The Assassin's Partner (Jacob Frye x Reader)

Chapter 23-Cake is Particularly Good

"Ja...cob. Promise me you'll.... You'll find love.... Again..." You say, gasping for air, clutching on your wound, feeling the blood pool around you.

"No, love don't do this!" Jacob cried out, holding you tightly, applying pressure on your wound, but it was too late for that now. His apprehensive form, cradling your tiny body in his arms that would never let you go. You smiled, cupping his cheek one last time, hearing Jacob's cries become loud for you and alas, the end arrived, finally letting out your last breathe and then...

Everything went black....

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"Arise, my child." You hear a soothing voice all out. Opening your eyes, you shoot up from your position, only seeing lines of blue and the whole room being black. You instantly feel your stomach, but realize there's no pain, no wound, nor blood. You look around, trying to find the source of the voice, finally finding it, you walk up to it, to her.

"W-where am I?! Who are you?" You questioned the ghostly figure of a women. She had long white-bluish hair that was kept back with some sort of scarf, along with her skin colour that looked ghostly white which scared you a bit considering you could be in the afterlife.

"Relax, you are in a trance from once you came, you are alive and but not well. I am Minerva, one of the first civilizations, I'm here to guide you, dear one." She cooed, her giant form inching closer to you as she transforms into a normal height for you to see her.

"I-I don't seem to follow, Miss Minerva." You stammered, trying to focus on your surroundings, wondering what the hell is going on. She stepped forward, grasping her hands with yours, bringing them to your stomach.

"Without you, the future is at stake. The Sage will be born, and without you, he will not be stopped." She informed you, her glistening white-bluish hair waving around. Your mind unbeknownst on how to process what you're seeing as you are hearing. All you could think of is one minute you're stabbed and the next minute, all you saw was Jacob... Oh Jacob, your one love and you lost him as well, and again, to death, but luckily it was not Death who took him.

"You need to stay alive, my child. You need to secure the future, which is why I'm giving you this." She said, breaking you from your thoughts. Looking at her, she emitted a light from within her palms, it shone bright which made you cover your eyes as it grew brighter, but then, it just disappeared. You removed your hands from your face, wondering where the light went, but you focused her attention back to Minerva.

"What was it?" You question Minerva, her face filled with relief but also with worrisome as far as you could tell. You looked around to at least familiarize yourself with the place where you'll probably be for the rest of your dead life.

"Your future. The future. It wasn't alive for a few moments, but I brought it back to life." She simply said, her bright figure giving you chills, making you breathe heavily due to all the pressure this place is having on you. You didn't understand what was going on, why this was going on, where you even were. You just wanted to know if Jacob was okay, along side with Evie and Henry. You wanted them to be safe, even with you gone, you wanted them to be happy and carry on with their lives without you. Trapped in your thoughts, you heard another voice speak that you couldn't recognize.

"Just listen to the Lady, believe me, she's right." The voice said from behind you, making you turn around to face the figure, you see a young man, no older than about 30. He had a white hoodie, but of course, you didn't know what the stranger was wearing. You walked a little closer to him to admire his features, feeling a chill run quickly down your spine making you shiver a bit at the sudden approach.