It's been a few days since Sendak and Elara chatted and she felt that today would be the day she told Zarkon everything. The past couple of days have been good, Delilah turned a year old and everyone in the family spoiled her. Right now Elara was in bed ready for a night of sleep but she couldn't sleep until the truth was out. Zarkon could tell something was troubling her.

"What's the matter? You look upset." He said.

"T-There's something I need to tell. Something that I probably should have told you a while ago." She said nervously, her heart was in her throat, she's never been so nervous.

"Well what is it? Clearly it's taken a toll on you." Zarkon said, growing a little worried.

"W-Well you won't like it but I need to stay calm." Elara pleaded.

"Alright, tell me, they're making me nervous." Zarkon said.

"When we left Shiro and Zanthea's wedding, I was gone down to the medbay by Ulaz and he said that my quintessence levels are slowly deteriorating and my lifespan is deteriorating with it." Elara said slowly, she wanted to be as careful as possible as she broke the news.

"W-What?" He asked with an audible growl.

"I know it's not easy to accept but he said that I have 15 to 20 years left, but now I have 19 years left. I wanted to tell you sooner but I was scared because I didn't know how you'd react." She said nervously.

"19 years?! Why didn't you tell me sooner? A year has gone by already and you're telling me now?!" He raged.

"I was scared! Do you think it's easy for me to hear that I'm slowly dying and that I have less time with our family with every minute that passes by? It hurts me just as much as it hurts you. How would you feel if you had to tell your significant other of 10,000 years that you're slowly dying? It's not easy! I just wish for once you kept your short-temperedness under control, and here you are yelling at me for something I can't control!" She scolded.

Zarkon went dead silent and took a deep breath. She was hurting more than she ever has before.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't be mad at you. I just wished you had told me sooner." He said.

"You're forgiven..." She sighed sadly.

"Come here." He said, holding his arms out. The two hugged it out obviously. Elara has never felt so emotionally vulnerable in her 10,000 years of life.

"How are we going to tell Bellatrix and Zanthea?" She asked.

"Take it easy. Let's not put too much stress on you." Zarkon said.

"They need to know. Their adults are ready, Bella just got married months ago and Zanthea may be having the baby next month, it'll be too much for them." Elara said. Zarkon sighed sadly, it practically killed him to learn that Elara was in her final years.

"I know. We'll figure something out, I assure you we will. The entire family needs to spend as much time as they can with you while you're still here...."