The sun had already started its decent when we eventually decided to head back to the ship, having laid on the waters for hours on end, laughing, taunting and teasing. I played with his fingers, tangling mine with his then running my fingers along his extended palm that hovered over me, shielding my face from the sunlight. We walked back to the ship, hand in hand but I stopped abruptly when the skies began to darken overhead, my eyes landing on Aurella who stood on the ship’s deck, the cause of the sudden turn of weather. There was something off about her, something dark that seemed to have devoured her when she raised her hand and muttered her next words “The god of death is only called forth through death” it was then that thunder rumbled overhead, the loud sound causing my vision to blu
