Sweet Aphrodite’s POV
　　I want to beg to him to stay strong because I can sense that he is getting weaker and weaker. I am afraid that he might give up. I’ll be doomed if that happens. I don’t know what to do with my life without him.
　　How can I live if my life is gone? He is my life. He is my everything.

　　I just watched him intently as time passed by. My tears have dried but Lennox still has his eyes closed. He never moved again while he is leaning against the wall. The sun has already set and the moon took the throne to give light on the darkness. The sky is now gloomy, just exactly how I feel.
　　I kept my gaze to Lennox even a witch arrived. She walked near me and when she stopped in front of me, that’s the only time I looked at her. I felt a cold thing on my neck. I bent my head down to look at it and I saw a necklace. The pendant is a violet pearl with a flattened back.
　　“What is this?” I asked.
　　“I don’t know but I am sure of one thing, eclipse would take place anytime soon and Aster would resurrect,” she answered me then left.
　　I raised my head to look at the sky. The clouds moved, showcasing the bright moon. It is really round and it is on its brightest pace. I smiled sadly and a tear fell from my eye. It seems like it is really happening.
　　It is just so sad that I will not be the mother of my own child. The baby will see my physical appearance but it isn’t my soul. It is another woman and I know that Lennox would never leave our child so he will be forced to stay with Aster. I smiled bitterly then I glanced to Lennox. I watched him slowly opened his eyes.

　　But maybe that will be better. Maybe I would rather lose myself than lose Lennox for fighting for me. I can’t let him die. I can’t take loneliness. It is painful to be left and I know he will be hurt if he would lose me but I am coward. I am scared to feel the pain of losing him. It is better if I’ll be gone than losing him.
　　I became alert when the witches suddenly gathered near me. Lennox is already awake and it looks like he’s not on his usual self. He raised his head to look at the moon and I saw how his eyes turned red.
　　“Few minutes left then it will happen,” said by an old man who placed himself in the middle. He is holding a wooden staff and on the top of it is a violet crystal ball.
　　His eyes turned violet then he started chanting unfamiliar words that I have never heard of. I felt the familiar pain on my nape but my attention flew to Lennox when I heard the loud sound of the chains.

