I spent few days with my father and the king on the snow mountain.
But I didn’t expect that Ewan would come to me in a hurry. He said to me, that I should go to the priest’s palace of the frost wolf to see Samuel for the last time. I thought he was just joking. How can it be the last time? What on earth did this guy use to make Ewan lie? He also used a bitter meat scheme. Tricking me with his life just to come back to him. Hell no!
I told Ewan that I would not go and asked him to tell Samuel not to waste his time. As a result, Ewan said to me, “It’s not Samuel who asked me to come to you. It was my master, the priest of the frost wolf was the one who asked me to tell you. Also, the master said, let me tell your fathers that they can take the tribe back to the star castle. Samuel has let the inferno wolf people out of the frost wolf’s territory. Since my master said that, it must be true. So, I came to ask you if you would like to see him for the last time”
I know the old priest won’t help Samuel to cheat me. What’s the matter? What happened to him? It’s just a matter of heart and blood. How could it be like this?
My father saw my hesitation and said to me, “Then you should go to see him, follow your heart, and don’t let yourself have regrets. If you don’t feel at ease, the king and I will accompany you to the temple of the frost wolf.”
Accompanied by my father and king, I came to the temple of the priests.
There’s a man standing at the door of the priesthood. I know him. He’s Samuel’s brother, Alex. Alex said to me with red eyes, “I asked the priest to help me call you. I think my brother would be very happy to know that you came to see him. Don’t blame him for being cruel. In fact, he loves you very much, but he doesn’t know how to express it. My big brother was very gentle when he was a child, but the water of the frost wolf was too muddy. Even if we are royal, we may lose our lives at any time. My elder brother has been protecting me. He… Anyway, I can’t let him die so quietly. At least I want to let you know what he has done for you and your child. ”
“Stop talking and let them in!” Inside the door came a voice of vicissitudes, which I recognized as the voice of the old priest.
He pushed the door of the priesthood, I saw Samuel lying on the cold altar of the priesthood. I walked over quietly and touched his face. His face was bloodless, his whole body was cold, and he didn’t even feel like a living person.
I trembled to explore his nose, fortunately, he’s still alive. I turned my head and looked at the old priest. He sighed and said, “Now he is hanging his last breath because of the continuous supply of spiritual power from the array under him.”
I turned and asked, “How can it be? How could it be this way? ”
The priest sighed and said, “Normally speaking, taking three times of heart blood would kill him. I told him that the best way is to put his heart and blood together with you to inject spiritual power into the child’s companion bell. This will only hurt some vitality, and will not do too much harm to the body. But Samuel is worried that you may recover your memory after touching the accompanying bell. So, he asked for help. I tried to persuade him, but he didn’t listen. You don’t know, but the reason why I didn’t tell you other methods at the beginning is that they are too harmful to human body. It’s almost like sacrificing yourself for the chance to transform your child. Samuel used an extreme method, you don’t need to inject spiritual power into the accompanying bell, but he needs to take out twice the normal amount of heart blood, so he can’t survive heart failure. ”
I can’t believe what I am hearing. How is that possible? How could someone like Samuel make such a big sacrifice for his child?
He is someone who is an ambitious selfish leader.
He can not be the sacrificial person for somebody. I couldn’t believe this.
Besides, the old priest is so powerful, how can he not save Samuel?
I never thought that such a powerful Samuel would die. Although I hated him, in my heart I never wanted him to end like this, he was as powerful as the king. How could he die so easily!? I only know that taking heart blood will do great harm to him. It may affect his skill and life span, but I didn’t think it would kill him.
I turned around and looked at my father. My father came forward and held me in his arms and said to me, “If you want to cry, just cry!”
I cried in my father’s arms, “Father, I never thought that he would die. In fact, I don’t hate him any more when I knew you were back safe. I know he loves me and cares about me. That’s why I treated him so badly and want to punish him, I wanted him to suffer what he did. I think not seeing me again is the biggest punishment to him. But I didn’t expect that he would choose to trade his life for Hale’s sake. Why didn’t he tell me? If you know of some ways that I’ll be with him. What should I do, father?
Please tell me, I love him. I really do and I can do anything to put him back to life.
Our dear Hale needs his two fathers, he needs us to guide him grow. He needs us just like how I needed you two.”
Don’t mourn too much, it is useless to be that desperate. What you have to do is forget about all these and let go. Focus in starting a new life with your son.”
I cannot process what I am hearing, I don’t want to move on, because I do not even know how to accept this. If a male alpha like me can bear a child, then it wouldn’t be impossible to put Samuel to life. I know, yes, I know that there is a way, it may cause a circumstance but whatever that maybe, I will take it just to make sure that Samuel will come back to life.
I cried and said, “But, father, I can’t let him go! I love him so much. I need him, Hale and I needs him!” I was sobbing up, I don’t know how I really looked like this time, but I don’t care, what I care is for Samuel to sure live and spend more years with me and Hale.
Though it will take a long process for healing I am sure that everything will land on their best places one day.
So, in my heart and mind, I am begging, desperately praying for a miracle.
When he saw my sadness, the old priest said, “In fact, although I have no other way, it doesn’t mean that he can’t be saved. The man who can save Samuel is right in front of you.”
In front of me? In front of me, apart from the priests there are father and the king. Who can? The if any of these people in front of me can help, I will beg. I will definitely beg him to help save my Samuel.
Father and the king understood the meaning of the priest faster than I did. Father came to me and said, “Kolten, your king and I do have a way to save him. However, you have to pay a price to save him. If you use this method to save him, it’s equivalent to sharing half of your life with him. You have to go on the journey of recovery with him, leaving all of us behind for a while including your son Hale. Have you thought about it? Are you sure you can do this?”
I was stunned for a moment and nodded firmly. If it is “for while” then it means I can come back to life with Samuel in a span of time. Just like how my fathers went through.
My father and the king took me and Samuel back to the altar of the inferno wolf tribe. I didn’t expect that the collapsed altar would recover back to how it was before. So, this is the secret under the altar. The way to save Samuel is under this altar.
Holding Samuel’s hand and reciting the mantra my father taught me, I began to lose consciousness, but I’m not afraid. I know that three years later, when I open my eyes again, me and the person I love the most will wake up together.
Three years later
Samuels POV
I woke up, and I was astonished. How could the person who hated me the most is here sleeping with me holding my hands?