Christine's POV I woke up in a land filled with ashes, burning ground, and dark soil. The air was decaying, seeing nothing humanly for yards ahead. "B..." My throat burnt, rasping, and I coughed blood on the ground. Clumped blood soiled my shoes, and I coughed more, seeing more blood that wasn't mine. My head pounded when the sight became known to me. Burnt flesh and charred bones turned my stomach upside down, spiralling my vision. I fell to the ground, shaking and trembling, retching my inside. "B r o t h e r..." Tears rolled down my cheeks, looking around for his presence and sensing nothing. Not even the mighty Dragonoid. "B r o t h e r... Forgive me... Forgive me." I wept and crawled to where I last saw him, stabbed through his armour amid the vines of darkness, and the

