Then I am back, I open my eyes and blink into the bright sunshine. Xan is leaning above me looking threatening… or maybe not, though I cannot help myself and I wiggle away as far as I can whilst on the sandy beach. She seems worried, she’s asking me how I am… how, when just moments ago she was attacking me? Though, so was I and as I remember bile rises in my throat. What has just happened? I thought she was my friend… and I think I said that out loud as she softly tells me that she is. She seems honest and as scared as I am.
Damon and Tidree join us. They do not know what has happened but Damon’s educated guess is that it’s all been a curse, a madness that Lutheria sent over us. He praises us for our resilience as none of us could deliver a killing blow on the others. A real end caused by justa passing madness created by a wicked titan. That is but a small reassurance, her having this power is beyond chilling for all of us… why does she need to torment us all? Is she not happy with just me? How much terror have I brought onto my friends just by being here?
I am afraid. Of her power. Of my own fear. Of my own anger.