543 Explanation (1/2)

”When you stabbed Abigail…” she started and then paused with a slight narrowing of her eyes at Zeke. ”Were you certain that she would not have stayed dead? Had you some kind of guarantee or proof that Abi will rise again after you killed her? You said the only thing the prophetess saw was you killing Abi and the dragons disappearing.” Alicia was relentless in her pursuit of questioning Zeke, leaving no grounds unturned.

Ezekiel glanced at Alex and Abi before he returned his gaze to Alicia. ”No. I was not certain.” He replied – answer short and to the point.

The air suddenly turned chilly and everyone already knew that the frosty aura blasting out was coming from Alex. Abi immediately faced her husband, but she eventually relaxed because despite the grim look and the darkness clearly evident on Alex's face, he was calm.

”I was not certain about anything.” But he held up his hands in a show of surrender before Alicia could rip into him verbally – and Alex would do the same literally – to get that pause. ”But I did wait for a sign.” Zeke added.

”A sign?”

”The mist. When I was approaching Abigail, the mists didn't come to protect her. The dragons and Alex didn't come either. I deliberately give them a moment to come. But no one came, not even the mists. The mists and the dragons, especially Alex, were supposed to sense any possible kind of danger befalling Abigail. But no one seemed to sense it, even the mists. I took that as the signal that Abigail's death was really meant to happen – temporary or permanent. I knew it was a gamble. I knew that its useless to kill the dragons if Abigail will die. But I've been having a theory for a long time since, which I believe will be proven true once the prophecy is fulfilled.”

”Theory?” it was Abigail who spoke next.

Zeke looked at her, nonchalantly resting his chin on his knuckles.

”I've been thinking about how long you can stay beside Alexander, Abigail.” Zeke said, meeting Abigail's eyes. ”Even if you're the incarnation of the last dragon keeper, you're still a human. You will eventually grow old, get sick and die. There was never a prophecy about Alex dying so I presumed he will forever be an immortal. Once you die…” he trailed off and averted his gaze to Alex. ”I can't even imagine what this guy will do.”

A lazy sigh then escaped Zeke's lips and continued. ”My theory was that Abigail had to die for the second time around so that she could become immortal. I believe that Abigail was about to become immortal when she remembered the memories of her past self – and that was the other sign I was looking out for.”

No one spoke. They all thought that there was indeed no other better explanation that what was said by Ezekiel. Those yellow golden lights that came from the necklace was really the same from what came out from Dinah at that time.

”So, you're saying that I am… that I am immortal now?” Abi stammered. She initially thought that Zeke must have asked some witch to put spells on her so she wouldn't die. She never thought about the possibility of her becoming immortal.

”Yes. Why would you still be alive right now if you're still a mortal?” Zeke replied, his voice remained flat.