I pat my dress down, straightening it for no reason. I close my eyes, sighing until I look at myself in the mirror once more. My make-up is covering the sadness in my eyes, the bags under them. The redness is gone and my face isn't wet with tears anymore.

After what happen, I went to the mansion. During the same night, I told Xavier that I should go home and see my family. My parents have no concern of going to the King and Juliet's funeral so they went to work today. But I got up and got ready. Xavier was coming to pick me up before it started.

I walk to my closet and I go on my knees, digging through the pile of shoes I have. A hear the door open and I know it's Xavier who is standing behind me. I stop looking through my shoes while I sigh.

"Is it time to go?"

"No rush, take your time." He whispers back to me softly as I nod. I want to cry, I really do. I take out two different heels, a black and a crimson red pair. I get up and I hold both up to Xavier while he looks down at them.

"Which ones?" I ask him and he licks his lips, grabbing the black ones and tossing them back in my closet.

"The red ones, it was Juliet's favorite color." His voice cracks and my lips start to quiver. I can't stop but think of Xavier's birthday party, the beautiful red dress that went with her sharp green eyes and creamy pale skin. I sit on the edge of my bed, putting the heels on and strapping them tight. I watch from the corner of my eye Xavier looking at the pictures of my friends over the years hung up on the wall next to my desk.

I glare away, standing up and grabbing my black purse and my beige pea coat that I put on. It's cloudy outside but not that cold. Xavier is wearing a black and white attire, a black tie tucked in and I see black suspenders inside his coat. Before I left my room, I stop walking because he calls my name. I turn around, staring down at my purse while he walks towards me.

"I need to tell you something."

"We need to go." I snap back at him but he grabs my wrists.

"No, we have plenty of time. I've been dying to tell you something and I think now is the best time." I swallow, gazing up in his beautiful eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. Diana, I want you to know that I love you. I really do. What I have done to you, it eats me inside out, it won't stop bothering me. You are the girl who I want to spend the rest of my life with."

"Xavier..." I whisper to him, looking away from him but I still see that he is still staring into my eyes.

"No, you need to understand that from now on, I will not let anyone hurt you. You are my treasure that I can hold on to. You are beautiful when I look at you, you show that there is life in this mad world. I can't watch you cry, it hurts me so much." I look back at him, licking my lips and finally blinking, my tears streaming down my face.

Xavier runs his hand up my face, cupping my cheek and catching my tears. I place a hand over his, feeling the warmth and tingling feeling.

"I need you to understand that I was stubborn and selfish about the Prophecy, I only cared about myself."

"You had the right to be mad and upset, you didn't know any better. You didn't know this was going to happen to you."

"We didn't know it was going to happen to us. You didn't know any better either, you didn't even know about the Prophecy."

"Now I do." I reply back and he smiles, licking his lips and sighing.

"Now we both know that it is real and that this is actually happening." I grin, wiping my eyes carefully so I don't smudge my make-up.

"I love you, Xavier Dagger." I admit, nodding my head up and down. He chuckles, a tear slipping out of his right eye.

"I love you, Diana Wilson." He whispers before pressing his lips lightly against mine. It was soft and welcoming, something I have never felt.

It was a feeling of forgiveness.

The burial was held 20 minutes away in Heyeshall Cemetery. The same cemetery my unborn sister was buried in. There was a large handful of humans and vampires who came to pay their respects. First they buried Juliet's casket than buried King Jean's. They couldn't find his body in the collapsed building, it must have burnt to crisp. Same as Mr. Walsh's and Dylan's. Alexander probably didn't pull Dylan's out when he was bringing Juliet's. Sadly, Troye and Isaac were so unconscious from Xavier's hits, they were burned alive.

Queen Antonia was crying against Alexander's shoulder while he sucked it up and tried to be the strong brother.

Xavier held my hand the whole time and when we put roses next to their stones, he gave me a tight squeeze. I wipe my eyes except letting the tears fall down my cheeks. When time was going by, people were slowly leaving. In the end, it was the Dagger family and I. The priest gave his respects to the Queen then left us all alone. The Queen couldn't take it no more and left with Alexander to the car.

"Diana, we should go." Xavier says from far while waiting for me. I was standing in front of Juliet's grave, staring down at a picture of her.

"Hold up, I'll come in a couple of seconds." I say while I watch him walk out of the cemetery to the car. I sigh, turning back to Juliet.

"You know it's weird that I'm so sad about both of your deaths. I have only known you guys for what, three months? But you have done a lot for me. You helped me and tried to be my friend when I was alone. I'm sorry when I pushed you away most of the time." I chuckle under my breath while biting my lip. "See you later." I add while turning around to the King's grave. It was made out of granite with gems to show that he was the King of Vampires for hundreds of years.

"Ugh, my bad but I don't have a lot of say to you. I feel like I should be mad at you for taking over the human world twenty four years ago but I'm not. Not anymore. You may have killed thousands of humans and deaths of vampires because of the humans fighting back but it wasn't really your fault. You thought that was the right thing to do, because your kind was hiding for years." I pause.

"If only it turned out not that bloody for years because I'm still scared to walk by myself at night because I can get killed. I've always hated vampires but now... I'm in love with one. Well, with your son. I thank you for opening your eyes and ears wider and realizing what you did and doing the right thing for making the Prophecy work. But most of all, I don't hate you because you sacrificed your life to save mine. I realized that vampires have humanity because you saved a human who is going to die earlier than your life would have been."

The car honks with Xavier, Alexander and the Queen inside and I look at it. I see Xavier through the window and he grins at me. I nod, walking out of the Heyeshall Cemetery with one last glance at my unborn sister's grave, red crisp roses on her stone. I shut the black gates to get inside the cemetery and I go inside the car with my head up high.