"Why can't it be? Why must you all leave me? I won't allow it not again." Nikola said, jaw tense as he looked at Helen seriously. He wouldn't allow her to settle for a mortal life, he wouldn't allow her to leave him alone like Nigel and James. Like everyone he had ever cared for. "You might have made peace with it but I haven't. I never will."

Nikola could feel his hand tensing, Gregory stirring in his arms. He offered him back to Helen, once safely out of his arms Nikola stood up unsettled and annoyed at her. She couldn't die, he wouldn't allow it. Not now, not ever. "You're not ordinary, you never were."