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Duke

It's been an hour since Dane replaced her blood with Felix's. She's still cold and lifeless.

Her warmth, her love, her life, everything that made this body Elora, is gone. I didn't want to admit it at first, I still don't. But she's gone. And I don't know what to do. For the first time in my life, I'm lost.

How can I live without seeing her smile? How am I supposed to go on without hearing her adorable giggle. I'm never going to hear her voice again, or touch her warm skin. I can't live without her.

I will not live without her.

I love my friends too much to ask any of them to kill me. They'd try to talk me out of it. I've never been more sure in my life about anything, I can't be here if she isn't.

More tears fell down my face and onto her arm as I stared at her. We've all lost hope by now, it's been too long. The chances of the blood transfusion was slim, if any. None of us can make the call, though.

Her death was so sudden and painful, she didn't even have time to say anything but Lucifer's name. Even on her deathbed, she only cared about the people she loved.

I've always admired that about her. She loves so deeply, she once told me that her 'love language' is all of them. Elora cared about others in a way that I'll never understand. She was the sweetest person I've ever met. Even when someone wronged her, she never had a bad thing to say about them. She was my baby... and now she's gone.

"Duke," Eugene touched my hand that cradled her head. Her upper body was in my lap, her blood staining my skin and hands red.

I slowly looked up at Eugene, seeing fresh tears on his cheeks, his eyes held a dullness in them that I've never seen before. In our thousands of years, none of us have known true sadness until now.

He gently pulled my hand away from her, "It's time to let go," he whispered.

I looked down at the IV in her arm, following the tube up to Felix. He looked pale, and his face was completely void. No sadness, no emotion at all as he looked at her.

It could still work.

I pulled my hand back around her ribs, pulling her closer to me, "It'll work, she just needs a few more minutes," I quickly nodded, trying to convince myself. She'll wake up any minute now and Dane will rush her to the hospital. He'll fix her and bring her back home, like nothing ever happened.

A few minutes passed by as we waited in the silence. It's quieted down as the clans and Jason's pack worked together to kill the rogues. I couldn't bother to look up, but I know they're all a few yards away watching.

Dane removed the IV from hers and Felix's arms. I pushed my eyebrows together, what is he doing? He looked up, making eye contact with each one of us. "I'm sorry, I can't save her," he admitted, his voice cracking with emotion.

Quin let out an annoyed breath, finally coming back from the paralysis the poison in her blood put him in, "Bullshit, she's not dead," he denied. He started using his hands to push the blood off her chest, "Get this shit off her, she doesn't like blood. And get her off the ground, she can't be in the dirt-"

"Quin please stop," Theo's lip wobbled. He quickly covered his eyes with his hands, his shoulders shaking as he lost it.

"He's right, we should take her home," Eugene said, doing a quick glance over his shoulder.

"Dane, her neck," Felix said suddenly.

My gaze fell to the deep gash in her neck, the same one I've been staring at for the past hour and a half. My eyes widened, watching the corners of it slowly start to close, mending itself. "Dane?!" I questioned.

He said the blood would get her heart beating long enough so he could stitch her up. What is this? She's healing, like we do when we're cut, just much slower.

"I- I don't know..." Dane breathed, leaning over her, touching her face. "Elora?" He said hopefully.

Please...

"I still can't hear anything," Lucifer whispered, dropping to his knees by her head.

"Her neck is healing itself," Eugene mumbled. "Felix your blood is working-"

"We don't know that. Her body could heal, but she might not wake up, don't get your hopes up," Dane said quickly.

His blood could be forcing her body to mend itself, but there's no guarantee that it'll bring her back to us. My hopes are already up, if I have any chance of bringing her back, this is it. If this doesn't work- there's no second option.

Theo was sat by her legs, his knees to his chest and his chin resting on them. He watched her with wide eyes, tears still streaming down his face.

"I knew you weren't dead," Quin said as he stared down at her, "I knew she wasn't dead."

Come on, baby. Wake up. Blue eyes or red eyes, I don't care, just open them.

