267. Soul's cold warmth

[Amor’s POV]

I woke up to a charcoal-like sulphurous scent. My head hurt when I opened my eyes to the mass cremation of all the skeletonised bodies of the ultimas.

Fire was spread all over the ground. Among the raging flames that lit the entire city stood her pensive silhouette. I was sitting with my back and head resting against the lower trunk of a tree.

A few steps behind Zeve’s silhouette were silhouettes of Lexi, Morfan, Vance, Aria, and the members of LKS. It filled my heart with solace to see them standing beside their luna, sharing the most important and painful moment of her life.

I wondered if any of them except Morfan knew the details about the ultimas and their tragic death. But still they stood beside her, mourning for her kind. They held their heads low because she held her head low. They were sad because she was hurting. They had tears in their eyes because she did.

I smiled, feeling the warmth of those flames reach me even though I was far away from it.

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