Chapter 374 – Salvation [2]
The silence was deafening.
One would think it a metaphor, but one would be wrong. There was something in that silence that followed Kaden's realization, something that made the space around him suddenly devoid of air, as if breathing itself had been stolen.
Kaden didn't know what to say, nor what to think of any of this situation. There he stood, suspended high in the air, crimson sword intent cloaking them from all perception, Aurora nestled safely within his arms, while before them stretched a field of tortured souls.
Kaden and Aurora were sharing their first truly heartfelt moment. Just not the kind either of them expected.
Aurora was doing her best not to fold, not to waver, not to betray the conviction of the words she had just spoken.
But gods…
'Since when had it become so difficult?' she wondered, her mind and heart twisted into a knot of quiet misery, the weakness of her flesh and soul slowly creeping outward, betraying her resolve.