Her neck fully healed, not even leaving a scar. It looks perfectly normal, like nothing has ever happened. I picked up her hand, looking at her palm. The scar from when she cut her hand on the knife was also gone. His blood is healing her.

Her veins were showing through her skin, contrasting blue against her pale undertones. I could see Felix's blood moving through her body, different areas of her face and arms getting more or less veins showing every few minutes.

"Elora?" Eugene called.

"Still nothing." Lucifer reported.

It was quiet enough to hear a pin drop as we waited for something to happen. Minutes passed by before I heard it. The sound I had grown to love, and from this day on will always be my favorite sound.

A single beat of her heart. It was weak and quiet, but it filled my whole body with warmth and joy.

Theo shot up quickly, standing over us all, "Yes!" He shouted, his laughter mixed with tears. He ran his hands through his hair, relief washing over him.

Then her heart beat again.

Dane and I made eye contact, and I couldn't help but smile. She's going to be okay...

"I-it worked?" Felix scoffed in disbelief, placing his hand over his mouth.

"Hell yeah it did!" Theo yelled again, too excited for his own good.

"I don't know what it is, yet. I could have just Frankensteined her," Dane shrugged, still studying her closely.

I flinched as Elora opened her eyes, sucking in a huge breath. Her eyes had small blue veins around them, her eyes glowing a beautiful silver. Not red, or her baby blue eyes. Silver.

I immediately pulled her into my chest, hugging her tightly, "Elora, I'm so sorry, baby," I cried into her shoulder. I'll never let anyone hurt her again.

She took shaky breaths, her arms tightly wrapping around my neck. "I told them you'd come," she whispered.

"We'll always come for you," Quin said softly, pulling her away from me and into his arms.

I heard Theo snort a laugh and shot him a glare. Not the time...

Elora pulled away from Quin, looking down at herself. She widened her eyes and cringed in disgust, "Ick. Ick ick ick-"

"I know, baby," Felix dismissed, pulling her into his lap, kissing her lips. "You scared the hell out of me," he said between kisses.

She pushed her eyebrows together, "Why?" She asked. "Who's blood is this?" She cringed again, remembering the blood on her chest.

I pushed my eyebrows together. I've never died before- not for real. Maybe she doesn't remember dying?

"Do we tell her?" Eugene asked through the mind link.

Elora gave him a sharp look, "Tell me what?" She asked, shocking us all.

How did she hear that? It's not possible for her to be in our mind link, only vampires who are in the same clan can access it.

Elora's gaze landed on Lucifer and she practically jumped into his arms, "Are you okay? I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have-"

"Let me back into your mind, baby," he stopped her, rubbing his hand along the side of her face.

She knitted her eyebrows, "How come you got kicked out? What happened?" She looked around at everyone again, "Who's blood is this?" She repeated.

"When you died, I lost access to your mind," Lucifer started. "Allow me back in, your mind is... much nicer than mine," he whispered to her.

Elora looked confused, but she smiled at him, and I could tell from the relaxed look he gave her that she allowed him back in. "I couldn't have died though, I must have just passed out?"

"Elora, you've been dead for an hour and a half." Dane deadpanned.

She pushed her eyebrows together, looking around at the clans and werewolves that surrounded the area. "No...? I was hugging Duke, then..." she blinked. "Then..."

Dane grabbed her hand, "Come here, let me look at you," he pulled her close to him, looking at her silver eyes. "Do you feel any different?" He asked.

She shrugged, "I'm confused, did I really die?" She asked.

He nodded. "I didn't think I'd be able to save you," he admitted.

"How did you?" She asked.

"He replaced your blood with mine," Felix answered.

She instantly started itching her arm, "That sounds really unsanitary."

A chuckle rumbled through my chest, my clan mates were quick to join. That's my Elora.

Elora was silent for several minutes as the rest of my clan hugged her, looks of relief on all their faces.

She pulled away from Theo, looking down at herself again, "Oh my god I actually died..." she realized, her heart starting to pound. "What the fuck!" She yelled, her eyes starting to glow brighter.

