Reaching Retribution(88)

Logan looks at her with unshed tears in his eyes and shakes his head. There’s nothing that can be done.

“Logan, you can’t leave us,” I tell him. “Ryanne will never forgive you if you leave us,” I try to joke, but I know that it falls short. “I won’t forgive you.”

Lily chokes on her tears as Logan turns toward her. “Lily, if you accept Logan you may be able to heal him,” James shouts from behind her. Lily whips around and looks at him.

“What?”

“If you accept him, you may be able to heal him,” he repeats.

“Lily, he’s telling you Logan is your soulmate.” Logan gasps, and his eyes roll into the back of his head. He’s still breathing but it is very shallow.

“How?”

“Do you believe that he’s your soulmate?” I ask her. She looks up at me and then brings her attention back to Logan. I already know the answer. She wouldn’t be acting this way if she didn’t already feel something for him. They’ve been inseparable this week. Whether they were arguing or joking with each other, they were still together.

“I don’t deserve someone like him, Colton” she says. “I’ve not done anything to deserve him.”

“But you could see yourself falling in love with him, don’t you?” Lily wipes the tears away from her eyes. I can tell that she’s thinking about everything. Her brown eyes look toward me and she nods. I motion for her to come toward me.

Another ring of fire forms around us, separating us from the fighting.

Lily rushes to my side. “What do I do?”

“You have to fully accept Logan for who he is,” Logan’s body shudders once before going completely still. Lily gasps and more tears fall down her face. “It won’t work if you don’t accept him.”

Lily leans down and rests her head on Logan’s still chest. She fists her hands into the fabric of his shirt. I know all of this is very sudden, but if it is meant to be, everything will work out in the end. I clench my hands to keep from showing how upset this is making me. Death is never easy to see, but this is Logan. We basically grew up together. He’s as much of a brother to me as David is. Lily needs me to remain calm right now.

I can hear her whispering something, but I can’t hear the words. Her body tenses over his and she shoots up and looks at me, scared. “His heart stopped beating.”

“Lily, you have to heal him now,” I tell her. If she can’t do this…I can’t think like that.

“I don’t know how. I don’t know what to do.”

“Let the mage inside you take over, Lily,” I say. “You know exactly what to do.”

“What if it doesn’t work?” she whispers. “I don’t have a lot of magic in me. I don’t even have a power.”

“You never know unless you try.”

Lily nods and leans toward Logan again. She gasps as her hands move toward Logan’s wound. She’s kneeling in the blood that is seeping out of his wound, but she doesn’t care. A few months ago, I never would have believed that Logan and Lily were soulmates. My cousin and the cheerleader? It wouldn’t have made sense.

Lily was this stuck-up girl, while Logan is one of the most caring people I know. They are complete opposite, but since Lily’s near death experience, I’ve found out that everything I thought about her was a lie. She’s not from a rich home like she made everyone in school believe. She’s not this heartless cheerleader like everyone thought. There’s so much more to her. People are capable of creating a false exterior, so no one gets to know the true person underneath. She was afraid of what the truth could bring her. I’m so glad Ryanne was able to help her that day, because despite neither Logan or Lily admitting their feelings for each other, I can see the change in both of them. I’ve never seen Logan light up the way he does when Lily’s around and she seems genuinely happy when near him.

“Nothing is happening,” Lily cries. The wound isn’t healing. “Logan, you can’t leave me!” she shouts at him.

She doesn’t remove her hands from the wound, but she leans down again and sobs onto his chest. I reach forward and attempt to calm her, but I know there’s nothing I can do.

I’m about to shout for Bragden or Incendia to drop the shield when Lily gasps and jumps back. “What’s going on?” she looks back toward me. I recognize the look on her face.

“You’re healing him,” I tell her. Logan’s wound is starting to close. Lily moves closer to him and presses harder on the wound. The black liquid from the dark magic starts oozing out of the wound, but Lily doesn’t move. She continues to put pressure on the wound. Once the last of the black liquid is pushed out of Logan’s body, the wound begins to glow.