06-27-2017, 04:20 PM
Around him, the world ignites. It was beautiful, passion personified. He moves so Kolera is beside him, their small and large forms stand in the impossible heat, a small shelter from the inferno carved away with his magic.
The lake boils and roils, soon the color of blood. Levi can scarcely see past his flames, but the scene, the energy, is invigorating. He glances to the girl beside him, his mouth upturned in a wry mockery of a smile. Her bay coat reflects the flames and in that moment, she is the most beautiful image he has ever beheld - an imp framed by the burning world. His blood is high, and life couldn’t be going much better.
But his work is done here. The entire eastern side of Hyaline seems to be withering under their attentions, for him, that is enough for now. This is what they had come to do, and it appeared there was no one here capable of stopping them. Impulsively, breaking from his usual composure, he places a kiss on the glowing star of her forehead- hard and quick. Then Levi is leaving, wordlessly climbing the mountain in the direction of his homeland, the flames parting for him as he ascends.
Levi
so scream you, out from behind the bitter ache.