"You better get your girl," Ramsey chuckled nervously.

"Baby-" I started.

Her eyes landed on Gavin's body and she started stomping over to it, a rage like I've never seen before in her eyes. "You! You little... ugh! What is wrong with you? You can't just ambush someone like that!" She ranted.

"Should we stop her from yelling at a corpse?" Eugene asked.

"No... this is probably better than therapy. She did just die after all," Theo shrugged, watching her with his arms crossed.

Still, I don't like her being so upset. I know there isn't anything I can do to help her, she just needs to feel. If yelling at Gavin's dead body helps, so be it.

"How are you going to be so ugly and mean?! Pick one!" She pointed a finger down at him. "Oh I wish you were alive so I could yell at you!" She kicked him.

As her foot made contact with his body, a flash of silver ran through his body. Her eyes were insanely bright, almost white, and it scared me a bit.

I widened my eyes, hearing Gavin groan in pain. His body shifted as he started to stand. That's... not possible. He was dead, wasn't he?

Elora quickly rushed to stand by Quin, "I didn't actually mean it..." she mumbled, clinging to his arm. Her eyes slowly started getting back to the silver color.

Every single one of us in the area stared at Gavin, wondering how it's possible that he's alive.

"Nope, because I already killed this motherfucker," Theo pressed his lips together, shaking his head.

"What's going on?" Gavin spun around quickly, looking at everyone.

"And I ripped out his tongue..." Theo shook his head harder. "Nope, I don't like it."

Felix turned to Elora, "Baby, come here."

She slowly walked over to him, like she thought she was in trouble. She's definitely not, but she just resurrected a vampire, on accident.

Felix pointed to Gavin, "Do you realize what you just did?" He asked in disbelief.

She looked at Gavin, "Are you sure he was like dead dead, or just vampire dead?" She looked up at him.

"He was in hell, princess," Theo answered.

Felix grabbed her shoulders, "Elora... you have a gift," he smiled at her. "You healed his tongue and brought him back from the dead."

She raised her eyebrows, "I didn't mean to, I promise," she defended. "I wouldn't have saved him, I wish he was still dead," she said. As the words left her lips, that same silver light traveled from her body, to the ground where she stood, straight to Gavin. The light traveled into his body and he dropped dead.

Holy shit.

The clans all stepped back from her, mumbling their own words of shock.

Elora gasped, looking back up at Felix.

Theo nervously chuckled, "That's terrifying. Have I mentioned that I love you? Please don't accidentally kill me," he joked.

"Lucifer, your gift sucks compared to this. She can kill people and bring them back at will," Eugene said through the mind link.

Elora looked at Eugene, and I remembered that she now has access to our mind link. This is going to take some getting used to. I don't mind though, I like it.

Lucifer smirked proudly at Elora. "Way cooler than mine."

"Princess," a vampire walked up to Elora with his head down. "My friend was killed by one of the rogues," he started. "I'd like to have my clan mates back, if you can." He pleaded.

I finally looked around at the piles of dead bodies. Our clans took a massive hit today. "Baby if you're not comfortable doing this, you don't have to," I communicated through the mind link. This power is still new to her. She was dead ten minutes ago, she probably wants to ho home and take a shower.

"I can try," she said nervously, twiddling her hands together.

The vampire lead her and Felix to a dead body. She crouched down next to it, biting her lip. I leaned forward, watching her closely. She gently touched the vampires hand as her eyes started to shine bright again. The silver light traveled from her hand to his, and he opened his eyes.

The clans all cheered for her, grateful for her gift and the lives she would save. They all started bringing over their dead clan mates, and she happily brought each one of them back to life.

Felix couldn't have been more right. She was the light we needed. In every possible way.

Elora isn't going anywhere, and with her new gift, no one will ever try to hurt her again. She has the respect of our clans, and they'll support her no matter what. This is the beginning of our reign with Elora as our Queen. The beginning of our forever together.