“When you wake up, my friend, I’ll meet you on the other side,” Helmer said, his voice filled with longing. “I miss you already, and I’ll be waiting... We’ll try to make it this time... Great things await us.”
All right, well... That was enough of that. He pressed the panic button with his thumb and a red icon flashed on the laptop’s screen.
“But that’s for later,” Helmer continued in a hushed tone. “Right now, you need to wake up, Dlahi Hadjar.”
***
“Hadjar!” Someone shook his shoulders. “You need to wake up, Hadjar!”
The General struggled to open his eyes, feeling as if his eyelids were weighed down by the Northern Mountains themselves.
“Gods and Spirits!” Warm, gentle hands held him, and the scent of flowers filled his nostrils.
Slowly, his vision came into focus, and he s
