Sexting With A Vampire
Chapter 119

Rebecca

Is this the end?

After speaking, the more enormous white dragon charges up a blast of light inside its mouth. It all happens fast, yet time seems to stop to let me take in the scene. Is this a moment best explained as "life passed before my eyes"?

It must be.

Stella is yelling in the background. I can also pick up on Greta calling my name while Evan and Raphael shout something that doesn't register in my brain. What are they saying?

Not that it matters.

They can't help us. Raphael is injured from the battle with William. There is nothing he can do, and Evan is staying by his side, probably too worn out to help us. We might be doomed.

The enormous light dragon is settled on us, and the beam fires off from its jaws. I close my eyes on instinct while William raises his wing to shield us from the blast. I'm terrified.

My mate growls in pain, and I scream as the mate-bond allows me to feel the burn he is experiencing. It tears me apart from within, and tears stream down my eyes. William is in terrible pain. Tortured.

White flames surround us, and William's feathers are burnt to crisps. He is hanging on by the skin of his teeth. And I'm shaking from the pain I know he is enduring for our sake. He is so brave.

But I know he can't keep protecting us forever.

"William!" I sob and hold on to him tighter. "We have to get away from that blast! Look at your wings!"

William uses telepathy to speak to me. 'I'm afraid we can't get away. There isn't a break between the attacks long enough for us to escape, and I'm tired... "Then what should we do?!"

'I love you. You must know that, Rebecca. Remember that.'

"That wasn't part of the question!"

William laughs inside my head, though the sound is bittersweet.

'I love you so much.'

Why does William keep saying that?!

The winds are blowing, and the bright flames make me shut my eyes while tears flow down my cheek.

I can't open my eyes. I would go blind if I did.

All I can do is hold on to William's black mane to prevent myself from being blown away from the field.

The white dragon is strong and continues to blast and attack us with his white flames. I fear for William's life. And also for my own and our baby's safety.

"William... I'm scared."

'Don't be scared. I'm working on something. And again, I must tell you that I love you, Rebecca. You're the love of my life. The most beautiful woman that I've ever met. Inside and out!

"Why are you telling me this?!" I yell. My heart is pounding in my ears and shattering more and more as I speak. "Now isn't the time to declare your love for me!"

'It is time for that,' William's laughter is pained. 'Because the spell I'm working on right now... Let's just say I have no idea what the consequences might be.'

"What the heck are you talking about?!"

The light dragon keeps blasting at us, showing no sign of stopping its vicious attack.

I press myself against William, screaming when my skin burns like I've been set on fire. William is shielding me with his wing, but there is no getting away from the heat.

Even Stella, Greta, and Kit are suffering from the light. The blast is so strong that the flowers on the ground are getting burnt.

Evan and Raphael are screaming while trying to get further away from the white flames taking over the meadow.

"William, Rebecca! You have to get away from there!" Evan yells at us at the top of his lungs. "You're going to die!"

"The blast is too powerful!" Raphael growls. "Get away from the white dragon! You must try!"

I peer up at William. "William... We have to get away... I can't... The heat is too much, and the baby..."

'I can't take us away from here. If I stopped focusing on protecting us, we would die before I could teleport us away. And I can't stop the time. Nathaniel prevents that... "So what do we do?!"

His large glowing eyes appear sad. 'I can't defeat Nathaniel Saint. Not in my current state... So I intend on removing his angelic powers, but that spell will take so much of my power that I'm unsure what will happen. The consequences might be grave! I sob. "How grave?"

There is a sigh inside my head. 'I love you, Rebecca.

William suddenly howls, and the light is forced back by a purple light. But while it's happening, William is glowing.

My eyes widen, and I gasp in shock when I realize he is fragmenting, disappearing before my eyes.

"William, I don't like this!" I shout at him in panic. "Why are you becoming see-through?!"

His dragon wolf tilts its head and peers down at me with affection in its warm gaze. 'I love you.

"NO!" I shout. "STOP TELLING ME THAT AND TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON?! WHY ARE YOU DISAPPEARING?!"

'Because stripping Nathaniel off his powers means sacrificing myself. I'm not powerful enough to do it without using my entire arsenal to defeat him.'

"YOU'RE SACRIFICING YOURSELF?!"

'Yes.'

"You can't do that! You're about to become a dad! Wasn't there another freaking way?!"

William laughs softly. 'Don't go back in time.'

I freeze. "What do you mean?!"

'I regret nothing, Rebecca," William is almost entirely gone. I can't feel him any longer, and only his eyes are left. 'I was able to be with you, and we have a baby. I'm happy!

In the background, I can hear Nathaniel Saint shriek in horror. He has returned to his human form and is shouting at his powers being gone. I don't pay him any attention, though.

My whole focus is on William, who is almost gone. His eyes are so loving that my heart cracks further. There is a jarring feeling in my chest, one that I can't get rid of.

We were supposed to have a future together. Raise our child, and always smile and be happy.

I was looking forward to parenthood.

