Chapter 81: Farewell

"There, there. Lil Della. Why are you so sad? You were not sad when you betrayed your buddies. You were not sad when you betrayed our master. I nearly thought you didn't know what sadness was. Unlike me, you were a mortal but as far as I understand you, you were the cruellest and heartless person among our group. Under what spell did Severus put you in, to make you feel so sad and even to the extent of crying? The last I saw you crying was when your parents died. After that, you became an emotionless woman who mercilessly killed people"

"Didn't you, Lil Della?", Tishn asked scornfully. He could never forgive Desella for betraying his master. 

Desella didn't argue back.

She stared at Severus body which was turning cold with each passing second. She again checked for his vitals but it was all negative. His breathing became faint with no consciousness. Desella lost the light from her eyes and looked up to meet Tishn eyes. 

Tishn stiffened for a second but in next second gathered himself back. Desella eyes turned hollow, just like they were when he saw her for first time. It was the time when her parents were killed. She had the same hollow expressions with blood lust in her eyes.

Desella softly stood up from Severus' chest, preventing blood from overflowing.

Tick!

Tak!

Tick!

Tak!

Desella walked toward Tishn and stood in front of him. 

Tishn saw what Desella was doing but didn't stop her.

She looked up and met his gaze as she softly muttered."You will pay for this!"

Bam!

She kicked him.

She kicked him hard on his stomach.

Tishn wasn't prepared for such hard blow and instantly fell on the floor. However Desella didn't wait for him to stand up, she kneeled on the floor and grabbed his collar as she punched his face several times before throwing him on the floor again. 

Tishn didn't get a chance to fight back. He was beaten black and blue by Desella continuously and surprisingly her strength was no joke.

She was like a war machine. Hitting and punching him without any thought.

Tishn had enough of today. First Severus punched him and now Desella was beating him. Did they think he was a punching bag? 

Tishn backed off and crossed his hands as the black mist attacked Desella's chest, which was originated by him. Desella got hit and kneeled on the floor while clutching her chest. However, she didn't felt any pain. She calmly looked up as she met Tishn's gaze and swirled her fingers as the black mist surrounded her. It wasn't as dark as Tishn and Severus, but it was in bulk. She aimed it on Tishn and hit him.

The shot hit him accurately.

"She didn't change, not even a bit. Her aims were exact and never missed her target." Tishn praised her inside his mind.

"DESELLA! You really have some guts to fight with me, head-on? Don't you? Where is your conscience? Did you forget that we were comrades once? You can't kill me and you know that very well, so why even bother? Just surrender yourself to me and let me kill this mans so that I can end this stupid battle and become the king of darkness" Tishn spoke ambitiously. 

He didn't see that with his every word, Desella's face turned cold. Her expressions were chilling and if glare could kill, then he would have died a thousand times now.

"Guts, I never lacked guts Tishn. I was gutsy then also and I am gutsy even today. Have you forgotten, it was me who was the vice head of troupe and you were my subordinate? Have you forgotten those jealous moments? Or maybe those moments when I kicked you Ass several times in duels?"

" Admit it Tishn, you were weak back then too, you still are and always will be"

"You only know that I betrayed the master but no one from your troupe ever questioned your master. Can I ask why that so? How could you all pin all the blame on me? There was a reason I betrayed him but no one bothered to ever ask me. That master of yours was very conceited and cruel and you all knew it. Heck, you knew from the starting but then also you all kept me in dark for so many tears. You knew it very well the reason of mine to join your troupe but you still, hid the truth from me"

Desella shouted in frustration as her eyes glimmered with tears.

"You call me a traitor but you all were the traitor from the starting? It was your troupe and your master that betrayed me and duped me. The truth I was searching for my whole life was a lie and when in reality, I found the truth, someone trapped me."

"You call this a friendship? Are we all buddies in real? Have you all ever treated me as a little sister with your heart or was it all just a facade, asked by your master to put it?"

Tishn stiffened when he heard her accusations.

Very softly he muttered, "Yes Lil Della. We always treated you like our little sister. I think there is some misunderstanding between master and you. I suggest you should solve it and reconcile with him."

"Reconcile, stop spouting bullshit", Desella screamed.

"Misunderstandings? HAHAHAHAH. There were no misunderstandings from the starting just blind trust. I trusted him too much, with my everything and it came back to bite me."

Tishn didn't know how much Dessella was aware of their troupe's reality. They all lived under the same roof for several years and shared various moment of life. There were actually some rules set up by master that they need to follow it, even if meant they perish and one such rule was to never tell Desella about their's troupes real motive. No matter who breaks the law, the ultimate punishment for breaking the rule was death only so no one ever dared to tell her anything.

At this moment, Tishn knew it was either do or die situation. Either he absorbs Desella's power and defragments her souls to gain power or else he should kill Severus and eat him up. That boy sure had deep magic powers in his blood and it may help him to break free from Hades's curse. The choice was hard but the result was too big to resist, from either of choice.

Desella knew What Tishn had in his mind and come what may, she will never allow that to happen.

She swiftly turned away from Tishn and walked back to Severus. As he sat on the floor, she interlocked his fingers with her one hand and used another one to caress her face. 

Coldness vanished from her face and a never seen gentle expressions graced her face. She softly caressed his pale cheeks which were once very healthy and pink. Her eyes which were hollow earlier were now filled with hot tears as she sniffled and choked on his sobs.

"I….I am sorry Severus. I am really really sorry. I never thought it will end this way. Believe me, I never wanted to drag you into my matters but somehow our fates clashed and now you are here, suffering because of me. If I even have the slightest idea about this, I would have never agreed to with your sneaking plan. Our fun was ruined Severus and, I am extremely sorry for it. I apologise for everything, every trouble I gave you, every wound you have because of me and anything and everything. I deeply apologise Severus"

She sobbed heavily. She never knew she could be this much attached to someone. Very early in her life, she accepted her cruel fate and after knowing about the truth, her heart died. The day she died, heart died too but it was Severus who again revived it. It was him who made her laugh and genuinely happy in both her lifetimes. No one ever did that to her, not even her so-called master. 

"Severus, it was you who taught me what is a real joy. It was you who made me feel like a human and a girl too. Believe me when I say this, but I have never blushed in my entire life when I was alive and even after being dead, there was no one but everything changed when you came in my life. I blushed, I giggled and laughed, I cried, I sobbed even cried too. I dressed nicely and finally felt like a real girl but alas, good things don't stay for long. I never pitied myself, Severus, never ever because I was ware that pitying won't help me and will make me weak however at this moment, I do. I pity myself for not being alive. I pity myself to not able to protect you. I definitely pity myself to never be able to see you again Severus."

"There are several matters that I want to tell you. Numerous secrets that I want to share with you and various things that I want to share with you. I even want to have a real taste of food too but it doesn't feel like I will be able to do so"

After saying what was hidden in her heart, she inched closer to his face and lightly kissed his lips at the corners but she wasn't able to control her temptations and finally kissed him passionately on his lips. Since it was a farewell now, she decided to finally do it what she always wanted to do. While Kissing him, tears never stopped flowing from her eyes. Soon Severus shirt was wet with her tears but there was no moment by Severus. With each passing second, it was becoming hard for Desella, to let him go. Finally using all her will power, she reluctantly left his lips.

"Farewell Severus"