Author's Note: This is the alternate ending and it picks up with new stuff just after ash kills jamal

im not tamora pierce.

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"You honestly believe that I would think the daughter of Katelyn Cooper would kill a defenseless man in front of his mother?" Janelle laughed again. "I know Kate, she would have beat the 'honorable' ideas into you!" Janelle laughed again.

A sudden surge of fury burst inside of Ash and her eyes burned with it as they changed to black hate-filled pits. "It's a pity I've always been told I take after my father then."

Agony filled Janelle's faced as she watched black appear in Ash's eyes. Those eyes belonged to the man she loved for so long, but now they were turned on her. The blade in Ash's hand sliced across Jamal's throat and the world seemed to slow down with every heartbeat.

Blood poured from Jamal's mouth and stained his lips. Ash let go of the dying man in her hand with a blank expression on her face as he dropped to the ground in heap.

"No!!" Janelle screamed and shoved Corri aside and let a blast of raw silver power explode from her hand right at Ash and her seemingly careless expression.

Everyone in the room could feel the power that went flying at Ash. Air slammed past them with incredible force and Ash felt the oncoming assault as her body started to fly backwards through the air from the power behind it. The last thing that she saw before her eyes shut was Jax and Eli both jumping to their feet to fight the mage that was about to kill her. Jax's blazing blue Gift flew from his hands as Eli's own gray fire flared to mix with his.

Ash felt the pain of something slamming her into the wall. Stones dug into her back and the sound of screaming filled her ears, but it wasn't her's. Then the pressure was gone, and she fell to the floor on something but she wasn't sure she could open her eyes just yet to find out what. Then pain filled her body. It was not physical though. It was like someone had ripped away her skin and let her body be pulled apart. Like death was too easy, but torture was better.

She slowly opened her eyes and looked down. She had fallen on a body. A body with a tall frame, broad shoulders, and a head of dark black hair that was chin length and wavy. "No," she mumbled and flipped the body on his back.

She stared into lifeless eyes of black and blue."No," she said again, unaware of the battle that had erupted around her. "No." She struggled to feel a pulse in his neck but found nothing. He was dead. Camden had saved her life by sacrificing himself. Now, his lifeless body was gripped in her trembling hands.

"NO!" she Screamed at the top of her lungs and tears poored from her eyes. Ash's entire body trembled with absolute agony and rage. Her essence connection was dead. Her entire reason for truly being alive lay there on the floor without a breath left in his body. Another shriek came from her mouth and she climbed up so she was standing on her feet instead of all fours over her dead betrothed.

"You will pay!" Ash yelled again. Her eyes were too far gone for anyone to bring back, it was like the Black God had taken Ash's soul to the Peaceful realms with Camden's. Her black eyes tore through the crowd until they saw the dark Bazhir woman battling the other two mages. With a trembling step, Ash started to move towards the woman, ignoring everything that was going on around her.

Anyone who came near her died. It didn't matter if they were friend or foe, they were sliced across the throat with almost no warning. She charged through the crowd as a blast of silver magic slammed into a blue shiled and held her brother in place. Eli rushed forward with her gray gift burning in her hands. A deadly looked crossed Janelle's face as she let another blast of silver fire fly at Eli.

Before the younger woman could respond Ash shoved her aside and marched right at Janelle. The silver fire hit Ash's leg and left a nasty burn. Ash's face was calm. Her body was relaxed. She had no blade in her hands. The only thing that let anyone know she was out to kill was the sadistic look of a blood thirsty animal in her black eyes as she seemed to stalk towards Janelle.

"Get back," Janelle hissed and threw more silver fire at Ash. She let the magic hit her and burn her arm.

Then, Ash began to strip away all her weapons. She dropped blades onto the fllor as she walked. The last one to fall had a clear glass hilt and an onyx cap. Then another blast of silver flew from Janelles's hand in a torrent of power. Ash walked through it, wither ignoring or not feeling all the pain that came with someone feeling raw power.

"I want you to die in my bare hands," Ash said fiercly. "I want my hands to be the last thing your worthless life feels."

Burns appeared across her arms and flesh pulled away from bone along her jaw and exposed skin as clothing burned away from her body. Janelle could do nothing more as Ash's hand reached out in a movement as fast as a snake's and wrapped around her throat.

