The Alpha Prince's Purchased Maid
Chapter 362: Final Farewell

Chapter 362: Final Farewell

“No. You can’t go after them!” I yelled at the top of my lungs when I was finally certain that the prey that they were hunting wasn’t me at all.

My parents and the younger version of myself were in extreme danger. I ran as fast as I could after the wolves and after my parents while I prayed desperately that I would catch up to them before something bad would happen. Although I was safe, I knew that they were in great danger. A foul sickening taste filled my mouth as I feared for the worst. Although I couldn’t remember what happened, I could frankly imagine what the end of this hunt entailed.

Was this how I lost and got separated from my parents?

For a moment, I started to dread the answer to this question. Although I figured that my parents had probably passed away a very long time ago, when I was younger because I couldn’t remember them, there was a time when I hoped and prayed that my parents would one day magically turn up to pick me up from the orphanage. I wished that we would be reunited again and live happily ever after just like in a fairytale with a happy ending.

Sometimes I wondered if it was better for my parents to have simply abandoned me rather than have them lose their lives. It used to give me some comfort to think that my parents were alive somewhere out there because that gave me hope that one day they might return to find me. However, as I grew older and as the years went by, I became convinced that my parents may no longer be in this world.

“Stop! Don’t hurt them! Please don’t kill them!” I continued yelling as loud as I could.

By the time I caught up to my family, it felt like everything had already come to an end. I didn’t get to witness what happened, although I could see the result of the slaughter right in front of me. Perhaps it was better for me that I didn’t see all the violence that broke out and how exactly my parents lost their lives. My parents’ bloody bodies laid on the ground but my younger self was no longer in sight.

What happened here? Where did you go?

Some wolves were still standing around, but the majority of the pack had already moved on somewhere else. My entire face went cold and my entire body felt so numb and void of life. I couldn’t move, and for a moment I couldn’t even breathe. Even though I knew that it was a postability, it felt very different to see the lifeless corpse of my parents lying on the ground not so far from me. It really drove home the fact that my parents had long left this world.

Suddenly, my head started to spin and throb with pain. It felt like something had started to grow inside of my mind at an unstoppable rate. The pain was overwhelming and my legs lost all their strength and I sank down onto my knees on the ground. I closed my eyes as I tried to deal with the pain erupting inside of my head. That was then I saw a scene unfolding as if it had happened right in front of my eyes from my own perspective.

The face of a man that I now recognize as my own father looked at me with clear distress and worry in his eyes. He reached out his hands toward me and held me by the shoulder as he brought his face close to mine so that our eyes would meet.

“Run and don’t ever come back. You have to do as I say, Mila. Run ahead as fast as you can and don’t look back. You have to survive this!” my father instructed clearly and firmly as his hands gripped my shoulders.

From the side I could hear a woman weeping. Although she tried to stifle her cries I could hear and feel her pain and sorrow. My eyes shifted in her direction and that was when I saw the face of a woman who must have been my mother. Tears ran freely down her cheeks from her eyes and her lips were swollen a pink color. She looked scared although she tried her best to compose herself before forcing a smile my way. Even though she had not said a word I could sense that she wanted to tell me that everything was going to be all fine.

Mother...

Tear drops fell down my face before I knew that I had started crying. The sorrowful and intense emotions that overwhelmed every bit of my existence made me feel that I was reliving that moment. I must have lived through that moment as a child, and now I was relieving it once again. I was no longer just seeing a scene unfolding in front of me. I was living it from my own perspective. My father wrapped his arms around my body and held me tight. I could feel his body tremble, but his embrace made me feel slightly braver and more secure.

When he finally let go of me, he turned me around in the direction of my mother. She got down on her knees and wrapped her arms around my body before holding me tight. She buried her face into my clothes and wept. She told me over and over again that she loves me and I could tell that this would probably be the last time that she would hold me this way. I knew it, and I could tell that she knew it as well that this was our final parting.

“No. I don’t want to go. Please come with me. I don’t want to go alone! Please come with me! Please don’t leave me alone!” I beg desperately as I hugged my mother back tightly.

“You have to go, and you have to make sure that you live for our sake. Be strong and live a happy life...” she instructed in a voice so kind and full of love that I found myself breaking down in tears.

“No please...” I pleaded desperately.

–To be continued...