Sozin mind linked us and said they were at some bar motel. So that was where we were headed. None of said anything. We haven't said a word to each other.

I couldn't feel anything much. I felt numb. Except I noticed a hole in my heart. A place special reserved for the guy that sacrificed himself for me. An overwhelming sense of guilt was drowning me to the point I had a hard time breathing.

We finally got to the bar motel place. Zeus walked inside, still carrying me. Dylan was still pale as ever. Sozin was laughing at the bar as usually, he saw us come and got off the stool, "Guys! You're here! Look I know losing the battle is pretty shitty but this only means we have a second chance at getting Nikolai. We know exactly what we're handling here now so I thought of a plan for once in my life, I thought maybe...we could....wait." As he came closer and closer to us he saw the state we were in.

He stopped in his tracks, "Hey what's wrong?" His eyes looked at everybody that came in and frowned, "Where's Donny? Is he outside?"

I felt my eyes sting with tears. Sozin looked at me and I saw him physically pale. He shook his head and stumbled backward. He leans against the bar and shook his head, "No. No he's not." He said while staring at Zeus.

I looked at the rest of our friends and family. Eudora took one look at me and immediately looked down at her hands. She knew.

Ozai got up from the table and approached Sozin. He touches his shoulders, but Sozin shoves Ozai back, "NO! He's not! Where the hell is that motherfucker! He's like a fucking bug, he can't die! That's impossible!"

Sozin stomps outside and we hear him yelling and cussing. All of us were silent. Zeus gently puts me down on a chair and kisses my forehead. He walks to a bar and gabs a shot. He whips his head back and sculls it down. He throws the glass, making it smash against the wall. He turns around with his jaw clenching.

"Nothing I say will bring him back. Nothing I say will make you all feel better. But I am going to make a promise. His death will not be in vein. I won't let his death be for nothing," He snarls through his teeth, "I am going to kill Nikolai, whether is be the last thing I'll ever do."

Zeus leaves and grabs a random key the bartender guy gives him and goes up stairs. Eudora got up. She went to the bar and got a tray. A tray filled with shots. She goes around the whole room and gives everybody one glass. She stands in the middle, her eyes red from crying. she raises her glass, "He was like a son to me."

Ozai raised his glass, "He was a little brother."

Kurt got up and raised his glass, "He was like an annoying little cousin, but the good kind."

Dylan shakily stood up, still pale. He was raised his glass and was silent for only a few seconds, "He was a good man. Who loved with his whole heart."

"He was my best friend." We all turned around and saw Sozin at the door carrying a bottle filled with vodka, "He was my partner in crime. He was a brother. My companion. My friend."

My uncles and cousins did not say anything. They all still wore a look of grief even if they didn't know Donny for that long, but that's the kind of guy Donny was. He impacted people deeply even if he didn't know it.

I stood up and raised my glass, "He took care of me from the very start. He was understanding and kind to me. He was my friend and I will be forever grateful for the time I had with him."

Eudora said, "To Donny."

We all repeated her words, "To Donny." We raised our glass and sculled it back, welcoming the burning sensation.

Everybody fell silent. They all were deep in their own thoughts. I looked at the stairs Zeus wondering what's going through his head right now. I wanted to go to him, but I also didn't want to disturb him. I was afraid...He might resent me after everything. I blamed myself for Donny's death...I wouldn't be surprised if Zeus did too.

ZEUS

I had a quick shower. I was sitting on the small double bed, looking at the little fire place I lit. I replayed the moment over and over again in my mind. If I had run faster. If I had killed better, he might be alive. The battle wasn't over for me. It was left unfinished. It only finishes when either me or Nikolai dies.

The tension, fatigue, failure, guilt and stress riddled my body. I was filled with it. I laid my head in my hands.

"Why didn't you run faster," I told myself, "Son of a bitch."

I heard the floors creek. I jumped up from the bed and spun around, ready to kill, but I freeze when I see Lily standing there.

I relax and sit back down. Her eyes were puffy from crying. I felt guilt when I saw her forehead had butterfly stitches in them.

