Chapter 304 - Ophelia (2/2)
”We are human,” Ophelia whispered causing Weiss to whine, and snarl all at the same time at his lover.
”And I don't want to be anyone else's hunting dog, Weiss. There are children, who don't have to live as we did. We can continue to live together as a pack,” Ophelia desperately pleaded with her lover.
Weiss uncertainly stars at his lover and then at Timothy. However, his pride as Alpha won't allow him to back down even if he knows that he is in the wrong. ”No, he cannot be allowed to live,” Weiss flatly proclaimed. ”Timothy must die for the good of the pack.”
Tears drip down Ophelia's eyes as she slowly lowers her hands. ”I'm sorry it had to be this way,” Ophelia woefully whispered as Timothy crouched down ready to be attacked by the pack leader.
Snarling Weiss leaps forward and around his lover when Ophelia abruptly stepped into his path. Something sharp glinted to fast to be seen in the dim light when Weiss let out a staggering cry and came to an abrupt halt. Glancing down in disbelief, Weiss sees a silver dagger tightly clenched in the hand of his lover that is plunged deep into his chest.
”Why?!” Weiss limply mouthed in disbelief as he felt a burning hot pain from the silver poisoning already running through his now burning veins and through his chest, and body.
Great large teardrops of pain and regret stream down from her eyes as Ophelia softly replies, ”The children, Weiss, they can live freely without the ghost of that monster.”
Weiss tries to speak again, but he can only gasp as Ophelia tenderly lowers him to the forest ground. ”I love you,” Ophelia truthfully said, before removing the sticky silver blade from his chest and slashing it across his throat.
A trail of dark liquid splatters across the ground and on her as Ophelia numbly closes the disbelieving eyes of her lover. Pressing a sniffling kiss to his brow, Ophelia turns to face the quiet and somewhat wary members of her pack. ”Timothy, you are to be the next pack leader,” Ophelia proclaimed. ”Take the children and the rest of the pack to London to finally be cured. Protect them, this is my one and only command as Alpha.”
Timothy slowly nods his head and said, ”And what of you, Alpha?”
”I will be following shortly after Weiss,” Ophelia matter-of-factly answered. ”Now go, Timothy, before the dark wizards return!”
Timothy paused to hug Ophelia for she was his older sister in everything but blood. Ophelia placed a gentle kiss on the tip of his ear. ”Grow strong, my little brother,” Ophelia murmured into his ear. ”Live, grow, marry, and one day tell your children of the foolish girl that you once knew that was named Ophelia.”
”Never foolish,” Timothy croaked back, before tightly pressing her to his chest in one last hug, before letting go.
Forcing himself to turn his back on his Alpha, Timothy sternly ordered, ”Grab your bags, we leave in ten minutes!”
The rest of the pack instantly rushed to obey the pack leaders' command. Swiftly the tents are disassembled, and their things packed away into light travel bags. With everyone ready, Timothy leads them hurriedly away without even glancing back once lest he is finds himself unable to leave and abandon their elder sister, their Alpha.
But he had no choice, the Alpha had ordered him to do so, and she would not change her mind even if he begged her too. For he knew with absolute certainty that even if the entire pack turned around and begged, she would not come with them nor wished to. And he would not be the once to force her nor much less betray her trust as Grayback had.