(Zeus POV) "Alex! Alex, wake up now... Alex, stop joking with me. A-" I felt something get stuck in my throat. Why? How? How did it end up like this? It should be me. It should be me who dies. I had accepted my fate. I did everything to make sure you both lived. To live happily. Yet now... Now... I cradled my mate in my hands. She was pale and decorated by the deadly dark veins, all up to her head. Every single part of her body is filled with them. "Alexia, breathe. Come on breathe" I muttered, hoping I could feel her taking at least one single breath. Nothing. She lay still on my lap, her face ice cold. "Someone. Someone does something. Please. My mate." I cried as the warriors did nothing but stare at me with heartbroken expressions. "Zeus!" a voice came and my head snapped a