The Rejected Phoenix novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Subtitle : her burial.

*** general POV***

The atmosphere was stilt as the only sound that could be heard was that of heavy pained breathing.

Everyone was certainly not happy  to be there, they were in deep grieve and silence as they paid respect to their late friend.

From the dragon, to the Vampire,both brothers had only known their grand niece for just a short while but she had became a part of their lives they would always live to remember and carry on in their graves hearts.

Lulu was frantically cold and couldn't even bring herself to believe in what was happening at the moment.

She found it hard to believe what the others were saying but her eyes betrayed her, no matter how hard she tried to not believe it, her dear friend was lying six feet beneath the cold floor.

But she couldn't cry, she was numb.

Jaxon could only hold back his unending tears as he held his unconscious mother who had fainted awhile ago in his arms, his mother had cried and wailed for a long time, she hasn't had a rest or a good sleep since she found out about her daughter's demise which had left her broken to the bones.

The entire crescent moon pack was present and everyone was sad as they could only hold on patiently to finally sent her off to the immortal world.

But one thing was missing, the Alpha king was nowhere in sight, he hasn't come around since two days ago.

It was getting darker as the full moon was beginning to disappear, signalling the dawn.

But he still has not turned up.

Everyone waited patiently for another thirty minutes before he showed up from among the thick bushes.

He looked different from his usual self.

The alpha king who used to look cold and dangerous was now looking like dead itself.

His clothes were shredded in pieces and he looked like he has not taken a decent bath in years.

His whole face was disoriented and his hair was longer and looked freezy,his face and body was covered in blood and it looked like he had went on a late night hunt alone and had killed a lot of preys.

As he approached the center of the stone all eyes were on him, no one broke contact from him as they all anticipated what he would be thinking of and do next.

He walked up to the dead corpse on the stone that was laid between long logs of dried wood and smiled out painfully at her.

Yes, even a child can easily tell that it was a painful smile, that of regret, pains and unturned emotions.

He stared at the dead body for a long time before uttering slow words to it.

"I still find it hard to believe that you will leave me that easily, I told myself if I go on a hunt and come back later on I will see that you have woke up from your long sleep but it was all pointless.

I've kept you with me for a week and had refused to let go of you, I tried to look for ways to bring you back, I was willing to exchange my life with yours but believe me, it was pointless.

I did tried Melanie, I swear I tried my best!

"

He broke down to tears and fall to his knees, it will be the first time his pack members will be seeing their alpha cry like a baby.

"I've being a coward and haven't loved you enough, now you've left me even before you could bare my mark or bare my pups, it's all my fault mate.

I swear to you that I'll be a better king, I'll try to rule my people with your kind of good heart. And if we will ever have a chance to meet again then I will gladly choose to see your pretty smile first.

I want you to always know that I'll always love you my dear phoenix...

Goodbye.. "

He muttered and bend his head to the floor sobbing had, Jaxon walked up to him and gently part him on the shoulders but he wouldn't stop crying.

Melanie's father walked up to her slowly  with a head that is bowed all along, he had a guilty and swollen face on and looked like he had cried all night since he had heavy eyesbags beneath his eyes.

His family followed behind as they stood some steps away from the Alpha,not to provoke him.

"I am ashamed to face you as a father, I'm a failure that doesn't deserve to be called a father.

But I wish you will forgive us and leave a peaceful life in the afterlife daughter... "

He said croakingly,he made to say something more but sighed, turned around and walked away while his wife and children followed behind him.

After the alpha had sobered down he gently stood up from the floor, walked towards the grave and light a match, he then shakingly threw it at the grave and the people watched as it bloomed into life.

"Pack up every single ashes left from her burns and bring them to me!"

The Alpha instructed his beta and walked away with his hands crossed behind his back.

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Melanie sat on the stone as she watched them burn her remnants into ashes, she was sad as she watched everyone cry over her,but she just had to leave.

But one thing troubled her, when she had thought she was death and had left the human world to go to the immortal world she was not allowed to cross over to the real immortal world, according to the gate keepers, she has not completed the task that was given to her yet.

She didn't understand what they meant untill her grandmother came to explain to her that she was dead but her soul was not accepted there yet, she need to go back and complete her task, she hasn't wiped out all the evil in her generation yet and still had a Luna duty to take care of.

She was given just a day to hunt for a new body to settle in, but she can't tell anyone that it is her other wise she will be killed instantly,her her soul will never get a pass to the immortal world ever again.

It was confusing,she can't go back into her old body because it was already dead and she can't admit to anyone that it was her no matter who it was else she would have to live the rest if her immortal life as a demon.

It was a bad call for her, slowly she stood up from the stone and walked away as her brother had begun  to gather the remnants of her body ashes into a nice glass bottle.

She didn't looked back as she walked ahead.

A bird suddenly flew to her and landed on her shoulders, she gasped and looked over to see Latisha.

"Latisha! You can see me? "