Bahar stopped as he laughed at my reaction.
I ignored him as I continued to cry silently.
Despite the pain, I pushed him away with my remaining strength as I tried to cover myself with the cloak.
Bahar performed some kind of magic that removed traces of what he did. Then he reminded me of the spell he put towards me before, in which I cannot tell anyone what happened between us.
Nobody would believe me anyway.
I just stared on the ground as he tried to carry me in his arms.
As he carried me in his arms, he whispered into my ears, saying that my blood is the best he ever tasted all throughout his entire existence. The smell and taste is truly extraordinary and that he is looking forward to tasting it again.
He continued on telling me that since my lower self is injured, he will not touch it for now. But I should expect that as soon as it gets well, he will try to see for himself on how it feels to be inside me.
I have no words. My mind is totally blank.
He grinned as he told me that if I don't do what he says, he would definitely squash Lion and the rest of the pack's lives.
I believed him as he seems to be more stronger than before.
The price for trying to save everyone seems too high but I loved Lion so much that I'm willing to go through hell, just to save him and also everyone.
I'm sorry Lion.
....
The ship was nearly destroyed when we arrived.
Everything was in chaos as everyone is attacking each other in their ultimate forms. Bahar seemed to enjoy the chaos as he closed his eyes, grinning with manic pleasure.
Watching them hurting each other while I was suffering the consequences of trying to save them, broke my heart.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Everything seems hopeless.
After watching them some time, something snapped inside me and I kicked Bahar, in which he winced in pain.
Finally free from him, I slowly walked mindlessly towards the middle of the deck and sat on the floor.
I can't take it anymore.
I sobbed.
I'm in pain and I'm tired.
I'm tired of being helpless.
I'm tired of suffering.
I'm tired of seeing them hurt each other.
I covered my face as my sobbing intensified, in which the chaos suddenly stopped.
I can hear everyone transforming themselves back to their regular form in which I ran to the remains of our cabin and sat on the floor, while facing the wall.
I huddled while sitting on the floor, ignoring the cloak that fell off that exposed my back as I continued to sob.
I'm sorry, Ahuizotl. I'm starting to regret the choice I've made.
I wished I had gone to the afterlife.
I must've spoken the last sentence aloud as I can hear gasps from everyone.
I didn't notice that they are already behind me but were too hesitant to approach me.
Lion embraced me from behind, crying and asking for my forgiveness while I can hear the rest of the pack kneeling, crying, whatever.
I don't care anymore.
I'm starting to regret a lot of things in which Lion gently pulled me towards him and held me tight as he tried to tell me between sobs that he's sorry for a lot of things and that he wasn't thinking properly.
Everyone began telling me on how they treasured me, that I'm the source of their happiness in which they try to motivate themselves in becoming better and that they are glad to have met me as they enjoyed living their lives.
Lion caressed my face as he told me that he will try even harder to better himself as all he wanted to do was to make me happy and that seeing me broke down earlier made him want to destroy himself because of his stupidity.
That's going too far.
Of course, my heart softened seeing them and I gave them a small smile.
I told them that they should not fight each other as they broke my heart as they are all very precious to me, especially Lion.
If they only knew.
Everyone, including Lion bowed their heads in shame as I told them how they made me happy living in this world and that I didn't go to the afterlife since I don't want to leave them.
I squeezed Lion's hand at the last part in which he silently cried.
Then after taking a deep breath, I began to scold them.
....
I scolded them like how a military commander scolds those soldiers who are still wet behind their ears.
I don't think they minded though as I can see them looking at me with tenderness in their eyes.
After some time, I ordered Lion to carry me as I tried to assign each one of them some tasks.
Lion seems to like it when I ordered him around since his face turned into a lovely shade of red.
Ha.
Now I have an idea on what to try on our next intercourse.
....
With Lion carrying me around as the pain on my lower body intensified after the movement I've done earlier, I made Ghost buy some ingredients for cooking as I am hungry.
Lion looks horrified as he began to scold himself for forgetting to feed me.
Ignoring him, I told Orm and Alpha to fix the ship since the ship is in a very bad condition.
As for Sly, I made him buy some stuff as most of our stuff was destroyed in their fight earlier.
Lion asked about his task in which I told him to make me a bathtub in which I will soak my body while watching the progress of their work.
There should be bubbles too inside the bathtub.
After I was inside the bathtub in which the bubbles covered my entire body, leaving only my head free, I told Lion to please train with Bahar and make sure he beat him black and blue.
He grinned at me as he gave me a soft kiss on my lips and sent a lightning bolt to Bahar who didn't notice him approaching.
I yelled at him to train with Bahar outside the ship as Orm and Alpha are busy trying to fix the ship as it has already suffered too much damage and is on its last legs.
I enjoyed watching them complaining as I get the feeling that this will make them drink plenty of energy potion.
Serves them right.
....
I must have fell asleep since I wasn't in the bathtub anymore.
