Chapter 069
Emilia's POV
It was all ablaze.
It's not the fire you see.
The kind you sense.
The kind that chars your soul from the inside out.
Every part of me was scratched by pain. My body was ripped, raw, and bleeding like a battlefield. Something was screaming to come out of me, tearing its way out. The heavens whirled. The earth twisted. The air had a knife-like feel to it.
Then— "Emilia!"
Nikolas.
His voice broke through the clamor, the thunder, and the terror. When no one else could find me, it did.
He fell next to me, slipping in the blood and mud. He had trembling hands. His face was splattered with red and pale—God's face. Not his. Someone else's. Perhaps everyone else's.
His gaze met mine. Horrified. Crazy. Desperate.
"I'm here, Emilia. You're all right. You're all ri
