[Finally.]
There were tears in Adaline's emerald-colored eyes.
[It was a completely different liberation. Not what she experienced when, gritting her teeth, she ran away from fate, deciding not to be drawn into someone else's story. And not even what I felt when I saw the news about Genevieve’s wedding in the newspaper.]
[Then she had to leave her own life to gain freedom.]
[She left everything behind her, what was so dear, so loved, so beautiful... And no matter how much she told herself that it was not hers, she could not truly let go. Somewhere deep inside she still continued to hold on to it.]
The silence, in which there were no more nightmares, inspired her that she had done everything right, stayed away from the main characters.
She stubbornly closed her eyes and ears to everything that came from Delmez.
[Why did you have to give up everything to survive?]
She continued to live, barely touching the pain of loss, as if brushing dust from her heart. This was the only way to avoid going crazy.
"Hick..."
When Adaline burst into tears, Shane sighed heavily and hugged her tightly.
His strong arms wrapped her around her. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and back, not squeezing her to the point of pain, but in such a way that she wanted to fall into this warm, reliable embrace forever.
[They arrived.]
[Here it is - the long-awaited end.]
Adalyn cried for a long time.
In Shane's arms, holding Genevieve's hand.
---"No! Whale!"
The woman rushed to the man, who was shaking with convulsions. He choked on blood, falling to the ground.
Hot blood gushed onto her chest and flooded her stomach. Keith was shaking all over, his eyes were rolling, blood was squelching in his mouth.
"No, no...Don't die!"
“Ugh...khah...”
He was still moving, but he was already dead.
She understood this.
[Her twin brother...]
[Her other half, with whom she had been together since before birth, was dead.]
[And the Saint killed him.]
Gasping, she hugged his body, already lifeless. [No...it shouldn't be like that. This is a mistake. This can't be.]
“Madam, we need to leave. We don't have time. The owner will be back soon, you must..."
“Leave your brother?!” Just like that?!”
“He is no longer your brother. He's just a dead body."
"Shut up!"
“You yourself said: “pity is for the weak.” Keith was weak. That's why he died. I’ll clean everything up, just step away.”
“Be quiet! Keith is my other half. Nobody dares to touch him!”
The woman's face, covered with tears and dried blood, turned towards them with such anger that everyone backed away.
[Whale should have been enough. He was stronger. He should have killed this woman.]
[It shouldn't be this way.]
[Five years ago everything was different. Then she had neither the strength nor the gift to save people. Let alone defeat Keith.]
[Ever since the Saint candidate first appeared, the twins have been keeping an eye on her.]
[She seemed weaker than before. Only cleansing and healing are an unworthy set. Unholy, unable to threaten them. So they let her live. Even after the unsuccessful attempt, they did not try again.]
[But recently rumors have begun to circulate that she brought someone back to life.]
[The twins decided to check. If the threat is real, it must be eliminated.]
[The Saint's peak power occurs immediately after awakening. Then the abilities fade away. And in the end, she dies, having lost even her purification.]
[Keith was a master manipulator. He knew how to subjugate people and direct them to a goal. Even if the medium was caught, the true caster remained safe.]
[But the Saint expelled him through an intermediary.]
[The backlash of a curse always strikes the one who cast it.]
[Keith couldn't stand it. The curse returned to him, he died, choking on his own blood, in front of his sister.]
[It should have been me. I could handle it. I wouldn't die. If it were me...]
[But Keith did not allow her to touch dark magic. He always said that he would do the dirty work himself. He always protected her.]
[This is not your role.]
[Why? I'm stronger.]
[That's why it's not yours. You have a greater purpose.]
[But if it ends like this... It better be me.]
She grabbed her chest as if with claws, as if tearing her heart out.
[The pain was unbearable. It seemed as if someone was turning her inside out, tearing her to pieces.]
“My soulmate...my brother...”
She ran her hand over Keith's cold cheek.
[How much pain he endured... the blood vessels on his arms and legs burst, leaving red spots. He didn't even have time to close his eyes.]
She won't forgive the woman who caused his death.
"I will avenge you..."
[She will die.]
[Slowly. Excruciating. The most terrible death in the world.]