Chapter 59: Chapter 59

Samantha's POV

It's been days since that incident and I haven't heard nor seen Damien, I was alive but the pain inside of me wouldn't let me live, I was just a shadow of myself, I caught myself crying most times at odd places, one day, I was walking down the road and saw a couple, holding hands and looking all loved up, I suddenly wished it was I and Damien and then, I remembered that he was gone from my life forever, tears trickled down my cheeks without me realizing it, a passerby had to express her sympathy towards my state before I realized that I had been crying, I hurt so badly and I regretted ever falling in love. I had never fallen in love before and now that I did, it had to be with a man who was still so much in love with his dead fiancee.

I was walking on the road on my way home, I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realize I had entered the main road, the steady honk of a car jerked me from my reverie and in an attempt to move out of the way, I fell by the wayside, I felt that the world is against me, I made no attempt to stand up as I sat down there crying, I was feeling so miserable, "Damien you're the cause of all these, why did you do this to me, why make me fall in love with you?" I wailed. The car had stopped a few meters away and was coming back, it stopped right in front of me and the door opened, "do you want to get yourself killed" Dylan's angry voice came towards me but immediately soften when he realized that I was crying, "are you hurt? His tone was filled with concern and I shook my head, still crying, he dipped his hand and brought out his handkerchief, I quickly grabbed it, muttering my thanks and sniffing on it before dabbing my eyes with it, offering his hand to me, I stood up and followed him to his car, "so, why were you in that state?" I swallowed, thinking of what to tell him, I can't possibly tell him that I had fallen for his friend who was still in love with his dead fiancee, he would see me as an idiot, "I...I...I..." I racked my brain but no word seem to pop up.

"it's okay if you don't wish to disclose it but if I may ask, is there anything I can do to help?" I shook my head and looked away from him, I stared through the window at the scenery, although I was so preoccupied with my thoughts that I wasn't seeing anything, Dylan must be feeling terrible, with Ariana not being able to accept him and stuff, I wondered how he managed to overcome the pain, I just couldn't get over Damien, "get down" I stared at Dylan confused, "I said, get down" I looked around where we are, I couldn't even see clearly because it was covered with mist but I know this is surely not my house nor his house, "where are we?"

"Walk straight to the house down there, Damien lives there" my eyes widened at the implications of his word, he had brought me to Damien's house, he couldn't even begin to imagine how thankful I felt, that was thoughtful of him, I came down from the car and waved at him as he drove away before walking down to the house he had pointed to me.

Dylan's POV

I watched from the rearview mirror as she walked towards the house I had shown her, Chase would not be happy at my dare but I don't care, I just couldn't bear to watch my friend in that horrible condition any longer and he had refused to acknowledge the fact that he had fallen in love. I felt pity too for Samantha when I saw her crying by the roadside, this is madness, two people in love but not accepting it, I understood the pain she must be going through, I wished I could cry also but crying wouldn't make me feel better, it wouldn't remove this piercing and suffocating pain in my heart, only the presence of Ariana could do that. No matter what it takes, I'll get rid of all those bitterness and anger from her heart.

Damien's POV

I sat down back in a huff on my sofa, this was the third time I had carried my key to go to Samantha's but I kept refraining myself, I gulped down the glass on water on my table in a single gulp, I couldn't deny the fact that I have missed her so...and had been feeling miserable ever since the last time I saw her, I had felt bad at first about the lovemaking but damnit, I had enjoyed every bit of it, that day, I had gone to Ophelia's grave and apologized to her and also bade her goodbye, I had been shocked at the dust I saw on her grave, a reminder of my neglect and proof that it had been long since I last visited her grave just because I had been busy with Sam, I had felt a renewed guilt as I knelt down beside it, placing the jasmine flowers I had brought by the side, I made sure to clean her grave and then place the flowers on it, I had stood there just staring at her grave and thinking of how we used to be, "I'm sorry that I haven't come to see you for quite some time now, I have been kinda busy, but that wasn't an excuse, so I'm sorry" kneeling down beside the grave, I had gently rub my hands on it, "I wished I could see you right now, if only for a second, I have a lot of things to say to you, like how I now have a new friend" I had smiled, as memories of Sam on the first time I had seen her, all fiery and swearing, I shook my head, "she was a pain in the ass you know, always looking for a fight, but she turned out to be okay, she's the first friend I had made since you left" I sighed, heavy hearted, rubbing gently on the grave and tears threatening to spill "I've missed you Ophelia, I have kept you alive in my heart and soul" I took a deep breath and clear my clogged throat, so that I could say everything in my heart, to let up all the pain inside of me, "but now it's time to let go" I choked on my words, the tears finally spilling, "to let you rest in peace my belove, I found someone but I couldn't just dive right in because memory of you kept me bound to you, I promise you that she's good but always know that she's not coming to be a substitute nor to replace you, both of you have your places in my heart. I promise I'll bring her to you when I finally found the courage to face her, I have hurt her a lot already. Rest in peace, my love". I stood up and cleaned my eyes with my fingers, I suddenly felt so refreshed and calm, I was at peace with myself because I now know what direction to go but here I am, days after that episode, still chickening out on going to see her. My head suddenly snapped up, I perceived her scent just before a light knock sounded on my door.

Damnit, what was she doing here? I rushed towards the door and opened it, for a moment, I forgot to breathe, my tongue-tied mouth just hung open she was standing there, looking lost and uncertain, she had worn a yellow summer dress, she kept putting back her curly hair which was flying over the place, beautiful would be the word used to describe her, she licked her lips, "hmmm, hi"

"What the hell are you doing here" I bit back and could have knocked myself on the head for my reaction, I didn't mean to sound that way but damn, our Alpha is cruel and certainly does not entertain humans in our pack, he has no problem of we going to the human world, but bringing a human here is prohibited by him and might cost the life of the human, "won't you invite me in?"

"No! How did you come here?"

"Hmmm, Mr. Dylan brought me here, I only want to talk to you" I frowned, why the hell will Dylan bring her here, he knew about how cruel chase could be and what could happen to her, " let's go somewhere and talk" I nudged her to where my car was packed, she looked hurt but complied. We walked the short distance to where I had parked my car in silence, she shivered and I noticed how light her gown was, damn, the pack world is different from the human world, it's colder and harsher than theirs, I pulled my jacket and placed it around her and she mumbled "thanks", we got to my car and much to my chagrin, my car now has a flat tire. Had Chase already sniffed her out? Of cause, he has eyes everywhere, my eyes scanned around but saw nobody, "come, I know a short cut" I couldn't stop the urgency in my voice and she must have felt that something was not right because she suddenly looked a bit scared, we had only walked a few meters when the first arrow landed just a step from our feet.

Ariana's POV

"Take this" I stared at the dagger that Eric was handing to me, as soon as he had regained consciousness, he had spent all his time making this dagger, he had said it wasn't an ordinary dagger as it was made from chants and spells woven around it, also, a wolfsbane poison had been used to work on it, I slowly took the dagger and stared at it, "you will have to stab him this, right on his chest, against his heart, that way I promise you that your mother's killer will be dead forever" finally, my mom will rest in peace when I have avenged her death, "his press conference is two days away, you should do it then" I frowned, "why not now?"

"Don't be too hasty, he deserved to die a disgraceful death, his true form will be revealed when you stab him and the world will know what a filth Dylan Sabastine is" I nodded, liking his idea, two days from now, Dylan Sabastine will be dead and gone forever.