted a k*ss on my forehead.

"You have grown up so much" she laughed and cried at the same time.

"I miss you so much, mum. You left me, to be all by myself" I complained to her, acting like a little child.

"That's not true, you have your aunt and uncle to look after you" she smiled at me, rubbing her palms on my face like I was still a little boy.

"Yeah…k*ll me you mean" I frowned at her, and she laughed.

"You have become such a strong prince, and I am sure you are going to make a great king one day" she reminded me, while we both took a seat.

Where did the chair even come from, this place is weird.

"Mum, where is this?" I asked her, and she gave a faint smile.

"The land of the dead, you are in hell my son," she said, and when she noticed how I wasn't bothered when she said the word "hell", she was a bit shocked.

"You aren't scared of hell?" She frowned at me.

"You are here with me. Is dad also here?" I asked her, and she pressed her lips.

"Yes, but he is busy, '' she smiled at me.

I became silent for a while before I raised my head and finally talked to her.

"I don't want to go back there. I just want to stay here, where it is just you, me, and dad. I am a tired mum" I cried out, I am sure she didn't expect such an amount of tears flowing from my eyes, but neither did I.

"No, my son, you can't stay here. You will have to go back for the sake of your mate, your kingdom, and your sister" She was so happy telling me all this.

"I don't have a mate. The same kingdom you talk about me ruling, Alex wants to be king, so I'll let him have it. Elora will be fine, she is no longer a child, and hence doesn't need my guidance.

I don't think she even loves me. "I was sad to tell her the last part.

Lately, Elora has been giving me attitude, saying so many hurtful words to me. As a brother to her, I do try my best to make up for the situation we find ourselves in, but I feel like to her, I am just not doing enough.

"You and I both know Alex can't be king. He will make a mess of the kingdom, suffering, and pain will be the anthem.

Your sister Elora is still very young and naive, she is just 15 years old, and is yet to become a full-grown woman, by the time she grows up like you. She will understand the reason behind all you have been doing for her.

Just endure, it's only a matter of a few years'' she spoke so flawlessly, and with so much grace. She still sounded like the queen she used to be while she was still alive.

"And my mate?" I raised an eyebrow at her.

"Your mate is the reason you are here. She is in a terrible condition, and since your blood is in her.

Your lives are connected, you will have to feel the pain she feels'' She spoke again, and this time she drove me into more confusion.

How can she tell me my mate is in a horrible condition? And isn't it unfair that I have to feel pain when she does, why hasn't she been feeling my pain?.

"I know what you must be thinking, son. I don't mean that you will always feel her pain, just when she is in very deep pain, a pain she needs to share with someone" she said.

"I have been in so much pain before. I needed to share with someone and she wasn't there with me, so I am still on the losing end" I rolled my eyes, at my unfortunate luck.

I feel like I have been cursed to live with bad luck for the rest of my life.

"Wait! Mum, Heaven is fine" I suddenly let out an outburst.

"Kayden, Heaven is not your mate" she spoke softly, making gentle strokes on my hair.

"She is your wife, but not your mate. You may only be together for a few more months" my mum broke my heart

I know that I didn't have that much of a heart, but I still wanted to give our relationship a chance.

"So who is my mate? The one I will spend the rest of my life with? and how did she become my mate? Can I choose another mate for myself?" I kept asking my mum too many questions.

"I can't tell you who your mate is. You marked her yourself at the club'" she raised an eyebrow.

"You can change, but it's a very complicated process" she answered and suddenly vanished.

"I'll be back, your dad needs me" she returned for like two minutes and disappeared again.

Jason's POV

My legs were shaking, as the scenes of what happened the previous night flashed through my memory. I held my heels, trying to sneak back in with a banging head.

"And where are you coming from?" I heard a feminine voice as my room lights went on.

There I met my mum, patiently waiting for my arrival.

"Are you going to answer me or are you going to remain mute?!" My mum scolded me when he noticed my unnecessarily prolonged silence.

"I…I …I…" I continued to stammer, swallowing my own words. She looked at me with a disappointed face and shook her head.

"You are just good for nothing. I can't believe I spent 9 months carrying you, and another 5 hours trying to bring you out.

I should have just done yoga, at least I would have had a nice figure and probably ended up becoming a model" my mum's hands flew to her face.