EPISODE 55 - HEARTS AT WAR

(POV Richard — Blood Knight) ...What is that light? Damn, it's irritating. I crack my eyes open. The moon hangs high above me. Full... yet strangely dull, suspended in a sky with no stars at all. How long was I out? I glance at my right arm and slowly lift it. No pain. Then the left. Nothing there either. I'm fine. No—better than fine. I shoot to my feet, unsheathe my sword, and slash through the air twice. Fast. Sharp. Precise. Yeah. Completely healed. Just like every other time, my body stitched itself back together perfectly. The clearing, though... Not so much. I don't remember it looking like this. Everything's dry. Dead. Broken branches everywhere. Shattered rocks. Burn marks carved into the ground. And Teallach is gone. I can't stop thinking about what he promised me. Power.…