The Rebel
Chapter 60

The Battlefield (flashback 2)

Logan’s POV

I did everything I could, every cell in my body vibrating. But it wasn’t enough.

His heart wasn’t beating.

“No… This… Can’t happen! I won’t let you die, Vera. »

My vision was getting blurry with my tears as I tried again.

“Aaaaaahhh. »

A scream escaped my lips as I felt my arms go numb, my nerves vibrating with the intensity of the energy I was focusing on his body.

” Come on ! Come on, Vera! I

said, slapping my palms on his chest. I tried to get his heart pumping, to give him enough energy to make a single diastolic movement, a single beat to help him heal.

But it was becoming impossible, I could feel my own heart slowing down with fatigue.

Moving my head in a no, I screamed again only to cry harder. His eyes… His innocent eyes… were now hollow, dark pools.

“Veraaaaaaa!” »

I screamed when I felt I wasn’t strong enough to save her.

“I failed her… I failed… My powers…” I wasn’t strong enough…

But I couldn’t stop… “No… I can’t stop before my last breath. Not caring about the burning sensation in my hands and the cry of my wolf in my mind.

I continued.

Heat spread through my mind, I heard my wolf howl. It was too much for him… He couldn’t survive such high temperatures.

I thought about stopping for a few seconds, when my wolf screamed in my mind.

” Do it ! Don’t stop now! She will surely die then!

But you… You can die!

Let me do. »

Those were the only words he spoke and I opened my eyes.

That was my last cry and after that I found the darkness spreading.

My vision blurred, but she continued to stare at me with her lifeless eyes.

I couldn’t do anything anymore.

I was going to die with her if I had to.

Gathering the last bit of energy left in me, I was about to release it.

Suddenly, a warm hand on my arm held me back.

Startled, I looked up to see Arthur standing there. In the circle of yellow lights that surrounded us.

” Here. Take my energy, my son. You can’t do it alone. »

I was reluctant. Even though I knew it was the only solution now.

” Are you sure ? »

I asked and he looked sadly at Vera’s lifeless body. A tear left his eye and he finally looked at me and nodded.

“I’ve never been so sure. »

And with that, he placed both hands on my forearms and I didn’t waste another second.

I focused all the energy on my palms and placed them on his chest.

I let it flow.

I felt her leave my body and enter hers. I heard my wolf howl in my mind, burning in flames.

I saw Arthur’s orbs turn completely white, his body engulfed in amber flames.

But I couldn’t stop.

“Ahhhhhhhhh. »

Screaming one last time, I let everything fall.

The flames reached my arms, but I paid them no attention.

And just when I thought I had lost everything, I heard a “thump”.

My hands remained still and my mind remained blank. Too happy to understand anything or believe if it was true.

I heard another “thump”, followed by others.

My struggles proved victorious. I could not believe it !

I lost all my strength and the dark spots blinded my senses.

Too weak to understand anything, I let it envelop me.

And then I landed on the ground with a thud.

A smile played on my lips as I heard his dull thud ring in my ears and my own heart slowed its beat.

She was alive.

I healed her and there is nothing more a dying man could wish for in his last wish.

I made a wish for you, Vera, for your life.

And I got it.

Now it didn’t matter what happened to me.

After all, what is love without some clashes.

And what is a war without some sacrifices.

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In the present

She remained standing in the silence of the cemetery, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand.

It was quite cold that day and his hands were frozen.

She swallowed when she saw the words written on the headstones. The names made her feel the same feeling of being struck inside a hundred times, even though it had already been so many years.

The late King Arthur Knight and Queen Knight

Length of reign: 1955 – 2016

: 1960 – 1993

She has been there to greet her mother thousands of times before. But it was the first time she had gone there to speak with him, her father.

” Good evening dad. How are you ? »

She started the conversation, trying to be natural. Blinking to remove the tears from the edges of her eyelashes.

“Sorry, I couldn’t come sooner. Obligations kept me busy.

You must understand this, after all you took on this responsibility for 20 years yourself. »

She chuckled to herself, trying to make things more relaxed.

She hid her smile a few seconds later, leaving the bouquet on their tombstone, she closed her eyes. His hands reached out to feel the cold granite beneath his fingers.

