12-29-2017, 08:22 AM
Gasps of air. Dane's voice echoing in her mind. And then there was silence...
That moment when death takes you. The moment when someone Aria had been tracking fell away from her jarred her to the core. It was jarring when it was a mark, but she stared in disbelief at the remains of the man she had come to understand - to love.
The power left her on the ground. Words came from the swirling vortex. But Aria didn't hear a word. She was focused on the silence. She stared at the blood spurting from where Dane's head once was attached. He was gone...
Her calm in the storm was gone. That was twice someone had taken someone from her. Twice someone had killed men she loved. Twice that monsters took love from her. The fury inside her rose. Aria rose to her feet with that fury powering her legs but when she turned to the vortex there was nothing. He'd gone and Aria hadn't even noticed.
She turned back to the body, the blood had long since stopped and was not congealing in a pool around Dane's body. It was a short few steps to his body but they felt like miles. Each one harder than the last - her calm was gone. A god had killed him.
Aria felt to her knees despite the blood that surrounded the body and she laid her head on his cold lifeless chest. Aria closed her eyes and let the fury and the rage boil inside... A new vow taking hold. She'd kill every god, every sentient, every special person out there... They would take no more from her.
A minuscule thought invaded her fury - the Atharim would help her but they were part of the problem - taking what they wanted. Killing those like Dane for no known reason - they deserved death. They would take from no one again.
A hand on her shoulder made her jump and her sword was drawn as she leapt away from Dane's lifeless body.
That moment when death takes you. The moment when someone Aria had been tracking fell away from her jarred her to the core. It was jarring when it was a mark, but she stared in disbelief at the remains of the man she had come to understand - to love.
The power left her on the ground. Words came from the swirling vortex. But Aria didn't hear a word. She was focused on the silence. She stared at the blood spurting from where Dane's head once was attached. He was gone...
Her calm in the storm was gone. That was twice someone had taken someone from her. Twice someone had killed men she loved. Twice that monsters took love from her. The fury inside her rose. Aria rose to her feet with that fury powering her legs but when she turned to the vortex there was nothing. He'd gone and Aria hadn't even noticed.
She turned back to the body, the blood had long since stopped and was not congealing in a pool around Dane's body. It was a short few steps to his body but they felt like miles. Each one harder than the last - her calm was gone. A god had killed him.
Aria felt to her knees despite the blood that surrounded the body and she laid her head on his cold lifeless chest. Aria closed her eyes and let the fury and the rage boil inside... A new vow taking hold. She'd kill every god, every sentient, every special person out there... They would take no more from her.
A minuscule thought invaded her fury - the Atharim would help her but they were part of the problem - taking what they wanted. Killing those like Dane for no known reason - they deserved death. They would take from no one again.
A hand on her shoulder made her jump and her sword was drawn as she leapt away from Dane's lifeless body.