"Damnit, damnit. I'm forever bonded...you stupid..." he stops cursing himself when he sees Ohm flying above him.
The dragon lands a few feet away. Unbeknownst to him, he's minutes from his own parents' graves. He stalks closer, and sees Servius, Nicodemus and Viola dismount from Ohm. They stop under a towering apple tree, with an abundance of fruit still hanging from it. The branches twisted in a strange double-helix shape. Below at the roots were beds of roses, sitting atop the two graves. The letters "C" and "R" monogrammed into the tree, encased in a heart.
Viola still remained silent, but her facial expressions spoke a novel. Still unsure of where the rune's located. Nicodemus, fully aware of what needed to done, forgot one detail.
"We need a shovel."
"A shovel for what?"
"The ru
