So many of you were asking me why he was alive, I'm dissapointed you dont trust me enough to know I already had that covered. You just had to wait. Good things come to those who wait.

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I could hear Chloe running towards us, but I'd already lost at that point. Dominik had sliced across the back of my knee, severing the tendons at the back. The muscles didn't work together anymore and I was rendered immobile. I continued to fight for as long as I could, for Chloe's sake. Maybe she would get here in time for me to say goodbye and tell her how much I loved her, I didn't want to just give up knowing she was here. Dominik was just like Zane- a betrayer. He may like Chloe, but he had his mission and he'd follow through. Dominik grabbed me by my neck and squeezed. I gritted my teeth not allowing him to see the pain in my face. "Protect her now." He taunted.

"Forever and Always," I told him. This angered him and he pulled me even closer to him dragging me across the ground towards him. I saw his other hand in my peripheral vision and saw his claws glint in the late afternoon light. They ripped through my neck causing me the most pain I'd ever felt in my life. And then it was over, everything was over. I don't know what happened next, I don't know what happened to Chloe. I wasn't part of that world anymore. I always thought that death would be peaceful and unthreatening but it wasn't. It was dark and I was nervous and agitated. I looked around me but unlike my previous life I didn't have night vision and couldn't see anything, if there was even anything to see. It was cold here. I missed Chloe. I missed her light and laugh, her smile and her heart. Death was not going to work for me if I had to forever miss her. In life I might not have had her the whole time but at least I could see her and pretend I did. I don't know how much time passed; it felt like a few minutes and few days all at the same time. I can't imagine that time passes at the same rate in death as it does in life but I didn't know if it was slower or faster. I'm not sure which would be better.

"Stop whining." A voice said. It was deep and throaty. It sounded like a band of hounds as they bayed after their prey and a thousand church bells being rung out at once. It hurt my ears but I wanted to continue to listen to it. "This is not death" the voice said again.

"Who are you?" I shouted. Instinctively putting my hands up defensively.

"You speak to a god that way?" The voice asked. Then slowly a figure appeared in front of me. At first it looked like a lion but as it came closer it stood on two feet and turned into the form of a woman. She was beautiful in every way. Her face was stunning pointed and angular like a cat's- much like our people today but much more defined- but she was still soft. Her eyes held every emotion all at once and gleamed like the moon on a dark night. I fell to my knees and put my face on the ground closing my eyes hard to shield them from the glare. "Yes, bow before me. You are not so proud now, as you were before."

Fantastic, Hell I thought wryly. "You are not in hell either." The goddess told me. "Look up. You are a prince among men in your life, here you are nothing. This is not death; this is your waiting place. I have looked into the future and if not for my chosen one and her future acts you would be with my brother Anubis now and there would be nothing I could do to save you, my son." I looked up, hesitantly at first but she had called me her son. I knew that the Mai race was Bastet's offspring but something in the way she had said that made me stop. "Yes, your human ears heard me correctly. You are my son. That however is not why you are being saved. If not for the Uniter's love and the circumstances surrounding your death you would be out of my reach."

"What are those circumstances?" I asked getting to my feet. I knew I was testing her but what more could she do to me? I knew she could hear my thoughts, but again what else could she do to me?

"Dominik is one of mine but he has betrayed us and killed many of his own. I made a deal with Anubis- his soul for yours. The Uniter will kill him in retribution for your death." She explained. That shocked me. I know I had taught Chloe to kill, I'd even seen her do it but I couldn't see her killing out of anger- perhaps my death had caused something in her to change. "No, she stopped before she killed out of anger. She killed him mercifully. She is praying to me now, begging me for your life. Do not waste this one, son, you have limited time to live." She started to leave but I wanted to know more.

"Wait, answer a few questions- please" I added. She turned and glared at me. "How are you my mother?" I asked.

"Times were dark when you were born. Our people were in too much need for me to stand back and watch. I came to your world to push the balancback. I wanted to instruct the Uniter- Chloe's mother- on how to bring our victory closer. I fell in love with your father. Even the god's are susceptible to such oversights. You were a product of that. I did however; love you and your father. I was trying to save both of you when my earthly body was killed; your father soon passed into Anubis' hands and was forever lost to me." I looked down for a minute.

"What happens? What happens to Chloe?" I asked.

"She is the hope we've been looking for. In my mistake I provided what was needed to complete the Uniter's strength." She said. "Get ready, the time is soon." She said sternly before leaving. Then it was dark again. Chills washed over me and it was cold all around me. Even in the dark I could see my breath. I could hear slow heavy footsteps and two small globes of light came towards me. Now I could see the form of a man with a dog head.

"It's time for you to come with me" He said his voice like gravel and crashing waves.

"No, I'm going back." I knew enough of Egyptian history to know this was Anubis god of death.

"Insolent human, you belong to me in this life!"

"I don't belong to you!" I shouted. He reached forward to take me but I wasn't there to grab. The last thing I saw was his giant hand closing in front of me, then darkness.

It was cool but there was sun on my face. I'd never had the time to truly notice the feeling of the sun on my skin, but now in this state between wakefulness and death I had the time. I could feel as the gash across my neck healed and the puncture wounds in my chest closed, ceasing to bleed anymore. I felt weak at first but I could feel the blood I'd lost returning to me. I felt Chloe's fingers brush my chest; I never thought I'd feel that again. Then I was able to take my first breath, I exhaled deeply and then turned my head. My hand was still in Chloe's. I opened my eyes and saw her face. She was crying, exhausted and overwhelmed, still a vision of beauty. I smiled. It might have been my mother's mistake, but her mistake had granted me Chloe and that was everything I could ask.

"I knew you'd be here when I woke up" I told her laughing lightly. She smiled and helped me to sit up. Our faces were only inches away. I could smell her, the mixture of dried blood and sweat mixed with a combination of her shampoo, perfume, hairspray, and that smell that can only be described as Chloe. It was beautiful, she was beautiful. She was searching my eyes now, I tried to convey everything I felt for her but knew that one look could only say so much. I reached a hand up and pushed her hair behind her ear before dropping it to her chin and pulling her forward. I brushed my lips across hers taking in every moment before pressing my lips to hers. I savored the taste of her lips, giving her every last bit of who I was in that kiss, and what made it even more magical, she returned every last feeling. We pulled away and she buried her face in my shoulder. I turned my head into her hair and inhaled. "I won't ever leave you, Chloe. When all the little things that make you second guess come back, take a step away to the truths you know the birds will always sing and you will never be alone. You will never be alone." I took a breath kissing her cheek. "Didn't I show you when I took your hand that my heart will always linger even when my body can't, what about when I touched your hair didn't I convince you that our love will always flourish even when I can't be there, and didn't I reach you when I kissed you right that our moment would continue even when I'm gone from sight. I'm always here; I could never leave your side. Not even death could keep me away from you."

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