---- While everyone stood there listening to him with tears in their eyes and sadness on their features.


    And thats when I locate those two broad backs standing in front of me looking down at something.


    Adrian and Dom.


    The words seize in my lips as I step closer to them and look down at what they all were staring at.


    My knees suddenly felt weak and my grip on Zariya tightens.


    I take another step forward and the little strength in my legs, gives away.


    I drop down on my knees as I stare at the gravestone with the letters written at top.


    XAVIER KING Beloved husband of Sierra King.


    Father of Zariya King ---- eee Brother of Dominic King and Adrian Volkov King.


    And...


    The most loved and cherished Werewolf King of the entire nation.


    A hero this world will never be forgotten and will live in our hearts forever.


    Sobs rock my chest one after another and I lower my little Zarian on the cold stone.


    Our daughter is here...Xav...


    she wants to see you.


    She wants to meet her father.


    What...


    what will I tell her when she asks me about you? You had to live dammit! You can''t leave us! You can''t! A deadly silence surrounds the ce as I continue to ery.


    Zariya was kicking her arms and legs.


    She was searching for her fathers warm embrace but there was none.


    I know I never considered Xavier as her father after ---- he refused to believe she was his.


    Thad given up on him a long time ago.


    I was ready to give my everything to my child so that she never feels the need of a fatherly figure.


    But I never thought he would leave this world.


    That she will not even get to see him once.


    Or he will not even get a chance to hold her in his arms.


    Come back dammit! You cant leave us! Xavier! Can''t you listen to your childs cries! Hold her dammit! Just once...


    hold her just once...


    dammit! She deserved this much...


    didnt she...


    Please...


    I was screaming, shouting for him but I got nothing in return.


    Za: iyas screams continue to echo around followed by my cries as my head drops down on my knees and I was kneeling.


    Hold her Xav...


    silent her cries...


    please..


    she needs ---- eee = her father dammit! Do it...


    please.


    I continue to cry for not knowing how long when I hear Zariyas cries seizing instantly.


    My heart thuds in my chest as I lift my head up to look at the shadow over my head.


    A pair of ck shoes enter my vision.