MIRA'S POV
The silver fire leaves my body like it was ripped off and torn out of me.
The chamber is half gone. The stone cracked open like a bone. The Metals are twisted. Smoke on the floor and entering the back of my throat. My ears ring so hard it feels like I'm underwater and everything sounds far away except my own breathing, sharp and ugly, coming out of me.
I'm on my knees. I don't remember me falling.
My hands shake so badly that I press them into the floor just to feel something solid. The heat from the blast is still on my palms and I barely notice the pain. I welcome it. It's better than the picture still burning behind my eyes.
Elric's body.
His throat was torn open.
His blood was spilled on the ground.
I make a sound and don't recognize it as my own u