Late nights and barely getting any sleep, but it would be all worth it because we would be together. Me, William, and our sweet baby-we would be a happy family. Now that dream is shattered.

I close my eyes and shout. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO STILL BE WITH ME, WITH US! WITH YOUR FAMILY!"

William sighs, and then he entirely disappears with the words, 'I love you,' echoing inside my head. The only thing left of his is one purple feather that lands in my palm.

I stare down at it, and then I crumble to pieces. William is gone, and there is still one white dragon left.

Nathaniel growls at it. "I'm not sure what is happening, but we must end that woman, Leo! Attack her!"

Leo hesitates, which makes his dad growl.

"What are you waiting for, you stupid boy?! Attack! Do you want to be punished later?! These people are dangerous!"

Leo opens his mouth, and I glare at him. William's feather is pressed to my chest, and I tighten my hold of it. I meet Leo's eyes and whatever he sees on my face has him flinching.

It must be my grief. But the sadness I feel doesn't last long. It turns into a full-fledged rage as my eyes lower to Nathaniel Saint. He is this long-haired, blonde alpha, and he is panting. Naked.

Weak.

And a murderer.

I hate Nathaniel Saint.

"You did this..." I whisper as a smile takes over my lips because I've finally snapped. "You killed William!"

My anger is turning into power. I've never been able to control my lycan in this timeline, but my grief fuels my veins.

I crave blood.

Nathaniel's frightened eyes flash to mine, but his reaction is too late.

I shape-shift into a lycan within seconds, driven by my grief, and jump over the bastard who murdered my mate. I can hear Leo gasp in the background, but I don't care that he is in pain. I just want to watch the world burn by my feet, and I don't care if I kill the father of this child.

Leo's emotions don't matter. Not when his people, the Snowmoon pack, attacked us first!

Nathaniel Saint murdered my future husband!

He is a terrible person, and I will deliver justice!

I feel no guilt as I pierce Nathaniel Saint's chest and rip out his heart with my claws. Somewhere in my head, I hear the moon goddess sigh, but I don't care about her either. William had done nothing wrong. He didn't deserve to die!

My mate was a demon but also a good person. Or at least he was trying to become a better person!

We were going to become a happy family of three!

Growling, I drop Nathaniel Saint's heart on the ground and meet Leo's eyes without blinking. He might be a wolf dragon, angelic and mighty, but I will fight him too if I have to! I've had enough!

I clench William's feather in my clawed paw and unleash a ferocious battle cry. It's time for the other angelic bastard to die!

I'm about to lunge at Leo, but I freeze when I notice he has turned back into a human. He is standing there, looking at me with saddened eyes and hesitation visible over his features.

"I didn't think... I didn't know..." Leo sobs, bringing his hands to rub at the tears running down his face. He is just a kid. "Dad said we were only going to defeat the demon alpha for his territory... Not kill him... I didn't want to hurt anyone... But if you want to kill me, go ahead..."

I growl at the kid, but I'm unable to kill him because he is just a kid.

I turn back into a human and hug William's black feather to my chest, only to gasp in shock when the whole ground shakes underneath my feet.

Cracks are forming and spreading over the field like thunder. Even the skies are dark and filled with ominous storm clouds.

"What is happening?!" I shout.

I look around, surprised when I find Stella standing behind me. The winds are blowing, and she meets my eyes with her red hair fanning around her neck.

"William was keeping the demons at bay," she yells at me while the winds howl and whistle. "Without him repressing them and holding them back, they are finally free to attack!"

Leo gasps. "William was keeping back other demons?"

"That's right," Stella says. "My son was one of the good ones, and it was unwise to come for him."

"But why-he was a demon!" Leo yells. "And demons are bad!"

"Not all of them! William was a good demon, you i***t!" I shout at Leo with tears in my voice. I'm hurting all over. "William was protecting this whole city, and now he is gone!"

Lep flinches at my voice, and guilt washes over his features. He looks uncertain of what to do, but my focus is taken away from him when I realize Greta, Kit, Evan, and Raphael are standing by our side. Nora is here too, and she is glaring at Leo. "Since you caused this s**t show, shorty, you should be the one to fix this! Use your angelic powers!"

"Shorty?!" Leo glares at her. "I'm a late-bloomer, and you will regret calling me that, you ugly duckling!"

"Whatever!" Nora yells back with tears in her eyes. "We don't have time to argue! Use your angelic powers to close the crack to hell underneath your freaking feet!"

Leo appears baffled. "How?!"

"Uh, guys? I think we have a bigger problem..." Evan points down at the crack. Lava is bubbling up from it, and a demon made of flames and lava climbs up from the depths of it.

My lips part in terror.

The demon stands on two hooves, and while its upper body is that of a human, it's huge and ugly. Horns are sprouting out from its head, and its whole body is red. It's burning all over, and am upsidedown heart-shaped tail swooshes from side to side. Black leather-clad wings.

Black horns.

Black eyes.

Stella grips my shoulder. "This isn't good. That demon is Satan... One of the seven demons princes from hell."