"There was a first aide kit downstairs. Ozai fixed me up." She said more quietly.

"I'm sorry, I should've made sure your wounds were tended to." I apologised.

She walks slowly to me and I watch her every step. She steps in between my legs and looks down at me sadly. She raises her hands and gently run them down my face and up and through my hair. I closed my eyes and felt the comforting touch that I knew only she could ever bring.

"It's my fault," She said.

I opened my eyes and looked up at her's, they were glistening slightly.

"He was stabbed while protecting me, and then he died when I was too weak to fight."

I shook my head, "Stop, Lily. This is none of your fault."

One tear strayed out of her eyes, "It was."

I stood up and looked down at her. She looked up at me and I saw the weight she was carrying. She was carrying all the guilt and shame on her shoulders. I cup her cheek and run my thumb over it, "We could talk all night about who's to blame here. Someone could've always done something different and maybe he would still be here. None of us are to blame except Nikolai, and him alone. So do not carry unnecessary weight on you, love. Let yourself grieve for him without any extra weight."

I sit back down. Lily was still standing looking down at me. We fell into a thick silence. Our minds feeling heavy with all that had occurred.

Lily rests her hands on my shoulders, "What is going through that head of yours?"

I look up at my mate. I rest my hands on her hips, "I'm tired of losing people I love. I'm tired of losing to him. But I'm also fucked off that he somehow gets away without any consequences," Zeus's eyes glaze over as he was deep in thought, "I did bad things today, Lil. I let the darkness in. I let it control me, feed me, thinking it would make me feel better. I felt like my old self. I was drenched in their blood...and I loved it. The darkness still lives in me, Lil. Maybe I'm the real reason why Donny is dead. Maybe that;s the consequence for my bad deeds."

"Don't say that," Lily said, she runs her fingers through my hair, "It's not your fault, Zeus. None of it is. Listen to what you said to me. This is all on Nikolai-"

"Don't say his name," Zeus growls lowly, "I'm sick of hearing his name. I'm sick of all of this. I just don't want to think."

Lily leans forward and kisses my forehead, "You are a good man, Zeus."

She steps back, but I gently grab the back of her thigh to stop her, "I want you to stay, Lil. I don't want to talk. I just want you to be here."

She gives me a sad smile, "Okay. I'm going to go have a shower."

She grabs a towel and goes in the bathroom. I hear the shower turn on. I lean against the bed post and closed my eyes.

LILY

I was sitting on the floor of the shower, letting the water cascade down my body. I felt to empty and so numb right now. And I felt for Zeus. I can't even imagine what it would be like for him. He had known Donny way longer than I have.

I felt the feeling deep in my core. I wanted to make him feel better...and I wanted to feel better too. I sighed as I got up from the shower.

I went to dry my self and wrapped the towel around me. I walked out of the bathroom. Zeus was lying against the headboard with his eyes closed.

I went to the bag resting on top of the dresser and was looking at what we had to work with here.

I was rummaging through the damn thing when I felt hands on my hips. I stilled. His hands slowly ran up my waist, and then he brushes my hair over my shoulder, exposing my neck.

I felt the heat of his body behind me, "Tell me to stop and I will...but I need you, Lil."

I slowly turned around and I saw the vulnerability in his eyes, it was like looking into my own. We were both raw emotionally.

I stepped forward and looked up into his eyes, "I don't want you to stop."

Zeus leans in and kisses me. He pulls me flat against him. I run my hands up his arms and around his neck. He grabs the back of my thighs and lifts me up, causing me to wrap them around his waist. He did this all without even breaking apart our lips.

Our lips fitted perfectly together as we kissed passionately. He lays me on the bed. He takes his shirt off and comes back down on top of me and continues to kiss me hungrily. His kisses left my mouth and he began to leave a wet trail down to my neck. I felt my breath become ragged as this strange pent up sensation felt like it was building inside of my core.

Zeus kisses me hard. I felt his hands feverishly run over my naked body. Memorising every contour. His mouth trails down to my neck, pressing against my mark, causing me to moan. I grip his hair as my lungs work harder to breathe.