Ash and Janelle fell to the floor; Ash choking her elder as Janelle tried to free herself by pulling at Ash's hands.

Finally Janelle just started to burn Ash's arms. The younger woman did nothing accept whisper two words under her breath, "For Camden."

Ash's hands began to break the skin around Janelle's neck Ash decided the choking was taking to long and Janelle fought her too much. In a swift move Ash had shifted her position from crouching over Janelle to flipping Janelle over and with an awful 'crack' everyone knew Janelle was dead because of a broken neck.

Jax and Eli stood there, dumbfounded, as they watched the mutilated woman stand over her kill. Ash turned and took them all in before she walked across the room. The throng of people began to split, moving aside so that the near death woman could have her space.

"Ashtyn," Jax murmured in shock.

Ash ignored him and fell to her knees next to Camden's body.

"Ash," Jax came forward and placed a hand that was already preparing to try and heal her on his twin's shoulder.

"Get away from me!" she yelled at her brother. "I don't want to live," she whispered and looked down at the love of her life who was dead, then at her marred body. "It all hurts too much. Just let me die. Please, let me die with him," she sobbed and tears streamed down her cheeks.

The pleading in his sister' voice broke Jax. She was the rock for everyone, so long as she was in control, everything was fine. That sound of defeat in her voice was too much, this really did sound like the end.

Jax's voice broke with tears as he raised his hand, that was already glowing with blue fire, to his sister's head. Tears fell from his brown eyes as he watched her maimed back rise and fall in difficult breathing.

He touched his hand to her head and whisper,"Sleep," in a cracking voice.

"Thank you, Jax. Love you, all," she whispered as she fell to the ground into the crook of Camden's arm. Head rested against his shoulder and her arm draped across his chest. The two bodies looked...peaceful, together. They were complete. They were finally connected for eternity.

Jax fell to his knees, crying at what he had just done.

"I'm sorry," Eli said and wrapped her arms around the man sobbing on th floor as she listened to the screams of his parents from the other side of the room. "I'm so, so sorry, Jax."

"They could never really be apart, they would always be lost without each other," he cried into Eli's shoulder.

"I know. I'm sorry. You did the right thing, Jax."

"Just like us."

~x~16 years later~x~

"Zaquary, Camilyn, where is your mother?" Jax asked his children.

"Upstairs," Camilyn said. She was a young sixteen year old woman with bright red curls and light brown eyes. Her wicked tongue would get her trouble quite often but she was intelligent and that saved her many mistakes that might be made but she also had a quiet and deadly nature. She loved dagger fights and had a small Gift that was a stormy gray color.

"She went to look for some maps." Zaq stood up and began to walk with his father up the stairs of the Larstspur castle. Zaq was fourteen years old and had rust colored hair and bright green eyes that went with his blue-gray Gift. He was a lot like his father but his temper was a little slower and lasted longer. He was a lot shorter than most young boys his age. "Whats' wrong Da?"

Jax shook his head and followed his son into the study his wife was in. Eli was pulling parchments out of a drawer when Jax sat on the edge of the desk, "Its been reported that the Gallan heir, Prince Rorick II is a complete tyrant that just killed his father and is planning and invasion on us shortly."

Eli raised fine copper brows at her husbands blunt information. "So we need him dead. How old?"

"Fifteen. Who do we send?"

"Me," Cami answered from the door.

"Absolutely not." Jax glared at his daughter.

She met his gaze with a steady one of her own that was slightly black in the center, "And why not?"

"Because I won;t have you going up there by yourself young lady," Jax snapped.

"I'll go." Eli looked over father and daughter, "She can come with me."

Jax looekd angered at his wife but Camilyn looked victorious. "Go pack then," Jax told his daughter, "Lightly."

"I know," she said and left the room calmly even if he knew she would be running as soon as she got to the other side of the door.

"I'll help you!" Zaq called and ran after his sister.

Jax shook his head and looked at his wife with a cocked eyebrow, "Why must you do this with her?"

"Because you see it as much as I do. She is a lot like her aunt and uncle that we named her after." Eli looked her husband in the eye, "We can't hide her from the world forever. Gods know Camden and Ashtyn didn't."

Jax snorted, "If we release her on the world she'll torment everyone."

Eli smiled. "Just like her father and aunt, the true Tormentors."