#arred

“Arred! Arred! My love, where are you?!” The voice drifted into Arred’s ears, her lover’s words giving her something to focus on in all the chaos. The smoke stung at her rapidly-watering eyes and she could feel her lungs starting to strain, but when she tried to move, she felt an intense weight on her arms. Arred tried desperately to get free, trying to pull her arm out from under the beam that had fallen on it but then- she saw her lover, the shadow in the raging fire. Yueria was running towards her, her lover, coming to her rescue. A smile began to break out across Arred’s face when she noticed the much larger figure behind Yueria. Arred screamed out, trying to warn her lover, but no sound came out of her throat, and she watched as the large demon’s axe sunk into Yueria, and she screamed-

Arred shot up in her bed roll, soaked in cold sweat. Her spectral sight calmed down in a few seconds and the demon hunter’s panic subsided slightly as she recognized where she was. The broken shore was quiet at this time of night, the sounds of animals playing a quiet symphony in the background as she raised her arm towards the moon.