I felt our mate bond begin to burn with a vigorous passion. Zeus grabs my hands and puts them above my head, "Keep them there," He growls lowly. I moan again as he continues to suck on my neck. His hands run up my stomach and over the hills of my breasts, pinching the peaks, causing my desire to run wild. He kisses down from neck to the middle of my breast. His sucks over the peaks of my breasts.

His hands travel down my body, as if they were searching for treasure. I felt the anticipation rise in my chest as I felt his fingers draw closer and close to their goal. "Zeus," I moaned loudly. My back arched when his fingers found what they were looking for. They found the wet entrance that was screaming to be touched. He moves his fingers around. He played with me like I was a toy. I felt the sensation build in my core.

He leaves my breasts and licks his way further down. His hands leave my core and touched my inner thighs, spreading them wide as I watched his beautiful mouth come closer and closer. His eyes never left mine. It's as if he was telling me something. Telling me that I was his...completely his. And I loved it.

His mouth found my wet folds, he first kisses it softly. And then his tongue pushes through my slick entrance, "Ohh Zeus." My back arches in pleasure. Zeus growls approvingly. I rock against his lips. His tongue played with my entrance and then moved up, sucking on the wet and throbbing nub that encompassed my pleasure.

When his tongue flicked it, my eyes shut tight as I felt a wave of pleasure almost obliterate me. I release a breathy moan. I've never felt such things before. Zeus leaves me core.

His mouth was back on my own. They kissed me with a feverish hunger. A desperation. He spread my thighs and settles between them. I felt his thick length rock back and for between my folds, coating it. His pelvis presses hard against me, making me want to be completely and utterly consumed by him.

I felt our lips break the kiss as his length began to push inside of me, filling me to the brim. My eyes rolled back as the feeling of being filled was other-worldly. I released a breathy moan as my lips was brushing against his. He lets out a deep growl of lust as he enters me.

I felt myself closing my eyes as my body was adjusting to Zeus. But It felt as though the pleasure has blurred my mind because all I wanted him to do was claim me. Completely. In a raw and animalistic way.

I opened my eyes and saw Zeus's glowing green eyes looking down at me with a storm of passion burning inside of them. "You're mine." He growls.

I look at him in the eyes, "I'm yours."

He rumbles in pleasure as he kisses me hard. I felt him begin to rock against me, but I had other plans. I didn't want him to be gentle or tender right now. We were wolves afterall. And right now I wanted my Alpha Male to take what was rightfully his. My hands trailed from his back down to his ass and pushed him hard against me. Zeus snarls in agreement. He grabs my hips and pulls me against him as his thrusts became more hard and desperate.

Our bodies were grinding against each other. It was skin on skin. It was wet and hot. I felt like every time he pulls and pushes into me, it only adds to the pleasure that I felt was building in my core.

I felt it. The electrifying sensation that intoxicated my mind. I was getting closer and closer. Both Zeus and I were moaning, groaning, gripping, scratching, screaming. Zeus kisses down to my neck over our mark. My eyes widen as the pleasure doubled. I moaned loudly as I felt myself become so close.

Zeus was close, He was hardening even more inside of me. His thrusts become more short and frenzied. He growls lowly in my neck as he was going faster and faster.

His fangs elongated. They traced my neck. He growls and rumbles as he bites down. And that was it. That was my undoing. " Zeus!" I moaned loudly. My back arched. It was like an explosion of fireworks that blinded me. My thighs shakily tightened around him as an earthquaking pleasure raked through my body, my walls tightening around his thick length in a spastic rhythm.

Soon I felt him harden more as he thrusts hard against me and slows to a grinding, he wraps his arms tightly around me, pressing our bodies closer together as I felt him release his seed into me pumping it in, He growls lowly as I felt his thighs become shaky as he was riding out the wave of our climax. Our bodies both shaking in complete pleasure from each other. As our moans subside, the cloud of passion began to cleared from our minds.

We were both out of breath. Zeus laid on top of me for a moment, resting his head in my neck. Soon he pulls out of me, leaving a sticky stream.

