Hellbound With You novel Chapter 538

Chapter 538: His heart

Ezekiel pulled the sword out of Abigail – the sword once bright and gleaming now coated deep red with lifeblood. Alexander could see it clearly - the blood-soaked sword Zeke pulled out of her.

Alex’s eyes were like two bright suns that were suddenly swallowed by darkness. His heart shook violently within him, his frame trembling as his mind was still partially registering what his eyes were looking at.

His feet moved and he ran. Fast as he could as his Abigail staggered backwards, clutching her wound, about to fall. He managed to catch her just as she was falling backwards.

"A-a-bi..." Alex’s lips trembled as he held her in his arms.

"A-Alex... I’m sorry..." she uttered, and Abi’s breath hitched. She reached out a hand to touch his face but before it could land on his face, her arm fell to her sides as if she didn’t have any more strength left in her. Her eyelids fluttered closed, shedding a tear in the corner of her eye. "I love you..." came out of her lips in barely a whisper and too soon, her body became limp.

Alex’s legs gave out. He crumpled to the ground, his whole body shaking. This cannot be happening. How could it be? She was just there a moment ago. He left her far above the abyss and away from the heat of the fight so nothing like this would happen to her. Everything seemed to be happening too fast, yet there was this weird lag that is affecting him – causing his mind to be moving in slow-motion.

"No! No!!!" A deep, bloodcurdling scream echoed across the plateau. Without realizing that he was doing it, Alex screamed his lungs out. In just one moment, his body, heart and soul crumbled into pieces.

"Open your eyes, Abigail!!" he begged. "You can’t... no!!!"

He was broken, completely broken. It happened again. Why? He did everything. Why couldn’t he protect her? Why did this happen again?

The world turned into pitch black hell.

The thunder roared but he could no longer hear anything.

The dragons started roaring. Zeres fell to the ground. He, too, wailed like Dinah but they wailed because of the physical, agonizing pain, as if they were being tortured by an invisible force inside out.

However, both their screams of agony were nothing compared to the roar Alex let out next. He roared the most terrifying roar anyone had ever heard – it made their skin crawl. Those who were weaker felt their marrows retract and as if it dried up within them and their heartbeat became erratic and felt as if it were going to explode out of their very chest. Even the dead might tremble in fear. It was an agonizing battle cry.

Zeke who was still standing there watching them without expression, was then hit by something.

The next thing he knew; he was pinned to the ground. The impact was so strong that it created a small crater. Blood spurted out from Zeke’s mouth.