He froze. If he heard or felt the agonising scream, he wasn't aware of. He only knew he had failed preventing it. Failed saving her. He was supposed to be the one protecting her, not the cause of her downfall. It felt like a million splinters were tearing their way into his heart, as he turned around to find her. It had all happened so fast he had barely had the time to pull himself from the ground before it happened. It was all his fault. Every single second of pain and dread was because of him. Because he had been to victorious to watch his back while taking care of the threat in front of him. Feeling like he was running in quicksand, he came her to aid just two seconds too late. Ripping of the newborns head was a reflex he didn't have the time to care about anymore.
Her breathing was wheezing, troubled when she collapsed on the forest floor, as what should have been relieving and life-giving turned into something excruciating. She was so still. So quiet. This wasn't his Leah. He saw her body trembling as it slowly changed back to its human form, leaving her otherwise beautiful body a limp pile on the ground. Why didn't you let me take it yourself, you fool? He was too paralyzed to say the words out loud, to notice his surroundings as his pack came the struggling vampires and shapeshifters to aid. With trembling hands, he exerted pressure to a wound in her abdomen, trying to push her blood back into her body. It seeped easily through his fingers, bathing them in a sight both beautiful and tempting yet detestable. He saw his big bloody handprint on the head of the newborn when he threw it across the field as it had broken through their defence hoping that it would have the chance to trample down what was already lying. It took mere seconds before there was a complete circle of vampires, werewolves and shapeshifters around them, all taking care of their wounded allied this time.
Asgar.
His name sounded hollow in his head. They failed protecting Asgar and now they've failed her. The uncontrolled beasts from Seattle had already taken down Asgar, and Helena had been to terrified to notice the upcoming accident. Even now, though there still were so many enemies left, Alexander worried about none of them. Not about the family members he had lost nor the dangers he had put them in. He only worried the coldness which slowly crept its way into the corners of Leah's eyes despite his whispered prays for her not to leave him…
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- LV ;)