But surprisingly it didn’t seem to be cold, instead it felt like home.

” I received your letter. Arthur gave it to me. »

As she said this, she took out a piece of paper from her pocket.

“And I read it again. For the 100th time today. »

Opening the folds, she cleared her throat, ready to read it aloud.

The ink had lost its luster over time.

But the emotions remained fresh, raw and capable of burning her insides like the very first time she read the letter.

“Dear daughter, Maybe you will replace this letter when I am no longer here with you. But what could I have done?

I couldn’t say these words to you when I was still alive.

I didn’t have the courage to tell you them while looking into your eyes.

That’s why I decided to write them.

All these years, you never stopped asking me one thing.

For what ?

And today I’m going to give you the answer.

Why did I hurt your mother.

I was a coward, Vera, I was weak, my love for her was weak.

I was a pathetic person who didn’t trust his partner, who thought she had betrayed him. I was a person who used physical force to break it and get the truth.

I was a sick, possessive man who couldn’t understand her love for him.

I was a person who kept breaking her, thinking he was protecting her.

Without knowing that what he gave her was not love, but a prison.

Which kept suffocating her, the walls kept closing in on her.

Until she left me to be just a memory.

Your mother was much stronger than me, she was invincible. She gave me everything, but I couldn’t give her anything in return.

Except you.

Yes, you, Vera. You were his greatest treasure. His comfort, his only reason for living.

Your mother wasn’t weak enough to kill herself, Vera. I knew her, she would never do it.

And no matter what happened, she would never have left you.

I knew that about her.

And that’s where I investigated, to try to replace out who did it. She was poisoned, Vera, and all the years you thought I was rejecting you, it was because I was too lost to replace her killer.

I was not your father, Vera, during this period, I was just a companion whose soul’s love was killed.

And I found this person. I found and eliminated the very existence of this person.

She was Logan’s mother.

She doubted the relationship between Logan’s father and your mother, and she did it to kill her.

Tell me, Vera, what could I have done.

So I ended his life, that of his companion.

Logan’s family.

I destroyed everything except their son.

Logan.

Your companion.

I didn’t tell you that to hate him, even he doesn’t know that. But if I tell you, it’s because

I need you to accept it.

What his mother did is not what he should pay for. I need you to not see it as the sin of your mother’s murderer.

But an innocent 5 year old boy, who saw his entire family being massacred before his eyes.

A boy who never received the love of his parents, a boy who lost his innocence in the hands of fate.

A boy who loves you, even if he’s never been loved.

He’s everything I’m not, Vera. He trusts you, he respects you, he values ​​your words and he appreciates you.

Something I could never give your mother.

Forgive me, my daughter, I could not be a good father to you. I couldn’t love you.

Losing your mother took everything from me.

But you ? You were the one my mistakes made me lose.

If possible, forgive me, Vera.

I saw your mother die before my eyes, but I couldn’t do anything.

But you ? If I am able to save you, I will think that your mother will forgive me.

I’m going to rest now, my daughter.

My daughter… The word sounds so good even if I don’t deserve it.

Take care of yourself, my Zara.

And thank you for opening my eyes.

You were right when you said.

You didn’t need a man.

Because you, my daughter, are the strongest woman I have ever seen. If only your mother and all women were as strong as you.

If only they knew their true value, a value for which a man’s testimony is not necessary.

If only they knew they were equal.

Take care of yourself, my child. Me and your mother will always be with you.

With all my love !

Your father.

Arthur Knight (AK)”

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PS: “I want you to do something for me, Vera. After I die, I want my body to be buried right next to your mother’s.

It’s the only way to be by her side, with her for eternity.

With us being equal, like grains in eroded sand.

Nothing more, nothing less.

But together, forever. »

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When she closed the letter, she looked silently at the drops of tears falling on the sheet of paper. paper.

These were followed by drops of rain.

“I forgive you, Dad. »

Those were the only words she said, oblivious to the raindrops falling on her. Feeling her legs weaken, she was about to fall and start sobbing by their headstones.

When two strong arms embraced her in their warmth, dissipating the tingles at their touch.

Without letting a drop of rain fall on her, he sheltered them in the shade of an umbrella he had brought.

“My lioness. »