Prologue
Bo,
As tough as it may be, remember that I am always at your side and in your heart, because I am your heart….
I will always love you just as you have always loved me….
Stay strong….
For Dyson…
For Lauren…
For me…
And for your grandfather, Trick.
Please don't be angry at Tamsin. She was only fulfilling her duty.
What happened to me was a choice that I made
Bo, you are just too special, and the world needs you.
This was something that needed to happen and I would choose to do it over and over again if it meant that you would go on living.
I know that you will come for me no matter what…
And until that day….
I'll be waiting for you…
In Valhalla…
Kenzi
"You knew?!" Bo asked Tamsin in a hysterical manner as she grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. The bloodstained letter was still clutched tightly in her hand.
The Valkyrie could not bear to look into the barren mascara-stained eyes of the succubus and merely responded by focusing on the cluttered floor beneath them. The rundown shack that Bo and Kenzi had made their home for all those years was no longer the warm and welcoming abode it once was.
"Look at me, when I'm talking to you, goddamn it!" She shook her even harder.
Bo had grown weak. Her body gaunt. Her dark hair absent of luster. Her once sparkling brown eyes cold and devoid of any emotion, other than madness. She had not fed since she had lost Kenzi and she only grew weaker by the minute as a result. It was the punishment she saw fit for being unable to protect the one that she loved most, and it was only a matter of time before the worst was to be expected. Bo was dying.
"Bo, when was the last time you fed?" Tamsin asked just barely above a whisper.
"What?"
Tamsin finally mustered up the courage to shift her sights onto the mourning succubus. Her eyes began to water at the very sight of Bo's diminished state.
"Bo, you're a succubus. You have to feed. You need to feed. If you don't, you won't….you won't….make it! Look, Bo, you can feed off me! You can take as much chi as you need!" She hastily began to unbutton her blouse.
"Oh, you're just too swell. Just peachy. I know what I damn well need! What I need is for you all to leave me the hell alone! Get out! Get the hell out!"
And with that, Bo pushed Tamsin with whatever was left of her dwindling strength out the door and then slammed it in the Valkyrie's face.
Tamsin looked onto Dyson and Lauren who were both waiting just right outside, with a visage of defeat.
"Let's go. There's nothing more we can do for her. We've done all that we could. It's all up to her now. We should go report to Trick."
There was a slight breeze as the trio walked off into the moonlight.
Bo was now left to her own devices. Everybody had given up on her. When it finally hit her that she would be alone indefinitely, she collapsed to the floor from the weight of the sudden realization.
Kenzi would no longer come home. Kenzi would no longer welcome her after a long day's work. Kenzi would no longer be there to tell her the most outrageous stories which always made the day brighter. Kenzi would no longer be there to put a smile on her face. She would simply no longer "be there".
It was now that she would cry until there was not a single tear left in her body to shed as she pressed that tattered letter tighter and tighter to her chest. It was a futile attempt to fill in a void that could never be filled. That letter was all that she had left of Kenzi. It was all that was left of her heart.