#Chapter 242: The Tears of a Lover

Moana Edrick’s hand suddenly fell limp. The smile on his face faded as his eyelids fluttered shut, and at that exact moment, I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces. “No…” I whispered, my throat closing up already. “Edrick?” He didn’t answer. I felt a sob catch in my throat. Without thinking, I pressed my hands into his wounds. I heard the flesh and the blood squelch beneath my touch as my vision became clouded with tears. “Come on,” I said, my voice shaking violently as I pressed harder and tried to focus my energy. “It’s no use, Moana,” Mina said, sounding full of regret. “I’m sorry. His wounds were too deep.” I shook my head in disbelief and just pushed harder on Edrick’s wounds. His body shifted beneath my touch, filling me with a false sense of hope that he was still alive. But he wasn’t — he was dead. When I felt his neck, there was no pulse. There was no containing my grief anymore. As a keening wail started to rumble in my throat, I felt th