One
April
It's funny when you hear the saying about your life flashing before your eyes when you die, mainly because I knew that was not true. It didn't happen when I was little and Dad caused that crash which paralysed Mum and It didn't happen now. The blinding pain in my chest was all too consuming, it felt as though my body was on fire and I knew the Shadow King felt it too. Charlie's tearful face was clear in my memory as he pulled the trigger, he did what I asked. There were screams in the school gym, some I weren't expecting and some I was…
"NO!"
Was that Tanya? It might have been. A wetness was forming over my chest and my eyes filled with tears, the pain was so intense I didn't have the energy to even turn my head to see who was screaming my name. The pain was dulling slightly now – that was a weird relief – and my vision started to blur more than before.
Ram's face swam into view above me, his brown eyes filled with horror as he held my face between his trembling hands. I was too weak to even smile, but he was here. Had he got my message? He must have done… I should have called Mum, told her I loved her too. Love… a word I had struggled to say for so long, I didn't even believe in it before Ram and even then the idea of it scared me. The fact he saw the darkest parts of me and still loved me, it was nothing I had ever experienced.
"April," Ram's voice drifted, sounding further away "no, no please!"
I closed my eyes, knowing it was the end… there was nothing but darkness.
"YOU KILLED HER!"