We walked in silence. Each of us plagued by our own thoughts. The loss of Bagheera shouldn't have hit me as hard as it did, but he had shown me affection when I felt at my most alone. Doom and Death were equally somber, not pausing in their steps towards the fourth layer: Greed. I knew that must be hungry and thirsty, we had been walking for what felt like ages through barren desert.
"Ahem..Eliza, I know you're in pain right now...but I wanted to remind you that it's your 18th birthday tomorrow..." Amelia's timid voice grounded me.
"Oh...I guess it is." Glancing at my watch, I saw the date. December 23. "Wait, how do you know when my birthday is?"
"I've been keeping tabs on you for a long time." She confessed. "I needed to know if you were finally going to be the one to fulfill the pr
