Sylaq's POV

"You're gonna stay in this hell hole until I permanently kill you and trust me when I say that Sylaq Steel will kill you," I threw Jace into the grave dungeon, he wouldn't be able to move but he would feel as if he was burning in hell, he would feel like killing himself but he wouldn't be able to do so.

Now, I would go and fix things with Ariella. Although, I doubted that more than anything.

"Sylaq, please don't lock the door," Jace screamed. I locked the door with a gold key.

This dungeon was far from the sight of people and no one could save him from there.

Tyler ran up to me, gasping.

"Ty, what is it?"

"Ariella's saying her goodbyes to everyone. Sylaq, she's really leaving," he told me.

I saw this coming. It was to be expected but still, my heart shattered hearing that she was actually leaving.

I dashed to the palace in a second but it was too late, she had already left.

"Sylaq, give her time to heal from this," my mom said.

"I teleported her back to Dobana," Jade told me.

"Fine, I'll give her time," I said.

TWO MINUTES LATER
THE REAS GARDEN

I forced Jade to teleport me here.

"I knew you'd come after me but I wish you didn't."
"I couldn't just let you go without trying to get your forgiveness."

"You killed Julie, Kate, and even Austin."

"I know."

"Do you even know that Rachel was forced to be a single mother because of you? She had to work her ass out just to provide for Austin Junior."

"I didn't know that.

"Of course, you don't. Your job is just to kill people and you don't even bother to think about how much pain you'll be causing to the families of those people."

"No, that was then. I care now, you changed me."

"You compelled me to forget our past!"

"I wanted you to be happy."

"And then you came back to ruin my wedding," she wept.

"I'm sorry for everything I did, for every pain I caused you-"

"But that's not enough. Your apology is not enough."

"I'll do anything to get your forgiveness," I was dead serious.

"Sylaq Steel, you're not what I signed up for."

"I know."

"But I love you, I really do." She said causing my heart to be swollen with happiness.

"I love you too,• my eyes focused on her.

"If I'm gonna commit my life to you then I need to be sure that you've really changed and that you regret every single thing that you did," she held my gaze.

"How do I prove that to you?" I was more than ready to do anything to get her back.

"Go and fix the lives of the people you've ruined. If those people are happy, then I'll forgive you." She crossed her arms.

"MRS. Steel, I promise you that I'll do just that," I held her hands.

She heaved a sigh, "I guess, It's goodbye for now."

"MRS. Steel may we meet again," I said.

"Prince Sylaq Steel,! may we meet again," she released her hand from mine. Our eyes locked for a while before she walked into her house.

ONE YEAR LATER

One fuvking year has passed and I'm still trying to mend my mistakes. It tore me apart to see that I've ruined lives beyond repair.

"You made me kill my little boy," the red-haired lady looked wrinkled and terrible. I'm glad that I found her.

"Believe it or not, I'm really sorry for that. It's one of my worst mistakes. You can still rebuild your life again."

"How will I? You took away everything from me."

"I know that this can't bring back your son but I hope that it brings you closure. There are so many orphan kids on the street, I got you a license to start your orphanage," I handed her the document.

"I'll call it Hope Orphanage," she collected it from my hand.

This couldn't bring back her son but at least it would give her a purpose to be happy.

Ariella's POV

I was glad that my family welcomed me with open arms. Ecru thought I got arrested for killing Steve.

I was only locked up for three months cause Steve's parents dropped the charges. I was glad that I got punished even though I deserved more.

Rachel and I also met up, I didn't tell her about Sylaq though. At least she was happy again with my younger brother by her side. I didn't see that coming but the two of them really love each other. Well, I should have noticed that Jonathan had a crush on Rachel.

My dad also forgave me and he didn't judge me for the things I did.

Everything was back to normal. I finally had the normality that I craved but everything felt abnormal without him here, without Sylaq by my side. I just couldn't stop thinking about him.

I needed him to be here, I haven't seen him or heard his voice in a year. Every day, I look at his picture.

