Chapter 128 Within The Clutches of Despair

128 Within The Clutches of Despair

Outside of the destroyed party venue, Serana, Sei, Anna, Bianca, Aisha and Morgan were all standing around, looking at the strangely beautiful night sky up above. The police had just shown up to this location a few minutes ago, and they were in the process of getting statements from the witnesses and offering first aid to any who might need it. Although the number of physical injuries were few, everyone was still visibly shaken up. But once the night returned to the sky, only Malachi's loved ones felt a sense of calm wash over them that wasn't present before. "I'm going to find him." Morgan suddenly said. "The rest of you should stay here."

Naturally, Morgan wasn't expecting to face any resistance to his decision, so he was surprised when he heard the sound of heavy footsteps following him. The gorgeous and tattooed Anna, along with the icy and charming Aisha immediately followed in Morgan's footsteps. "What.. are you girls doing?" "He's my best friend." "He's my boyfriend." "I... understand that, but I don't think that he would want the two of you near a battlefield."

"I don't always have to give a fuck what he wants."

"I'll make it up to him later if he's upset."

Evidently, the courage of the girls was rather infectious, and now Sei, Serana, and Bianca were also stepping forward like they wanted to come with him. "Girls... Malachi will kill me if anything were to happen to you."

"Fine, then you don't have to take us." Aisha suddenly said. She calmly walked past Morgan and started walking towards downtown, and the girls immediately followed her. Once Morgan saw that they were really intent on leaving him behind, he quickly ran in front of them to halt their advance. "Would you girls wait for just a moment! You cannot-"

"Mr. Morgan, if you're worried about something happening to us then you should make sure nothing happens to us, right?" Serana said. Morgan exhaustedly stared at all five women without having the foggiest idea of how to stop them. Each of them was every bit as determined as the last, and it was clear that he wasn't going to be able to talk them out of it.

As a man with two wives whom he loved to pieces, it was easy for him to recognize the look of a woman who was prepared to argue with him even at the cost of her life. It was exhausting just to think about. "Fine...You girls keep your legs closed."

Anna: "What're you- KYAAA!!"

Aisha: "What the hell?!"

Bianca: "I have a fear of heights!"

Serana: "This is so cool! A bitch is just like Peter Pan!"

The air became filled with shrill screams as Morgan lifted up the girls and himself via telekinesis and started to ferry them through the air. Evidently, the only ones who seemed to be having fun flying were Anna and Serana, who were even holding their arms out like beautiful birds. "I'm glad you're all having fun, but there's something you should know."

"KYAAA!!"

Luckily that information did seem to reach Malachi by some method or another, but he was still locked within the throes of despair. "But Shear... she is truly gone and I can't bring her back. Just like I can't bring them back."

Aubrey didn't need to ask who exactly her brother was referring to, and her own heart was wracked with pain at the mention of her parents whom she loved so dearly. "How many times are you going to make me tell you that everything bad that happens isn't your fault. Not with our parents or Shear... or even what happened to me."

Malachi flinched when he heard her words as Aubrey pulled him in for an embrace. "I never apologized to you or thanked you... after our parents died my life just kept getting messier and messier but you held me together...

I wanted to thank you for always taking care of me, and apologize for turning you into the kind of person who feels like they have to be responsible for everything and anyone."

Aubrey suddenly grabbed Mal by the face and stared into his featureless void. Tears started falling down her face, but it was unclear whether they were from regret or sadness. "All of the bad things that happen to the people around you are not because of you or anything you have done wrong.

You can't stop life from happening to us, and we don't expect you to. Just be the person who always helps us forget about it in the end and don't worry about anything else."

Within Malachi's dark body, small twinkling stars began to spring up from all over, and the same scene was repeated in the sky above. Aubrey knew that she must have been getting through to him, and she gestured for the rest of the group to come over. When Mal's eyes landed on the tearful Luna, his nonexistent heart felt like it was being torn apart once again.

He looked down at his own body and remembered the promise he'd made to her that he had inadvertently broken. And not just her, all four of the women in his life were inching closer to him, staring at him with disbelieving faces. "It's strange... isn't it?" He said as he gestured to his new body. Unsurprisingly, the girls didn't seem to agree in the slightest. Bianca: "No."

Anna: "Of course not."

Sei: "I think it's beautiful, honey."

Luna: "As do I."

Malachi laughed dryly just as the girls threw themselves at him, each one trying their best to touch some part of his body. However Luna was still staring at him face to face, as she knew that he had something to say. "Mei... I know what I promised you, but I can't-"

"I know, and I'm not upset. As long as you are alive then nothing else matters to me."

That was undoubtedly a weight off his chest, but Malachi was still worried about Anna and Bianca would say. Lucky for him, they seemed to be capable of knowing his thoughts even before he'd voiced them. "We're okay with this too you know?" Anna said comfortingly. "Nyx already filled us in on everything... So you don't have to worry about us being upset, okay?"

"She did...?"

Bit by bit, Malachi was starting to fully remember the circumstances that led to him ending up in this state. He couldn't say for sure how he felt. It was as if two sides of his mind were at war with each other, one angry at her for taking the choice away and another grateful that she saved his life. He wasn't sure which one was going to win in the end. However, he realized that he was going to have to make a decision very quickly, when Nyx miraculously appeared in front of him yet again. I need the winter to come back I can’t do these heat waves everyday