Serene and The Six Realms Chapter 192

Serene’s POV

(My dear readers, with a heavy heart I must say this is the last Chapter of my book, I would like to thank each and every one of you who stuck with till the end, who supported , unlocked my Chapters, and sent gifts, love you all.)

It was ti to return to The Institute, we needed to complete our first year which had been interrupted countless tis. Kilamin went with to see off and he also wanted to et Mariela Sensei.

A whole year had passed and it was my 19th birthday that day when I went back to UIMB. But it wasn’t the sa. We had lost so many people, we had lost comrades, we lost Arlo.

The ambiance of Hexum Realm was peaceful but my heart was not, its peace had been disrupted by his death and nothing brought solace anymore. They say ’ti heals all wounds’ but that hadn’t happened to after all this long.

People rejoiced and celebrated, and banquets were held in all the realms to commorate the sealing of the Dark Realm once again. We were deed heroes, and all bounties on my head were removed. I was free to visit any realm I wanted including Lycanus Realm.

"You alright," Kilamin asked looking at sideways as walked towards the main building of the Institute.

"Yes," I replied slowly.

"Serene," Ayrden called out to . She was already here and stood with Frela and the other girls on the grounds. I waved and made my way to them. Kilamin went on toward Mariela Sensei’s office.

We hugged each other.

"How are you?" Ayrden inquired.

"As sane as I can be considering everything," I replied with a sigh and she rubbed my arm, ensuring she was there.

"Ladies," we heard Ralph’s sing-song voice as he rushed towards us with a twinkle in his eyes with Zeph at his heels, dressed in all black as usual. His hair had grown an inch or two since the last ti I saw him.

He stopped in his tracks when our eyes t, I had refused to see or et him in the last two months. Distancing myself from him hurt more than I could take. Seeing him now my heart was becoming restless again, I had to find it in my heart to forgive him too, like I did Kilamin.

I didn’t know where we stood relationship-wise after everything that had transpired but at least I should forgive him and let him go if that was what he wanted. No one would want to be stuck with a girl who was plagued by the ghost of a dead man, my heart was devoid of reasoning for now.

"Serene, Serene," Ralph slightly shook my shoulder and I discovered he had been calling .

"Sorry," I tore my eyes from Zeph who seed to have pained look on his face, and focused on Ralph.

"How are you?" He asked softly, touching my shoulder.

"Alive," I mumbled and lowered my gaze.

"If you can find it in your heart, talk to Zeph. He is hurting just like you are, you people have been through enough," Ralph replied his gaze wandering between the two of us. Everyone else seed to have taken the cue and they mumbled to see inside and hurried away.

"I have nothing to say to him, Ralph. My heart is so dead right now, I have nothing to offer him," I replied with a sigh.

"Please! Serene, I understand how much you are hurting and you need the ti to heal. We are all here for that, for you," he gave a comforting hug and then he motioned to Zeph who moved like a zombie to take his place.

"Talk, both of you and let each of you heal the other, you are my best friend Zeph and you are my sister, it pains to see both of you like this," the solemn expression he held revealed to us the gravity of his words.

"She won’t talk to , she has reduced to a re stranger," Zeph complained in low voice. It jolted my heart.

"She will," Ralph reassuringly nodded at before guiding so I stood exactly in front of Zeph and I breathed out, my emotions going haywire looking at the man I loved so much that it hurt my existence.

"Walk with ," I asked him calmly and Ralph took my hand and offered it to Zeph who reluctantly took it. I didn’t complain as he lead away and heard Ralph sigh in relief behind us.

"What will it take for you to forgive ?" He finally asked intertwining his fingers with mine.

"At this point, my heart is in so much pain. I don’t think I can forgive you right now. You took away my freedom of choice, Zeph. That was my decision to make and I wished you had shown little faith in ," I whispered while clutching my heart, the tears brimming in my eyes.

Zeph stopped walking and turned to take in his embrace, his hand moved mine from where I was clutching my shirt and I hugged him as if my life depended on it, letting his warmth seep inside my flesh.

"I know Serene, I can’t turn back ti but even if I could I would end up making the sa choice. I will always choose you because I am so helplessly in love with you, I wouldn’t have survived if sothing was to happen to you," he rubbed my back as my tears got absorbed in his shirt.

"I love you too Zeph to the point that it hurts my heart even thinking that I have to part from you. But I am a ss right now and I think so part of my heart died when I shot that arrow and killed him. He did so much for us Zeph, I owed him. We owed him, he didn’t deserve to die like that."

I whispered bearing my inner heart to him and he kissed my hair.

"I know Serene, take all the ti you need to heal. I promise I will not let you go and I will divide your burdens. Have it in your heart to forgive if you could for I am not leaving you alone, ever," his affectionate words made cling to him and cried so more while he held .

"Don’t ever let go," I murmured.

"I won’t," he clasped my face and kissed away my tears, he kissed away my pain and suffering.

We stood there for so long and he listened to all my complaints, he listened to my lants. I knew we couldn’t bring Arlo back now, for he was long gone but we will keep his mory alive. For a part of will forever belong to him and I made sure Zeph understood that.

It would take so ti to heal from all the trauma but our world was at peace again. I was back among my friends and most of us had made it through the tough tis. Everyone around had found love and I was hoping that our world will maintain peace for a while now.

I had a long journey ahead of and didn’t know what lay in wait. But one thing was for sure I had people around who will never let face any perilous situation alone.

"Happy Birthday," he whispered as he gently kissed my lips and I bead at him.

This was not the end of our adventures and life together, it was just the beginning. But whatever will follow has to be a story for another day. Until then peace out.

[Author’s note: This is the very first book I have ever written and it feels accomplished to complete it today. There are so many people who I want to thank, who were part of this journey with and pushed to write. Especially @MK Manyr, @Kezhar, and @Alicia_Ziegler @Lawerence_Oshim for sticking till the end and reading my book. Thank you so much for supporting . This is not the end of the journey, and I hope I will write another book on these characters. I am writing another book called: "Elven Encounter with a Blood Seeker" if you find my work interesting then check it out. Thank you]