Yeah, I know he's not what I signed up for but he's better than I ever hoped for, he's better than I ever signed up for.

Maybe this was it, Sylaq and I would never be together again. After all, a vampire and a human could never be together.

My eyes darted to a bat flying around the tree, it wasn't just any bat, it was Sylaq's bat, it was him.

The bat threw a letter to the ground. I smiled and picked it up. At that moment, I was dying of excitement to read the letter, to know what he wrote. So, I swiftly picked it up and read it, word for word.



Mi Vida, MRS. Steel, this is to you. You saw me, you saw the beast in me, you saw me for who I was, you saw me for what I was, you saw my flaws but you failed to see who I lived for, you didn't see who I hoped for, you didn't see who I loved, you didn't notice whom my heart beat for. Above all, you didn't see the lengths that I was willing to go to for you. I love you that much. I still love you and I will always love you. You can hate me forever but I'll still love you forever. I know you didn't sign up for me but you're all that I ever asked for. I've spent the last year trying to appease the people that I've wronged, I couldn't fix everyone's life because I couldn't even find them. But I'm not gonna give up though, I will do everything possible to make them happy. I just want you to know that I've not forgotten you. I could never forget you. I only saw life in one color, red, the color of blood but when I laid my eyes on you, I saw life in different bright colors of hope. You are just beautifully f different and you deserve better than me but I'm too selfish to let you go. I love you and it's the biggest truth of my life.
Your true love, Sylaq Steel.

My tears dropped to the letter. I read it over and over again. It was just so beautiful that I couldn't stop reading it.

I brought out my camera and snapped Sylaq's bat.

"SylaqSteel, get down here!"

In a split second, he flew down and shape-shifted into my Sylaq, handsome as always in a black hoodie and black leather pants.

"I missed you, I want you back but no more secrets," I honestly told him.

"Hm, There's one more secret that I'm hiding from you," he surprised me. He always had one secret or the other.

"Are you for real?" I stared at him motionlessly.

"I just couldn't let you stay in prison for something that I caused so I compelled Steve's parents to drop the charges and I don't regret this," he told me.

"You? Of course, you did that." I should have known that he did that.

"That's the last secret. Everything else you know," he tugged on his brown hair, I've really missed his hair. To be honest, I've missed him more than I thought I ever would.

"We can get back together on one condition," I chucked.

"What?" he looked prepared to follow through. I have to admit that Sylaq Steel is always prepared to do anything for me. Let's see if he'll be able to pull this off.

"I want the wedding of my dreams," I smiled.
"Done," he breathed.

Sylaq smiled and leaned closer to me, gently brushing his lips onto mine, and at that moment, I knew that he was my pure bliss, he was the one that I wanted to live my whole life with despite his past, even though we can't have children of our own, he was my normality and I was his forever. This was the only it, my perfect picture, back and white with love in the middle.

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A/N: I didn't want to reach this point because I feared that I'd cry and that's what's happening now. I just can't help but tear up.

So that's the end. There'll be an epilogue but that's all. I am not going to write Ariella's or Sylaq's POV anymore. I'm not gonna write about these characters again. There's no more Bella, no more Jade, no more Tyler and Dorothy, no more Nathan, no more Zac. Oh, wait, there's still gonna be more about Zac but that's for later though. I thought of book 2 but I can't stretch the story further so I had to end it there.

Feel free to share your thoughts, positive or negative. Life is best painted in black and white with love in the middle 💖😍
Let me see your favorite highlights 😂

Mine is when they made out in the river (chapter 37: the heart always knows)

I also loved when Sylaq spent a night with Zac in the prison.

I really loved when Ariella said I love you to Sylaq for the first time and I love the letter that Sylaq wrote to Ariella. Oops! I wrote that 😂

Actually, I love so many chapters💖💖

It actually took me seven months to write this book and I'm super grateful to God for letting me reach this point. I'm also thankful for my darling readers💕💝 ❤️

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