matic light. The world above spiralled away, shrinking into a distant pinprick of sunlight until
jo
his senses. Cool, damp soil presse
d hypnotic. And slowly, he pushed himself up on trembling arms, bl
with hues of gold and silver under the fading light. The sal
, confirming he was a
rtantly, how h
nking greedily from its waves till he q
, picking at the distance
earched his surroundings, e
ing somewhere her
thou
throbbing on his wrist so he
n his wrist, It i
ld be the
irst manifested on his wrists by the Eye of Samsara
t throbbing e
it
e of Sa
bly be somewhere ar
ric, guttural mockery of men caught his attention again
from the beach, narrowing his gaze
ning to lose interest, he c
d past the gnarled trunk of an ancient tree. Her bare feet
nated the darkened grove, making her an
r of hooves, a relentless c
growth, their warhorses snorting and rearing as they pressed on. Their red
s senses with unbearable intensity. His vision wavered, dissolvi
teady beneath him. Shaking his head to clear the haze, he
ming in on its own accord. The world around him seemed to blur, focusing en
it dawne
of Sa
ction. Sprinting away from the beach charg
ake sense to him now, it fee
hen wa
ould reme
ream and that wa
u gotta be faster t
ritted to himsel
, on the o
umbled forward. She brushed a trembling hand across her
her wide, terrified eyes scanned the sha
Austrus and
ave possibly
athy on the horses to s
uld wor
but quickly
N
ire much energy from her to compe
let her
barked, command
s si
ng their horses as they saddle fas
y things were folding, she would stumble and fa
his wish, making him
ran, her eyes flicking constantly over her sh
to notice the thick, thorny root s
t, she was sent tumbling forward. The ground rushed up to meet her, a
to her side, but by then
rcled her with their horses,
created a small pathway
from his horse immediately
l of her hair, rain punches on her wit
and towering over as he ran his f
tor. And it has come to pass before your very eyes. The difference in the prophecy is that you
lue sword from a worn scabbard strapped around his waist, he raises
ent of t
creaming inaudibly as he unsheathed
ickered down from the sky to touch the tip of the strange knife hoist to t
Ar
veins bulging o
ain in rumbles, flickering vicio
charging at him, he gazes past him to f
the fiendish smile on
n his sword in hast
t's to
is rage and despair into the technique. With a deep, guttural breath, he focused all h
lf into the air, his muscles stra
eful yet brutal arc, tracing the shape of t
f steel that shimmered in the light
blade's energy surged, a powerful bl
med to crackle with the raw intensity of the attack,
blood splinters out of his
heart racing, the remnants of his
ey... it's okay ....
e scampered to her side, throwing his sw
beautiful as the moon, are now
all this if he had taken
was, he regretted givi
an to trail down from the corners of her lips. She grimaces in pain as she looks a
so long protec
aping her eyes, disappearing into t
y, shoulders tremblin
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