Pure of Heart

Epilogue

I woke up in front of the palace, in the spot that I shot Corbyn. I looked around and everyone was gone. I looked to the tree where Corbyn and Jaxon were. I saw Selene standing there looking at me with a smile.

"Hello again, Selene, aren't you sick of seeing me?"

"Hello dear, and no, I could never get sick of seeing my favorite child."

"Am I finally dead? I am so tired."

"Walk with me child." We walked towards a building that I remembered was the hospital. "You did a good job. You were strong, merciful and loving." When we got to the hospital my jaw dropped. The front of the building was full of people, people from the fight.

"Did we lose anyone?"

"That's your first question and not why are they here? No, you timed your plan so perfectly that your side didn't lose anyone." I sighed in relief.

"Good, then it was worth it. But why are they here?" We walked into the hospital.

"They are waiting for someone."

"Who?" We walked into a waiting room and my breath caught. They were all here, they looked horrible, but they were alive. "Thank you for protecting them."

"It wasn't me who protected them, it was all you, child." We walked towards the doors, but I stopped when I saw Jaxon. He was on his knees, pulling his hair and his mouth was moving but I couldn't hear him.

"Why can't I hear him?"

"Do you want to hear him?"

"Please." She waved her hand and I sighed when I heard his voice.

"It's my fault, it's all my fault." He kept saying it over and over. My heart hurt so much.

"It's not his fault. I don't want him to think it's his fault."

"Come on dear." I looked at him one last time as I stood. I followed her through the door and into a room. It was me, I was hooked up to all kinds of machines. I looked at Selene.

"Am I dying?"

"When I warned you the first time of the war, I didn't know what path it would take. But the end result was always going to be the same. I don't look after the vampires, just the wolves, but Jaxon caught my attention the first day he went to search for you. I watched for years as he loved you and only you. With all the mates I have created, not a single one is as devoted as much as him, not a single one loves on the level he does for you. It intrigued me that me, the maker of mates, can't create that love for my children. Corbyn was always going to betray you, he didn't like the fact that you would always be higher than him. Your love for him was because he made you feel safe, it was more of an infatuation then real love. Like I said I have never been able to make pure love."

"Why did you make him my mate then?"

"Because you needed to decide if the mate bond was what you wanted or the love of Jaxon was. You had to be willing to lose something important to you to gain what you wanted. If you wouldn't have killed Corbyn, he would have killed Jaxon, in turn Eren would kill Corbyn, which would've caused you to die. You are alive right now because you have something and someone you are fighting for. Your life is my gift to you for always staying pure of heart, for loving others more than yourself. What you did will be in history books for generations to come, you will be known as the Queen of all Queens."

"Am I getting my happily ever after or do I need to worry about another war?"

"Because of the mercy you showed there will be peace amongst all for 100s of years to come." She hugged me. "And one last thing. The morning you threw up, it wasn't because of the dream or stress." I was about to question her but I opened my eyes instead. It was completely dark and I was alone. I pulled the wires off of me, causing an alarm to go off. When the nurses ran in they froze as they saw me sitting up.