Ellio didn’t know if it was the dehydration, the overwhelming fear, or the blood he had lost, but the moment Azure spoke those words, his body gave in.
His vision blurred, his strength slipped away, and without warning, he collapsed. Everything went dark.
He didn’t know what happened after that, whether Azure carried through with his intent or if something else intervened. But none of it mattered anymore. In that moment, Ellio was free from the pain, from the fear, from the suffocating reality.
He felt nothing.
Until.. a soft, cool breeze brushed against his face.
It was gentle and comforting. So different from the scorching, unforgiving winds of the desert.
Ellio’s brows twitched slightly before his eyes slowly fluttered open. Above him, a canopy of green leaves stretched across th
