Dragon Aster Trilogy

41: FALLING DEATH



Sybl could only think of Cirrus now. If she did go back, what would she tell him? She was supposed to be a miracle—a Prophecy come true, yet there was nothing she could do to restore Daath’s soul as she was now. There was nothing she could do to return his best friend to him.

But all of her doubts didn’t stop her. She had to enter this Rift and pray that the other side wouldn’t kill her. Before she could duck her head under the water, something cocked a gun. She didn’t have a moment to react before it fired and struck her in the shoulder.

She gasped as she fell back into the water. Sybl stayed under the surface as another shot fired off and whizzed past her head. The blood from her shoulder floated past her eyes, and she swam for the bottom of the pond.

A sign of hope appeared like a star in a moment of absolute darkness. She touched her neck to check for her pendant, and it was there. Daath had returned it to her. Which meant the one under her was Cirrus…

“I got you. So help me I’ll never let go of you again!”

The white claws appeared from the Rift and reached to pull her into their safety. Just before Cirrus had her, another shot fired.