　　My eyes widened when I saw him looking aggressive. His eyes are red and he is struggling against the huge chains. His fangs showed up and his dark hair grew longer.
　　“Let me fucking go!” he shouted that sounded like a growl. It sounds like a monster was talking, too.
　　The attentions of the witches were divided. Some looked at me together with the old man who was chanting but a lot of them are watching Lennox.
　　The steel wall moved when he struggled but I lost my attention to him when the pain on my nape became excruciating. The old man pointed his magical staff to me and I feel like it is pulling out my soul from my body.
　　I screamed in pain. It is tormenting and I feel like my nape is being dug. I bit my lip but I released it when the pain intensified. I started struggling to be freed because of the frustration to curl and twist.
　　In every short moment where the pain lessens, I glances at Lennox to see him. The chains broke and the witches immediately ran away.
　　I cried when my body feels like it is being ripped in small pieces. I can’t take the different kinds of pain I am feeling as if I am being tortured. I was suffering with the feeling of soul being sucked out of my body when it suddenly stopped together with the ache on my nape.
　　When I opened my eyes, I saw how the old man in front of me was thrown away. My eyes widened as I saw Lennox attacking all the witches and they are just like toys being tossed effortlessly. He focused on a guy and I almost shrieked in horror when he grabbed the witch, twisted its neck and decapitated him. He threw it somewhere followed by the agonizing cry of the witches.
　　I don’t know what is happening to him and why he suddenly berserk like this.
　　Some of the witches attacked him with their powers but it angered Lennox more. With big steps, he walked towards them then twisted their bones with his bare hands.
　　I swallowed the lump in my throat while watching him. He is now a monster lusting for the death of the witches. His eyes are full red and his veins are aggressively protruding. His hands are full of blood now. The agonizing screams of witches are haunting me. They are begging for their life.
　　“Now fight me! Fight me now, all of you!” He shouted on his monstrous voice.
　　The remaining witches are looking for a place to hide. He glared on each of them. I can hardly speak because of the overwhelming emotions. I am feeling too much.
　　Slowly, his gaze went to me. Our eyes met and my heart pounded heavily. He went silent as he stared at me.
　　“Lennox…” I whispered.
　　He tilted his head then scanned me, as if he is trying to remember who I am. My heart sank upon the realization that he can’t remember me. Is this the monster he is talking about? Have he forgotten me? What happened to him?
　　I blinked when he started advancing to me. He stopped when he is already in front of me with few meters of distance. We stared at each other. My tears began falling seeing the pure hatred on his eyes as if he lived without experiencing love and kindness.
　　He stepped forward again then he raised his hand. Shivers ran down my spine when he touched my face. His nails are now long and sharp and because of it, I got scratched but I didn’t flinch. His forehead creased while he is staring at me, trying to recognize me.
　　“Who are you?” he asked. His voice is so deep and thick like a monster.
　　I was about to speak but he suddenly fell on the ground. Behind him, I saw Asria who looks mad. Then she attacked him again with the glowing light from her hands. I watched Lennox tried to get up then he faced her.
　　In a blink of an eye, he attacked her and he succeeded on choking her. Lennox pinned her against the wall and raised her from the ground. Asria’s face crumpled in pain when he tightened his grip.
　　“Who are you? Why am I here?” he growled angrily.
　　“He completely lost his mind because after a decade, the special eclipse is coming…”
　　I looked at the old man who already managed to stand. He is already watching the chaotic Lennox. My forehead creased.
　　“This special eclipse occurs rarely and every time it takes place, he becomes a monster. After this night, he will be back on his normal form. But now, he’s not that strong yet especially that he lost his other half.” He grinned then glanced at me. “Watch everything.”
　　I raised my head to look at the moon. The surrounding became darker as the eclipse started to happen. My eyes widened when I felt that my body is becoming hot, as if I am being burned. The pain is killing me.
　　I screamed in pain, feeling like I am being removed from my body again. The pain crept on my nape down to my body and every part of my veins. The pain feels like my flesh are being ripped. My agonizing scream takes over the silent night.
　　“Now, choose. You will let go of our leader, Asria, or you are just going to watch her cry in pain until she’s gone and Aster would take over?”
　　I shut my eyes tightly as I take the pain. Images flashed on my mind. I gasped for air as I see myself on the past. It is an old place and time. I saw how the first Sweet Aphrodite was killed by Aster until the time I was born. I was left on the trash can but Lennox got me.
　　I cried in pain. For the pain in my body and the pain in my heart as I watched everything that happened when I was still a child. I grew up a bit and I started on being independent then I met Lennox.
　　“Lennox… Lennox,” I whispered followed by a sob. I screamed in pain again then I heard a loud growl.
　　I opened my eyes despite the pain because I want to see him. This might be my last moment. He is still holding the unconscious Asria by her neck but his whole attention is on me.
　　“Look at her until you recognize her again, Dark. Then remember the fact that the only reason why Aster wants to go back here is you.”
　　Our eyes met. His red eyes looks in trouble, he is confused. Despite of pain, I tried smiling at him. After a while, his expression softened and tears fell from his eyes. He gazed down on my stomach. I sobbed silently in pain. I want to shout, hoping that it would ease what I am feeling but I am already too weak. My consciousness is already failing.
　　“My love…” he murmured.
　　He suddenly threw away Asria and with big steps, he walked towards me. He cupped my face then he kissed me on my forehead and lips.
　　“I love you. I love you so much,” he whispered in raspy voice.
　　My tears keep on falling. I nodded while wanting to touch him but I can’t.
　　“I—I love you…” I whispered weakly. It was hard for me to speak because of the pain I am taking silently.
　　He kneeled in front of me to kiss my belly. I noticed him whispering to it that I didn’t hear. Then he stood while crying before he stood and turned his back to me. I was confused and I was about to call him but I shut my eyes close when the pain attacked again.
　　“I’ll do this for you and for our baby…”
　　When I opened my eyes, I saw him holding the old man’s staff. I froze and forgot the pain as I watched him with wide eyes. He stabbed himself using the thick but sharp end of it.
　　I went deaf for a while and my heart stopped beating while I am staring at him in horror. His lips parted as he stabbed it deeper in his chest. Blood came out his mouth. And while he did that, his eyes are staring at me.
　　No.
　　“Lennox... No…” I sobbed and shook my head.
　　He fell with his knees on the ground and even it was hard for him to do it, he smiled a bit to me.
　　The moonlight came back on illuminating the darkness and the pain in me subsided. I gasped for air to come back to my sense. I sobbed that turned into cry.
　　“Lennox!” I screamed. “No! Why did you do that?” I shouted hysterically. I tried struggling to be freed but it didn’t make any difference. I stomped my feet in frustration. I want to touch him.
　　He is just right in front of me, kneeling. My screamed became louder when I saw that he is starting to turn into ashes. It is slow like how my heart is shattering into pieces. The wind passed by and it blew him away from me.
　　“Lennox! Please don’t leave me!” I cried like a child.
　　I looked around to find him but he is nowhere to be found. I tried struggling and I screamed in pain and frustration.
　　No, he won’t leave me. He can’t leave me! Especially now that we are having a child. We are going to start a family of our own!
　　“No! Lennox, please! Come back to me!”
　　The ropes that are tying me up suddenly loosened with the help of the old man. I stared at him.
　　“Where is Lennox? Please tell me!”
　　“He is gone. To stop Aster’s resurrection through your body, he killed himself. He realized that he is the only reason why she wants to be alive again. Without him, she is not coming back.”
　　My knees weakened and wobbled, I fell on the ground. I hugged myself as tight as I want to hug him and I cried. My heart is in so much pain. No, he can’t just leave me. After he made me feel how to be loved, he left me? He thought me how to love him and now, he is gone. Why now that we are going to have our child? No, this can’t be!
　　“Lennox, please, don’t be like this. Don’t leave us. Where are you? Please come back!” I screamed. “I love you, Lennox! Please, I can’t live without you. I beg you!”
　　And under the moonlight, I am alone again. Broken, grieving, and feeling lifeless.
　　Because my life… left me.