Chapter 253-14

"Remember..." he said. "The compound ...the light...remember the light." I hated seeing the pain in his eyes. Even after everything he'd done, I still hated it. "Bran, no!" "Please Megs ...the only way." "It's not ...fight it, Bran. Fight it." He was breathing hard. Baring his teeth. Low growls building. I was losing him to the beast, little by little he was giving in to it, knowing that I would have no choice but to do what he wanted. "No! Bran, please, you can do this. I know you can!" Amber sparked in his eyes. "Don't you do this! Don't you make me!" For a moment, his gaze softened, a touch of Brandon creeping back in, holding on, and the sadness in his eyes engulfed me, overwhelmed me until I thought I would drown in it. When he spoke again, it was him, his voice, without any hint of the wolf, so clear and so heart-breaking to hear. "Love you, Megs. Always have. Be a good girl and do it, yeah?" And then he was gone, sending the beast spitting