chapter 153

Ezra POV I woke up coughing on dust. I felt the crushing weight suddenly lifted and I shook my head trying to remember what happened. Mateo groans clutching his chest yet my eyes were on the oval as everyone sat up, their loved ones stared with shocked expressions. “What happened?” Mateo asks, while Maddox stirred within me frantically. Ares growls within Mateo making my eyes dart to him before a guttural scream tears from him. I thought he was hurt at first before I saw what he was staring at behind me on the grass. She was covered in dust. Maddox howls in agony. The scream that left me realising she was dead matched the agony of Maddox’s howl as I reached for her, ripping her to me. Mateo wailed inconsolable as he clutched his hair rocking back and forth. “Kitty” Maddox sobs in my head. I sink my teeth into her neck hoping I could take it, take it from her, take it back somehow yet nothing. The light in her gold eyes dim yet she smiled in her death. Her eyes peered up lifelessly. My