I began to stretch when I realized that I was sleeping on Sly's chest as he was embracing me. I noticed him sleeping on a chair that someone must have made out of magic.
An unfamiliar cloak covered my body in which I deduced that it must be Sly who covered me as the design is something that he usually wear.
His body is warm and comfortable in which I snuggled towards him as he unconsciously tighten his hold around me.
I began to yawn and went back to sleep.
....
When I woke up, it was Lion who is embracing me this time. I slowly sat up in which I noticed that it was already night time as the moons are already visible in the sky.
I looked around and saw that Orm and Alpha are putting finishing touches on the ship in which they had exhausted looks on their faces.
I can smell someone cooking in which I guessed must be Ghost.
Sly is training with Bahar this time in which I noticed that Sly has improved his fighting skills as he managed to put up a fight against Bahar unlike before.
Lion pulled me towards him and we snuggled together, embracing each other as he proudly told me that he did managed to beat Bahar, giving him several bruises that gave him a terrible mood.
I looked at Lion and noticed that he has a small cut on his cheek.
I touched it in which he acted like he was in so much pain with sad looking eyes that I bit my lip, trying not to laugh.
Feeling a bit mischievous, I gently pulled his face towards me and licked the cut on his cheek. (Please don't do this in real life. Use medicine instead)
I chuckled at my actions when I saw his eyes.
Ah.
Regret always happens last.
Good thing that Ghost yelled for help in bringing the dishes outside that Lion got distracted for a while.
Sigh.
I was about to rejoice at the distraction when he suddenly whispered into my ear, telling me that he would mount me right now if it weren't for the fact that I wasn't healed yet.
He must be kidding.
I looked at him, expecting him to be making fun of me when I saw his eyes.
Surely he wouldn't?
Oh but I know he would.
....
Ghost's cooking is quite good as I asked for more in which he gave me a grin and placed several dishes in front of me, encouraging me to eat more.
Um.
How on earth am I going to finish all of these?
But he looks so happy that I began to imagine that I was starving to death and slowly ate everything.
I'm too full.
Ghost began to boast, telling everyone that I liked his cooking in which everyone wanted to be the next one cooking. Except for Bahar in which I noticed that he seems to be in a terrible mood.
Good.
And he has a large bruise near his eye.
Even better.
....
We finally set sail towards the last location of the two monsters.
Everyone is on high alert as we are facing both of them.
I wasn't healed yet so I sat on the chair in which Lion placed a spell on it, preventing the chair from moving around as the waves are becoming more rough.
Finally, I decided to go back to the cabin as I'm feeling a bit seasick in which Sly accompanied me as he carried me towards the cabin.
I can feel the waves starting to get high as my seasickness got worse.
Sly helped me drink a potion in which I feel a bit better. He embraced me tightly as I began to feel afraid since the ship seems to be bouncing around.
I remembered that we are facing the last 2 monsters that are similar to each other in which both are sea serpents.
I told Sly that he should be out there with the others as they might need his help since he can turn into his dragon form.
Sly shook his head while telling me that everyone wanted to make sure that I stay safe and that they decided among themselves that Sly will be the one watching me in case something happens with the ship, he can fly me out of there.
No!!!!!!
I told him that I refuse to leave anyone behind and that everyone is very precious to me.
Except for that maniac Bahar.
Sly smiled at me tenderly, in which he told me that he liked that about me in which it is one of the reasons why he fell for me.
In a soft voice, he told me that he would stay beside me until his last breath.
Looking at his eyes filled with passion towards me, i asked him if he wants to do the secondary mating ritual again in which his eyes began to light up and he instantly took a bite on his arm.
Blood began to flow as I slowly sucked on his arm, feeling his other hand caressing my hair as he spoke his promises towards me.
Then my mating mark with him appeared again on my ankle, in which he held my foot and kissed the mark on my ankle.
He looked at me with so much happiness that I felt warmth inside my heart.
I knew that I couldn't love him the way I loved Lion and Sly knew that but continued to love me in his own way.
I remembered reading a book back on earth in which it explained the different types of love.
You cannot love the same way to different individuals.
I decided to accept his love towards me as he had been loving me unconditionally, patiently and being understanding on the situation in which I cannot love him the same way I loved Lion.
He kissed me softly on my forehead, telling me that he is happy that I accepted his feelings.
I was about to tell him something when I heard a deafening hissing sound.
Our ship began to move roughly in which Sly hurriedly held me as he took his weapon.
A loud crash suddenly sounded as a HUGE tail strike towards our cabin.
I held on to Sly as he carried me on one of his arms, slicing the tail with his cleaver as I heard the sounds of the creature roaring with pain. He assured me not to worry when another crash sounded again in which the entire wall crumbled and I can see half end of the body of a massive serpent as the rest of the body and the head is underneath the sea water.
Leviathan.
Another sound seems to roar in the other side of the ship in which I deduced must be Midgardsorm.
The last 2 guardian monsters are finally here.