Her final farewell book 5 of the werewolf mafia seriers

Chapter 3 mourning

Isaiah’s P.O.V

  I was in dad’s office, sorting out paperwork and checking emails, while dad was on another collection. Ever since mom had been on life support dad had become more and more ruthless than he had ever been. He would go out and come back with blood soaked clothes, but he wouldn’t say anything and would just put the money in the safe, then go upstairs, shower and stay in his room. I had spoken to him about the pack and he had asked me to take care of all the paperwork, but that was the last time we had spoken, in fact that was the last time dad had spoken to anyone except mom and Doctor Cloud. Gabrielle had decided to join our sister Selena’s pack and had found her mate Terry there shortly after joining. I had just sat back in the chair when dad came stomping into the office and threw the money he had collected into the safe, but then he turned to face me.

  “Isaiah, you need to go out more, you can’t always just be in here. Your mother would want you to find your mate and have pups, she wouldn’t want you to be like me.” Dad said, making me sigh.

  “Dad, it's been almost two years and yeah, I know mom would kick my ass for not giving the whole mate thing a chance, but she would also kick your ass too.” I said, but my dad looked at me confused.

  “When he wakes up, tell him that this was my decision, tell him that I loved him with all my heart, so I gave it to him completely. Tell him to live for me and tell him that I’ll always be there for him. That's what mom said and you aren’t doing it. You’re not living as she asked you to.” I said, losing my temper a little. My dad stood there for a couple of minutes with a blank look on his face, like he was deep in thought or something, but then he suddenly grabbed me and pulled me into a hug.

  “I’m sorry, son. I know I have failed her, I have failed you all, but like you said, it's been almost two years and we still haven’t found a heart for her.” Dad said, hugging me tighter. I know he is hurting, but we need him, the pack needs him.

  “Dad, you haven’t failed us or mom, but you will if you don’t do as she wished and start living.” I said, patting his back.

  “Dad, we still have time and I don’t want to give up just yet, we still have that rogue in the dungeon, so maybe we can use his heart or how about one of the Omegas, you know the ones that betrayed our pack.” I said, but dad shook his head and sighed.

  “Son, I have done everything in my power to bring your mother back, even giving Doctor Cloud an Alpha command so that he would disobey Cheyenne’s last request for the machines to be turned off, but we don’t have a heart, even that vampire's heart didn’t work out, it's time to let her go.” Dad said, but I shook my head no. I wasn’t ready to let her go, not yet. We still had more time, didn’t we?

  Mercury’s P.O.V

  “Give it a night and then go see her, Isaiah. Your sisters came the other day, so I’ll give you one more night and then it's time to put her to rest. I’m going to take a shower and get some sleep. Goodnight.” I said and hugged my son. I left the office feeling just like I did every night, sad, hopeless, hurt, defeated. I didn’t want to give up on her, but we had tried everything possible to bring her back and nothing had worked. We had tried a vampire’s and an elf’s heart. We had tried every supernatural creature's heart we could, even lions and tigers, but none of them would take. Doctor Cloud had given me the same prognosis that he had given Cheyenne, that she could survive a year, maybe two, but then her body would start to shut down and so would her mind. I couldn’t let her be in so much pain, I couldn’t let my mate suffer anymore like that. It was time. It was time to let her go, I thought as I walked upstairs and came to a stop in front of the door that once belonged to us. This was our room, where we made love and fought, where we shared memories and created new ones. This was our room, but not without her. I touched the door, but was still unable to go inside, not yet, I wasn’t ready. I walked down the hall to the spare room I had been staying in and went inside. I stripped out of my bloody clothes and threw them in the hamper, then took a long hot shower. I got out of the shower and dried off, but then stopped in front of the mirror and touched the scar on my chest. I sighed as I put on my t-shirt and went back into the bedroom, getting into bed and just laying there. What was the point, what was the point of any of this. She was mine and I was hers, but now she’s gone. I closed my eyes and willed for a dreamless sleep, one that didn’t have my usual nightmares. That night I fell into a deep sleep and I was back in our old room, but then I saw a huge light that was so bright I had to look away. The light dimmed a little and I was able to look at the source of it, but was shocked to see the Moon Goddess standing before me. This has got to be a dream or some f****d up illusion, I thought, but then the Moon Goddess smiled at me.

  “Mercury, you are one of my oldest children and I must admit you have been the biggest handful at times too. You always did things your way and when I wanted you to do one thing, you did the other. Yet here we are, but there is one thing I need you to do, my child and it is very important. I need you to see someone and I need you to be strong when you do. This person wants to talk to you.” The Moon Goddess said, but I shook my head.

  “And before you say no, I should tell you that I won’t accept that as an answer. You have been running yourself down, Mercury and you can’t go on like this, just please hear this person out.” The Moon Goddess said, making me sigh. I knew there was no use in protesting because she would just keep me here until I agreed.

  “Fine, I’ll hear whoever it is out, Moon Goddess.” I said, curious as to who it could be. There was another bright light that forced me to turn my head away and then I heard it. I heard her voice.

  “Hello, my love.” Cheyenne said, making me quickly turn my head back to the light. Cheyenne stood there softly smiling at me and my mouth dropped open at the sight of her.

  “Close your mouth before a fly flies inside.” Cheyenne said, giggling. I smirked and closed my mouth, then grabbed her and pulled her to me.

  “I have missed you so much, sweetheart. I love you so much.” I said, inhaling her scent that I had missed so much.

  “Mercury, I came here to speak with you. I know that you're hurting and I know that you have been trying, but it's time. All the hearts you have found haven’t worked and no matter which one you choose it will never work. It's time to let me go, Mercury. I’ve already visited and spoken to the kids tonight, explaining what I want and just talking to them about everything. Did you know that Gabrielle has a mate now? Did you even pay attention to that?” Cheyenne asked and I shook my head no. I had been so busy trying to bring my mate back that I didn’t even realise my baby girl had found her mate. What sort of dad does that make me?

  “I’m sorry, Cheyenne. I’ll make it up to her, I promise.” I replied and she nodded. 

  “Well, you better. I’ve talked to Isaiah and he took it the hardest, he didn’t want to let me go, but I told him that I would always be there for him. Now, I need you to do as I said and let me go, it's been two years, so tomorrow I want you to send me fully up to the Moon Goddess.” Cheyenne said, making my heart clench at her words. I knew it was time to let her go, but it didn’t make it any easier.

  “Cheyenne, why did you do this? Why did you leave me here alone? You could have stayed.” I asked, but she just sighed softly.

  “Because…..because the kids needed you more, Mercury.” Cheyenne said, but I knew that she was lying. I knew that she was going to say something different and just changed it last minute.

  “Cheyenne, I know you and I know you’re hiding something from me.” I said and she sighed once more.

  “Fine, I’ll tell you...if...if it wasn’t for me then you wouldn’t have been on that table with a knife in your heart in the first place. Happy now.” Cheyenne replied, completely stunning me. What did she mean? She didn’t stab me, she wasn’t even near me, so how is this her fault?