Carnivals: Claimed By The Deranged Alpha Prince [BL]-Chapter 281: Aftermath [2]

Jules’ pov

"Your hair... it’s white." Roy whispered when I crouched beside his weak form on the ground and I gasped as I reached up and felt up my hair. I glanced over at the mirror demarcation at the far end of the tunnel and a shocked feeling engulfed me. My hair had returned back to its natural state, down to the length and color.

I glanced down at Roy and chuckled softly. "My powers got taken but they came back after I finished killing my father." I explained to him as I held my hand over him and began to heal him. Healing now feels like something familiar to me, and I felt the powers shrug through me in no time. It appeared like Roy had his leg and arm broken before I arrived.

After fully healing him, his shock was very obvious. "Holy shit. You can heal as well? And did you say you finished killing your father? So that means this is all over?!" He asked as I helped him up and I shrugged, feeling extremely gloomy and sad.

"Blaze mostly dealt with him, I just ended his life when he was already weak." I explained and Roy nodded while rubbing his hands together. My eyes caught on Xander’s unconscious form and I briefly hoped he was breathing as I made my way towards him. I might still hate him but I definitely appreciate that he came here with us last night.

"What about Blaze’s father?" Roy asked as I began to heal a still breathing Xander.

"He’s dead. Blaze killed him." I explained robotically and Roy hooted, clapping his hands together in clear relief and excitement.

"That’s fucking bomb! This means we won, right?" He asked and I nodded just as Xander let out a long groan before clutching his head.

"Are you okay?" I asked him and he groaned again in response. He did a double take on taking in my appearance and I sighed before getting up and leaving Roy to help him up.

"I knew you and Blaze would make a killer combo! So you guys did end up saving the day." Roy continued before asking Xander if he was okay. I stared down at my fingers, feeling extremely numb from the inside.

"Let me go find Kim. He should be around here as well." Roy said and Xander spoke next.

"If he isn’t dead yet."

Speaking of death, an image of Elio’s beautiful smiling face crossed my mind and I felt my knees grow weak. He was dead. He was really dead. How in hell would I ever forgive myself for that? How would I ever recover from this guilt currently tearing at my heart.

I wiped away the tears rolling down my cheeks and then I exhaled slowly and turned around at the sound of footsteps approaching.

Roy was arriving with Kim in his arms. He was unconscious and way thinner than I remembered him being. Clearly he had been starved since he got kidnapped.

As Roy laid him on the ground, I stared at his familiar face for a moment before taking his hand in mine, acknowledging the fact that this was my brother and the only blood related family I have left. He was still breathing and I let my eyes fall close and willed on my magic to heal him. After a few minutes, he gasped and snapped into a sitting position, eyes wide and chest heaving. From the look in his eyes, it was clear that he probably hadn’t expected to survive last night. As soon as our eyes locked, he fell into my arms and sobbed and I held him tightly, feeling an onslaught of emotions at the same time. I remained silent and just held him till he quieted down, and then I helped him up. He was weak so Roy had to support him.

"We’re leaving now, right?" Xander asked while scrubbing his hand down his face and Roy glanced around.

"Wait, where’s Blaze?"

My heartbeat ceased just as all eyes darted towards me. My heartbeat resumed and the sound roared against my ears loudly as I swallowed emptily before my eyes locked with the other three pairs.

"I don’t know." I finally whispered, and their expressions turned into shock and confusion.

I exhaled slowly and turned away from them, not wanting to give away how affected I currently am, how I am on the verge of falling apart.

"What do you mean?" Roy asked as he walked around till he was staring down at me. His expression widened after a few seconds of staring at my face.

"Don’t tell me... is he dead?" He whispered and I sniffed before shaking my head, feeling my life crumble once again as my mind returned back to that scene of him flying away.

"No, he’s not. He just... left." I responded on a shaky voice and then I cleared my throat and explained the actual thing that went down to them.

By the time I was done, everyone’s mouth were hanging open. Roy was beyond shocked before taking a small step towards me.

"Do you know where he might be?" He whispered quietly and I sniffed with a shake of my head.

"He didn’t even recognize me. I doubt he’d go to where I’m familiar with." I explained and Roy let out a dejected broken sound before grabbing his head and letting out a string of curses.

"Are you alright?" Kim asked this time and I wiped my eyes with a bitter chuckle.

"Yeah, I- I am."

But even as I let out that response, I knew I wasn’t fine. It was clear in my shaky voice that I was the complete opposite of fine. I was already falling apart on the inside, mind still finding all that had happened hard to believe.

"Oh, Jules." Roy whispered as he stared at me from a few feet away. His eyes were widened as if what I was going through just dawned on him.

I shook my head. "I- I’m fine, we should head out already." I mumbled but my stupid tears betrayed me and rolled down my cheeks again.

Roy didn’t say anything else, he just closed the distance between us and arms me into his arms and I held unto him tightly as I completely fell apart in the same spot.