I look at him, "I didn't know I could feel something like that."

Zeus chuckles, "Neither." He turns to me and gathers me in his arms. I look up at him and he looks down at me.

I gulp, "I love you, Zeus."

He leans down and kisses my forehead, "I love you too."

I rest my head on his chest. "I'm sorry, Lil." Zeus said.

I frowned and raised my head, "What? Why?"

He was staring out the window clenching his jaw, "I shouldn't have pressured you to do this. I should've done this better. I should've been more gentle. It shouldn't have been at a time like this."

I shook my head, "Don't say that. I don't regret it at all," I cup Zeus's face and make him look at me, "It was perfect. It was absolutely amazing. We're both going through a rough time right now, and I think we both needed this. We both needed to feel close to each other."

Zeus sighs and looked at me softly. I stroke his cheek, "I don't regret at all." I said again, hoping it would calm him.

He runs his fingers up and down my naked back, "You're so beautiful."

I felt my head duck down slightly as my cheeks redden.

Zeus laughs, "Lily, we are both lying next to each other naked and you blush because I said you're beautiful?"

I giggled, "I don't know why I just feel shy when you compliment me."

Zeus shakes his head, "You're something else, flower."

I smiled as I laid my head on his chest. I felt content with Zeus. I felt content about our bond and how strong it is. And even though I wanted to live in this perfect moment forever, I have to acknowledge Donny in this. He was still gone and I was still in pain.

I close my eyes and I hope that I will soon drift off to sleep.

ZEUS

Lily finally fell asleep. I'm glad she has. I looked down at her. She was so beautiful. Memories of what we did tonight repeat in my head. My hands trace small circle on her soft skin. I felt it come back. My desire. My desire for her. I began to growl as I stiffen. Damn it! Now is not the time! I couldn't help, but chuckle to myself. The things this girl does to me.

I tried to close my eyes and let my mind drift away, but I couldn't. I couldn't sleep. I wasn't even tired. My mind wouldn't shut the hell up. My veins were still pumping with rage. I wanted to kill Nikolai so bad. He took Lillian, my daughter, my family, and now...Donny. I'm afraid the next person on his list is Lily.

The thought of him even looking at Lily sends me over the edge. I don't want them two anywhere near each other.

I look out the window and saw it was snowing. I look down at Lil. I slowly slipped out from under her. She grabs my pillow in her sleep and curls up around it. I walk to the window. Everybody was probably either drunk or asleep downstairs. Or crying. One of the three or all of them.

My eyes scanned the area when I caught a figure in the treeline. I tense up and looked closer as adrenaline began to pump throughout my body.

Nikolai. He stood there smiling at the tree line. I growled. I stormed out of the bedroom, jumped the stairs and burst out of the door. I sprinted toward the tree.

When I got there though...he was gone. I yelled in anger and punched a tree over and over again. I soon heard the cracking of wood. If I don't stop, the damn tree is going to fall down wake everybody up.

I stopped and stood there looking into the darkness, breathing hard.

"I know you're out there, I know you can hear. When I saw you, I'm gonna rip your fucking head off."

I turn around to leave, but my eye caught something on the tree. It was an envelope nailed to it. I grabbed it and ripped it off.

I went back to my bedroom. Lily was still asleep which was good. I didn't want to scare her.

I sat down and opened the letter.

Let us finish this old friend. Just you and Me. No one else.

You know where we are to meet.

-N

I crumpled the paper in my hand. I knew where he meant. He wanted to meet back at the castle in the garden...where I first killed him.

I looked over at my flower...my little Lily. I stroked her soft cheek and she leans into my hand in her sleep which made me smile. I run my fingers through her long blonde hair. She is so beautiful. I don't know if I will come back, but just in case, I wanted to memorise everything about her face. I wanted to commit everything we did tonight to memory.

I leaned in and kissed her forehead.

"I love you, Lily," I whispered to her. I got up and got dressed. I was about to walk out of the door but stopped. I wanted to take one last look at my beautiful mate.

I will wait for you in the next life, my love.

And then I turned and left.