Chapter 64

“Celeste, I…” A grunt made out of pure pain left his lips, the ache in his lungs, in his heart undoubtedly increasing. It felt hard to breathe, hard to keep his eyes open, but as he had promised, he’d say goodbye to his kitten and to his pups first.

Looking back over at her, he inhaled deeply and breathed back out in a weary sigh. “I-I didn’t want it to come to this…I really d-didn’t want to leave you like this…but I have to. Please live…at least for me…” His shaking hand ran slowly across her stomach. “At least for-for them and please tell them that I’m sorry for leaving before they could meet me…”

He chuckled, blood dripping from the sides of his lips. “Th-they probably won’t fo-forgive me, but I’d understand…I’ll always love t-them though and I’ll always love you too…”

Slowly his eyes fluttered close and more tears flooded Celeste’s face. “Zillon…?”

When she got no response, her heart opened right up… and pain…pain like no other ran like blood through he v