Babel Novel
Chapter 41: Epilogue
The next morning, Travis, Jessabelle, and I woke up before the sun rose. I didn’t have much to pack except a small backpack full of clothes. There was nothing else I owned. We all met in the huge living room downstairs until we were all ready to go.
“You’re leaving.” The voice caused all three of us to jump. Uncle Amos appeared on the couch in a position that looked like he sat there for a long time but I knew he appeared just then.
“Yes, Uncle Amos. You said there was a long journey ahead of me,” I said remembering his weird speech on the porch swings. “I have to save Alexia.”
“Yes, Travis told you the rest of the prophecy,” Uncle Amos said nodding approvingly.
“Yeah, he did but why me?” I asked looking up as Uncle Amos stood up.
“Because you’re the one who would most likely leave her.”
“How can you say that? I love her!” I hissed. It was the loudest I could get without having to wake up anyone.
“Yes, but she suspected it from the beginning. She thought you would leave her anyways,” Uncle Amos said sadly. He grabbed my shoulders and held me in a tight grasp. “Don’t worry, Zane. You’ll see her again. Do you want to stay here and watch her slowly die away? She won’t be the Alexia you know now if you let the darkness grow.”
“I know,” I whispered. I knew what I had to do. “I promise I’ll be back.”
“My boy, I know you’ll come back.” Uncle Amos said, smiling confidently. We left Uncle Amos back at the house and we slowly drove off from the driveway and out of the estate.
“What will you do next?” I asked Travis when we were all in the car.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
“Jessabelle and I are going to look for other people like us who were deceived by the hunters and with their help I’m going to take down Kent’s empire. That’s the least I can do for my dad.” An understanding passed between the two of us. We both understood what we had to do.
“I guess we’re going separate ways after you lead me to your friend,” I sighed. It was going to be one lonely trip.
“I feel like we’ll be seeing each other again soon,” Travis humored.
“Oh, so you have special abilities too?” Jessabelle asked, grinning.
“Let’s just say they’re human instincts.” Travis gave Jessabelle a secret grin. “Hey,” Travis said, turning to me in the backseat. “Did you leave a letter for Alexia?”
“Yeah, I did,” I said quietly. The humor that hung in the car seemed to vanish.
“What exactly did the letter say?” Jessabelle asked, worried. “Everything she knows, the darkness will know.”
“I wrote her that I needed some time and space.” It hurt me to write her a letter and not explain the real reason why I was leaving.
“Good and Lucas knows the real plan?” Travis asked.
“Yeah. He and Derek knows.” Lucas thought it was suicide but Derek read my mind and he knew that my heart was set on this quest and persuaded Lucas to go agree with the plan since he was still my Alpha. Lucas didn’t like it but he finally gave me permission.
I told him I also needed to cut myself away from the pack since it was a quest I had to do alone. We could risk letting my thoughts linger out there for anyone to grab like Alexia, otherwise the darkness would know. It was painful for the mental bond to be broken but it was done. I was now a lone wolf without any pack but in the end when I thought about my motive and the reason I was doing it, it was all worth it.
I looked back Derek’s house, imagining Alexia waking up to find my letter. It’ll definitely tear some part of me in her heart but it was for the best. I had to leave. I had to steal this stone the prophecy was talking about and I had to bring it back for Alexia in order to rid the darkness that was eating away her humanity. With this in thought, I started the longest, hardest journey in my life.