There was a loud 'swoosh' and we were both sucked into a whirled cloud of emerald smoke. Seconds later, we were thrown on the soil of a dark forest. The trees were higher than any tree I had seen before but somehow, we could see the sky. There was properly nothing around us other than those gigantic trees.

'Mina?! Are you alright?' John had stood up on his feet way faster than me.

I couldn't believe how protective his still was. Even after it has been proven to him that I definitely didn't need any kind of protection.

'I'm good, John. Let's not waste time. We have to find Victor and go back. Abe was pretty clear about it : we need him or Lucy is done for. ' I said firmly.

'Mina... Watch out, the sun seems to be rising already.'

Without another word, I adjusted my cloak so none of my skin would be exposed to sunlight and we initiated our journey through this new land in order to find our friend as soon as possible. We had walked miles before I finally heard the sound of a human voice.

'Follow me' I told my husband. 'Stay behind me, okay?' He rolled his eyes in resignation.

'Alright... Go ahead. But please slow down a little. I cannot keep up with you at this rate Love.'

I nodded and concentrated to determine the origin of the voices I was hearing. When we were close enough for me to smell them, I stopped.

'It is going to look a little suspicious.'

'What is, Love?' John asked.

'The cloak', I added, facing his look of incomprehension. 'You may be use to it, but others may find my hiding under a thick dark cloak a little bit suspicious.'

'Oh. Yes. You're right. I should go first and say something about you being allergic to the Sun. It wouldn't be so much of lie, would it?'

I shook my head and we silently agreed that I would be ready to act if something went wrong.

We finally arrived on the side of a road where a bunch of armed soldiers where resting with their horses. They had lit a fire and were drinking some really stinky alcohol. The smell of it was troubling my senses. Luckily, I could still hear them and see them clearly enough. I stuck right behind John when he emerged from the bush we were hiding in.

'Ahem... Good Morning... sirs.' John was always too polite. 'I don't mean to disturb you in the middle of your breakfast...'

'But you do.'

All the soldiers had stopped their conversations, and were looking at us. There were about a dozen of them, a bit too much for me to handle on my own. I hoped that John would do great with the talking, as he usually did.

'I... I-I am utterly sorry. I was just wondering if you could indicate us the fastest way to the nearest city. You see, my wife is sick and...'

'And you couldn't wait until the end of our breakfast to ask us that because...?'

I couldn't believe how rude and gratuitously mean they were. And still, my John would not stop being polite and kind.

'Oh I may wait until you're finished if you prefer.'

'It's too late for that mate. Is that your wife under the cloak?'

'Indeed sir, but...'

'Show your face woman.' I didn't move a bit but every single muscle in body was tense to maximum. 'Don't make me repeat myself!' the soldier aggressively yelled. I still wouldn't move and John tried the talking thing one last time.

'She is allergic to the Sun sir, she can't take the cloak off...'

'I don't care if she only has one eyes of if she's covered in furuncles! I want her to show her face!'

He then rushed toward me and pulled the hood of the cloak off my head. He was definitely not prepared for what happened next. For a second, he stood there, amazed by the wave of flaming red hair which had been freed from the hood. That second was enough for me to jump on him and rip off his throat. The taste of blood made me angrier. And hungrier. I finished the guy simply by breaking his neck and stood up on my feet.

'She a monster!' one of the remaining soldier shouted.

'Everybody get her! Kill her and bring her head to the king!'

They had no idea what they now had to deal with. Without mentioning my over protective husband who took his pistol out of his jacket.

'Don't even think about it', John said calmly, but with a spark of 'don't mess with me buddy' that I had always found attractive. He was aiming at the man who had shouted the order and as soon as the soldier moved forward, brandishing his sword toward me, John shot him. Right between the eyes. The man dropped dead on the spot. The others were stunned, petrified but they looked like they had encountered stranger things before. Also, one of them shot an arrow that merely touched me and it was enough for them to regain courage. They ran all together in our direction. Yelling and shouting, that they were going to kill us both.

'Be careful John', I simply said before jumping in the melee.

I fought like a devil. Well, I kind of was one. I killed half of them in less than five minutes, ripping off jaws, breaking arms and ribs alike, tearing limbs off. But suddenly, John screamed my name.

'MINA! WATCH OUT!'

I ducked just in time to avoid another arrow. 'Thank you Darli...' I could not believe it. By running toward me to warn me about the arrow, he had put himself in its very way. The arrow was now stuck in his chest and he was slowly falling down, bleeding out to a certain death.

'JOHN NO!' I yelled in despair. I got rid of the remaining soldiers, pushing them away, and ran toward my agonising husband. I knelt next to him and hold him tight.

'John...' I whispered. 'John, stay with me...'

The woods had become unnaturally silent. All I could hear was John's inexistent heartbeat. All I could smell was his blood running all over me. All I could see was his eyes, his glazed eyes.

'It's too late for you to save me Mina. Not enough blood left in my body.' He coughed some blood and smiled at me. 'Find Victor and go save Lucy will you, Love?' I tried to smile but I couldn't. I succeeded to nod lightly. 'I will' I whispered painfully.

'I love you Mina...' He said to me gently.

'I love you too, Jonathan.'

But he couldn't hear me. He was already gone. A single tear rolled on my cheek as I knew relief was coming. One of the soldiers had shot an arrow and the precious wooden stick through my heart was all I needed to get rid of the pain for ever. I couldn't live without John beside me. And now I was relieved of this burden. Everything went black and all my senses just stopped working. I was at peace. Finally.

'I'm sorry Lucy...' I whispered in my last breath.