Boreas sat staring at the fire for a minute, seeing a beam collapse only a few moments after they exited. The heat was still intense where he was at, although it was nothing compared to before. He wiped his brow with the back of his hand, sweat beginning to form instead of immediately evaporating from the previous heat. He glanced down at the innkeeper and scrambled back to action. Ripping the shirt off of his body, he pressed the cloth onto his wound in an effort to stop the bleeding. The man coughed under him, blood came out, and Boreas realized the bullet must have caused some sort of rupture in his throat. The man was choking on his own blood, and it wasn't but a few moments later that he fell deathly still.
No. Cmon! he thought, but the man was dead. Boreas closed his eyes for a moment before opening them. There was nothing he could do, he knew that, but the mans death still weighed heavily on him.
Evelyn. he remembered. He needed to make sure Corvus had gotten her to safety. Turning around, he found Evelyn laying on her back in the grass, and Corvus was -
kissing her?!
***
Evelyn felt a presence. She awoke and tried to look around, but there was only darkness. She could feel something, like another person was calling out to her, but she heard nothing, saw nothing, only felt it for a moment. The last thing she remembered was hitting the floor. Pain shot through the back of her skull and then... this.
Am I dreaming? she wondered. Then she felt that presence again, calling her forward. She followed it's urgings and she started to feel lighter. The feeling in her limbs returned, her fingers, her toes, and she felt a small breeze brush the hairs on her head. Her eyes opened. She was staring up at the blue sky, only a few light clouds were in view. Then she looked down.
Evelyn sucked in a breath and pushed Corvus's chest away from her. She abruptly sat up and turned her head to him. Lips were parted and a confused expression lay on her face. Not angry, confused.
"HEY!" Boreas yelled as he stomped over. "
What do you think you're doing?!" His eyes burned through Corvus's skull and his tense neck muscles bulged slightly. His muscular frame straightened itself to full height.
"Boreas-" she held up a hand, silencing her brother for the moment, and got to her feet. Turning to Corvus she asked, "Was that you?"
Was he the one I felt?"What?! Yes it was him! You're the one that shoved him off!" Boreas yelled at Evelyn incredulously .
"No- Boreas. I felt him. He brought me back?" she said uncertainly. Evelyn wasn't sure what exactly happened. Had he brought her back? Did that mean she was dead, or was she just unconscious? Her head swiveled back to Corvus, searching for answers.